Interiors
Vertical Loft by Shift
Dutch architects Shift ripped out the walls of this central Rotterdam townhouse and replaced them with a three-storey bookshelf. More about Vertical Loft by Shift
Dutch architects Shift ripped out the walls of this central Rotterdam townhouse and replaced them with a three-storey bookshelf. More about Vertical Loft by Shift
Glass bottles rest on rows of hand-made iron nails along the walls of this Aesop skin and haircare shop in Paris by French designers Ciguë (+ slideshow). More about Aesop Tiquetonne by Ciguë
A wave-like wooden ceiling undulates above the heads of students at this chapel by architects Gensler in the basement of a Los Angeles university. More about Prayer Chapel by Gensler
Spanish design studio Masquespacio have turned a dilapidated Valencia art gallery into an office for a law firm, featuring clusters of empty picture frames on the walls (+ slideshow). More about Zapata y Herrera lawyers' office by Masquespacio
Architect Hiroyuki Miyake used a traditional English bricklaying pattern for the ceramic tiles on the walls of this beauty salon in Toyokawa, Japan. More about Granny.F by Hiroyuki Miyake
Chocolate appears to be dripping down the walls at this cafe in Opole, Poland, by interior designers Bro.Kat. More about Chocolate Bar by Bro.Kat
London studio Haptic has created a forest-like lounge at a hotel in Oslo, filled with trees, stacks of lumber and a plant-covered wall. More about Quality Hotel Expo in Oslo by Haptic
Dutch studio i29 have coated everything in grey at this pop-up furniture shop in Amsterdam. More about As Good As New pop-up shop at SPRMRKT by i29
London Design Festival: Zaha Hadid teamed up with hairdressing brand Fudge to create a pop-up hair salon in London last week. More about The Fudge Pop-Up Salon by Zaha Hadid
London Design Festival: designer-makers East London Furniture have temporarily fitted out the interior of London bar DreamBags JaguarShoes using nothing but scrap materials found on the local streets. More about East London Furniture at DreamBags JaguarShoes
French designers Ciguë modelled this north London store for skin and haircare brand Aesop on a 1930s medical laboratory. More about Aesop Islington by Ciguë
Dutch designer Ka-Lai Chan has wrapped a whole wall, furniture and ornaments behind an all-encompassing layer of sticky tape at an abandoned apartment in Utrecht. More about PLAY Project by Ka-Lai Chan
Dutch design brand Droog has opened a hotel in Amsterdam where guests who venture out from their rooms can attend lectures, visit exhibitions and shops or relax in a "fairy-tale garden" without leaving the building (+ slideshow). More about Hôtel Droog by Droog
London Design Festival: the family home of the future will feature mechanised floors and furniture that emerge from walls, floors and ceilings at the touch of a button, according to Yo! Sushi and Yotel founder Simon Woodroffe (+ slideshow). More about Yo! Home at 100% Design
In the most extreme example yet of QR codes used as decor, the new Hotel Modez in Arnhem has a room covered entirely in scannable codes that link to "pornography, pin-ups and other piquancies". More about QR-Code Hotel Room by Antoine Peters
London Design Festival: the first project by MAP, the new studio of designers BarberOsgerby, is the exhibition design of a digital laboratory at London's Science Museum, where visitors can interact with internet-users around the world using musical instruments and robots (+ slideshow). More about Google Web Lab by Universal Design Studio and MAP
London Design Festival: hundreds of intricate models by emerging Japanese architect Akihisa Hirata are pinned onto the looping walls of this installation at the Architecture Foundation in London (+ slideshow). More about Tangling by Akihisa Hirata
For those readers who asked to see more interiors from Zaha Hadid's Pierres Vives government building in Montpellier, here's a reading room lined with glowing bookcases by architect Stephane Hof (+ slideshow). More about Alphabet Library by Stephane Hof
A geometric sculpture grows from a column and branches across the ceiling of the new designer menswear space designed by architect Alex Cochrane for London department store Selfridges. More about Selfridges Men's Designer Space by Alex Cochrane
A large glass vitrine holds rooms like exhibits at the centre of this apartment in Singapore by Chinese architects Neri&Hu. More about Wu Residence by Neri&Hu