News Feed

Dezeen promotion: Serbian brand Dsignedby has packed all the appliances needed for cooking into this space-saving wooden kitchen island. Read more View the full article

Today, Virtual Design Festival has teamed up with CAMP, Prague's centre for architecture and urban planning, to present a day of talks, starting with a live lecture by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma from 10:00am UK time. Read more View the full article

Crazy 3D printing, a new London tower by UNStudio and an apartment with a four-storey slide all feature in this week's issue of Dezeen Mail, along with the latest news, jobs, competitions and reader comments from Dezeen. Read Dezeen Mail issue 143 | Subscribe to Dezeen Mail View the full article

Developer Avanton has acquired a Grade II-listed Victorian gas holder in London and is exploring plans to turn it into a habitat for alligators as part of a housing development. Read more View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Walnut, oak and ribbons of leather combine to make the four new furniture pieces released by Japanese brand Ritzwell. Read more View the full article

Ethical creative agency Nice and Serious has developed an online platform that directs Londoners to their closest zero-waste shops and offers tips on how to reduce your reliance on plastics. Read more

This top-heavy house by Japanese architect Kota Mizuishi overlooks a river in west Tokyo. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

DezeenTV: Vienna designer Marco Dessí kicked off the third day of our Dezeentalks at [D3] Design Talents, talking us through some of the work he has produced since first exhibiting there in 2006. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Italian brand 3D Surface have launched their inaugural collection of relief wall panels. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: UK broadcaster Channel 4 reports that a backlash is forming against the prevalence of unpaid internships in Britain, which are particularly popular with graduates in the creative industries. A number of websites have been set up by graduates and campaigners offering advice to those partaking in internships and rallying support for campaigns that call on the government to introduce tighter regulations - Channel 4 News </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Design studio Space Popular has created a gallery in virtual reality for the Architectural Association, plus today's other design and architecture-related coronavirus news. Read more View the full article

The third lecture from today's collaboration between VDF and reSITE sees Chris Precht of studio Precht explain his mission to design buildings that serve both environmental and emotional needs. Read more View the full article

Product news: Milan design studio NVDRS has designed a coffee table with a removable wooden top that doubles as a tray. (more...) View the full article

. This week’s highlights include starchitects excavating a London park, a movie involving Dita Von Teese and a stiletto and a chocolate penis… read on for full details of the week on Dezeen. (more…) View the full article

Medusa Group has designed Akademeia High School in Warsaw with a large central courtyard surrounded by stepped seating that leads to a herb garden roof. Read more

Dezeen Wire: David Chipperfield is to curate the 2012 Venice Architecture Biennale, becoming the first British architect to take on the role - The Guardian The official announcement has been delayed because of Chipperfield’s reservations over working with Giulio Malgara, who was expected to become the director of the biennale and is a friend of Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi. Following Berlusconi’s decision to stand down it is expected that current director Paolo Baratta will retain the role as biennale director. </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Peter Zumthor's Secular Retreat, an eco-friendly mews house and a concrete residence informed by Tadao Ando's work are among the 20 homes vying to be RIBA House of the Year 2019. Read more

French graphic designers Julien Sens and Nicolas Damiens have transformed the handwriting of musicians David Bowie, John Lennon, Kurt Cobain, Leonard Cohen and Serge Gainsbourg into free-to-use typefaces. Read more View the full article

Our end of summer sale now features three of Hong Kong watch brand Ziiiro’s designs; Gravity, Orbit and Aurora. Each watch tells time in its own unique way without using traditional hands. Gravity (above) uses two coloured rings which resemble rotating comets to indicate the time. Now only £80.00 (UK and EU) or £66.67 (rest of the world). Get yours here » (more…) View the full article

Mexico City firm Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos has stepped and staggered a series of buildings and terraces to form the sprawling Solaz resort in Los Cabos. Read more

The Temporium: fashion designer Justin Oh is launching his new line of bags and accessories at our Christmas shop The Temporium and is behind today’s Advent calendar window. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

For their graduation projects, students from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) have designed products to reflect their idea of a perfect place, shown here as part of VDF x Sight Unseen. Read more View the full article

The Temporium: this beaded and embellished jewellery collection from London-based designer Fiona Paxton is the festive treat hidden behind day 18 of our Advent calendar. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Cemetery Castel San Gimignano has been renovated by Italian architecture studio Microscape using local limestone stacked in metal baskets. Read more View the full article

Israeli architects Pitsou Kedem have completed a showroom for furniture brand B&B Italia inside an industrial warehouse by the harbour in Tel Aviv. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article