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Three people can sleep, practice yoga or drink whisky together in this bedroom designed by London-based Scott Whitby Studio. Read more View the full article

Dezeen promotion: the programme for this year's Istanbul Design Biennial has been announced, featuring over 70 projects that explore the relationship between design and the human species over the last 200,000 years. (more…) View the full article

Hongik University graduate Jihye Kang built her Purity furniture from acrylic and stainless steel as an exploration of the refractive effects that can be achieved with simple materials and shapes. Read more View the full article

An assortment of windows are randomly scattered across the timber facade of this budget hotel outside Le Mans, France. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

New York studio WORKac has inserted a white perforated steel staircase into this three-storey Brooklyn apartment as part of a renovation designed to brighten its dark interiors. Read more View the full article

Alison Brooks Architects has extended a nineteenth century house in north London by adding two tapered volumes that project into the garden (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

The creative director of design studio Framework has turned a neglected 19th-century warehouse in Amsterdam into a plush family home for his wife and two children. Read more View the full article

Opinion: in the second of two columns exploring the impact of digital culture on design, Sam Jacob looks at how Google Maps is reshaping cities while Apple, Facebook and Amazon are reshaping the natural landscape by building their own headquarters as self-contained ecosystems. (more...) View the full article

Design studio Common Accounts imagines the funeral of the future, where liquefied bodies are used to fertilise plants and flowers, and social media accounts generate a virtual afterlife. Read more View the full article

Cafe-style seating and muted interiors outfit this New York office that local studio Format Architecture Office has designed with places to mingle, eat and work. Read more View the full article

The Grasshopper, a chair designed 81 years ago by Danish designer Finn Juhl, has been reissued by the furniture brand that bears his name. Read more

Dezeen Wire: British architect Richard Rogers has warned that plans by the UK government to simplify planning regulations could lead to unmoderated urban sprawl, “with rust belts and towns joining each other” – Daily Mail He added: “If the framework is not improved it will lead to the breakdown and fragmentation of cities and neighbourhoods as well as the erosion of the countryside.” Rogers’ concerns about the government’s new National Planning Policy Framework are shared by environmental campaigners who say they don’t offer a clear enough definition of sustainable development. Richard Rogers was involved in a planning battle in 2009 over his proposed redevelopment of…

Each of the 304 ribs of bamboo that make up this Buddhist temple represent a victim killed when a ferry sank off the coast of South Korea (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Five little robots travel along lines drawn in felt-tip-pen and turn coloured scribbles into music in this installation by Japanese designer Yuri Suzuki (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

This beachfront house designed by Jeff Jordan Architects for a Manhattan-based couple comprises boxy, cedar-clad volumes that create expansive outdoor spaces overlooking the New Jersey coastline. Read more View the full article

London based graphic designer Sarah Hyndman has completed her year-long project photographs objects arranged in groups of five to look like the Olympic rings (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Gary Hustwit will speak to Dezeen in a live Screentime conversation as part of Virtual Design Festival's collaboration with the filmmaker. Watch the talk above from 2pm UK time. Read more View the full article

Dezeen hit a major milestone this week, becoming one of the 3,500 most-visited websites in the world, according to ranking service Alexa. Read more View the full article

News: Solveiga Pakstaite, an industrial design student from Brunel University, has won the UK James Dyson award with Bump Mark – an expiry label that decays to tell you when food is no longer safe to eat (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

VDF products fair: Swiss brand Geberit has designed an automatic odour extraction unit for bathrooms called DuoFresh, which is designed to be concealed behind a toilet's flush plate. Read more View the full article

Glazed and translucent walls create glowing boxes around the exterior of this holiday home by The Manser Practice that opens out to the shoreline of a sea inlet on the Isle of Wight (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Australian architect Matt Gibson used zinc cladding to distinguish this faceted structure from the Edwardian residence it extends (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen Mail issue 190 features a house with a missing corner (pictured) and a hydroponic farm in tunnels beneath London, plus the latest news, jobs, competitions and reader comments from Dezeen. Read Dezeen Mail issue 190 | Subscribe to Dezeen Mail View the full article

From residential interiors to hotels and restaurants, terrazzo has been widely used by architects and designers in recent years. Our updated terrazzo Pinterest board includes the latest projects published on Dezeen that feature the design. Read more View the full article

Dezeen promotion: this range of roof windows by glazing brand Fakro is designed to work with a range of building types. Read more View the full article