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Studio Symbiosis has designed Aũra air purifying towers for Delhi, India, to help tackle the increasingly dangerous levels of pollution in the city. Read more View the full article

Music: New York directing collective New Media Limited takes hand-painted clay characters on a Hansel and Gretel-inspired adventure in the music video for Yeasayer's Silly Me track. (more…) View the full article

Danish practice Norm Architects has employed sand-coloured walls and earth-hued furnishings throughout this home near Copenhagen to echo the colour palette of the rugged coastal landscape. Read more View the full article

Residents taking a bath or using the toilet are on show to swimmers in the pool at this brick and concrete house in Chiang Mai, Thailand (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Los Angeles-based artist Lucy McRae has created a machine she calls the Compression Carpet, which offers a hug to a person craving intimacy. Read more View the full article

The world's first commercial all-electric plane, the six-seater Harbour Air ePlane with an engine designed by Australian engineering firm MagniX, has taken flight in Canada. Read more View the full article

Visitors to a booth at Design Miami were invited to damage furniture created by Georgian design duo Rooms. Read more View the full article

A grid of red sandstone panels dominates every side of this university library in Katowice, Poland, by architects HS99 (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

A huge, round opening is carved above the outdoor dining area of this house in southern France by Pascual Architect, which also features large glass doors that swing open to the garden. Read more View the full article

A survey conducted by the Royal Institute of British Architects has found that 45 per cent of architects have lost income due to the coronavirus pandemic, while almost quarter are struggling mentally. Read more View the full article

San Francisco's Carpenters Workshop Gallery is staging an exhibition of works by Studio Drift that aim to showcase the "intersection of nature and technology". Read more View the full article

US studio Clive Wilkinson Architects sought to eliminate traditional work boundaries in its design of a new headquarters for the global adverting agency Publicis. Read more View the full article

Rounded lettering frames windows on the facade of this primary school in Bangalore by Indian firm Cadence (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

VDF products fair: Undulating legs characterise the solid wood Curtain table by Berlin-based studio Läufer & Keichel for furniture manufacturer Zeitraum. Read more View the full article

Split-level flooring and slim wooden blinds separate the living spaces of this multi-generational home in the Australian city of Newcastle, New South Wales. Read more View the full article

Shelves are supported by dowels slotted into pegboard walls at a new store for skin and haircare brand Aesop in the Hamptons, New York (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Swiss typographer Adrian Frutiger, designer of typefaces including Univers, Avenir and the eponymous Frutiger, has died. (more…) View the full article

The Royal Institute of British Architects has named the 54 winners of its national awards, including the V&A Dundee by Kengo Kuma, Heatherwick's Coal Drops Yard and Peter Zumthor's Secular Retreat. Read more

An affordable micro home that takes less than a day to build has just launched in the UK, so we're taking a look at 10 properties around the world that have been completed to an extremely tight budget and offer some solutions to widespread housing shortages. Read more View the full article

Patchy timber shields the glazed upper storeys of this extension to a historic town hall in southern Spain by architects Viar Estudio. (more…) View the full article

Industrial design student Tobias Trübenbacher has used pig bladders and cow intestines to create furniture, in a bid to discover the "inner values" of animal offal. Read more View the full article

These wooden shoes by London-based footwear designer Cat Potter clamp around the wearer’s feet and fasten with a metal hinge. (more…) View the full article

Yellow-tiled walls that recall grassy meadows and swampy purple ceilings appear inside this travel-themed restaurant at the centre of Amsterdam by Studio Modijefsky. Read more View the full article

Thai architect Kulapat Yantrasast was recently chosen to oversee a major renovation of galleries at The Met in New York. In this exclusive interview, he explains why he designs art spaces to be more than white boxes, and credits mentor Tadao Ando for providing a "true education". Read more

Extra Moooi: running a successful design company is about striking a balance between order and chaos, says Robin Bevers in his first video interview since taking over as CEO of Dutch brand Moooi (+ movie). (more…) View the full article