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Diagonally laid timber planks create zig-zagging patterns across the exterior of this church in Cologne by German architects Sauerbruch Hutton (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

News: musician Imogen Heap is to put an experimental electronic glove into production, creating a tool that will allow anyone to interact with their computer remotely via hand gestures (+ interview + movie). (more...) View the full article

Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: the Mi.Mu gesture-control gloves developed by musician Imogen Heap could lead to more accessible ways of making music, say early adopters of the wearable technology (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen Music Project: Imogen Heap has released a music video for her track Me The Machine, composed and performed using the Mi.Mu gloves she developed to create music with hand gestures. (more...) View the full article

Studio Lionne van Deursen is presenting a material research project and lighting range made using bacteria for VDF x Ventura Projects. Read more View the full article

A star-shaped arrangement of gables allows for sweeping views across the surrounding landscape from this house in the village of Radailiai, Lithuania. Read more

Milan 2011: London studio Doshi Levien will present this injection-moulded wooden chair for Italian brand Moroso at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan next week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Pine-wood partition walls that curve upwards like smiles carve up the interior of this dental clinic in Barcelona, Spain, designed by Raúl Sanchez Architects. Read more View the full article

Istanbul Design Biennial 2012: German designer Annika Frye incorporated a cordless drill in the rotational moulding machine she built for making one-off items using a process that would normally result in an identical series (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Milan 2013: a compact furniture production line designed by Design Academy Eindhoven alumni Thomas Vailly, Itay Ohaly and Christian Fiebig has won this year's Frame Moooi Award. (more...) View the full article

Eindhoven design studio BCXSY used hand-blown glass in six grades of opacity, from transparent to white, to create a collection of glassware for Japanese design brand Inframince (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Ready yourself for civil unrest without cluttering your apartment: this coffee table incorporates a handy riot shield. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

These mirrored benches by Japanese firm Mount Fuji Architects Studio sit beneath cherry trees at the Towada Art Centre in Japan. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A curved, golden mirror ideal for taking selfies is among the large light fixtures that Brooklyn designer Fernando Mastrangelo's In Good Company has placed into the courtyard of Brooklyn hub A/D/O. Read more View the full article

An exhibition of furniture-like sculptures by Dutch artist Krijn de Koning has opened at Demisch Danant in New York. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Royal College of Art graduate David Steiner has turned his house into a factory by adapting household appliances to create a range of tableware and lighting (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

These towering seaside structures imagined by Northumbria University student Thomas Savage would offer habitats for wild birds in winter and house water sports enthusiasts during the summer. (more...) View the full article

Behind a tiled and metal-framed shop front, skincare brand Aesop's Stockholm store by local firm In Praise of Shadows features pale oak floorboards that contrast with the roughly hewn elm fittings (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

French designer Julian Carratero has used timber that was excavated from Eindhoven’s medieval city walls to make a catapult. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

VDF products fair: the In Situ Modular Sofa for Muuto "combines the grandeur of traditional Italian sofas with the refined simplicity of Scandinavian design," according to designers Anderssen & Voll. Read more View the full article

Architecture firm In Situ Studio used concrete blocks and warm-toned wood to form the exterior walls of this family residence, which occupies a sloped site dotted with trees. Read more View the full article

US firm In Situ Studio has clad this rural North Carolina cabin in darkened wood and set it far back from the road to protect it from view (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Concrete block and fibre-cement boards were among the materials used by American firm In Situ Studio to create this hillside home for a retired couple living in North Carolina. Read more

This mobile made up of intertwined steel branches is by Japanese designer Koichi Futatsumata of Case-Real. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Israeli designer Ayala Serfaty’s new collection of sculptural furniture and lighting includes upholstered pieces resembling lichen-covered stone. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article