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Korean designers Joon&Jung have hand-crafted this set of speakers by strapping punctuated ceramic cubes onto a stack of twigs. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Glossy floors, rough-sawn wood and diffused natural light create a calming atmosphere inside this private museum in Chinese city Shoutou, designed to display a collection of aged fish bladders. Read more View the full article

Here’s another project from last month’s Royal College of Art graduate show, Els Woldhek’s series of unconventional shelving and lamps joined by copper growths. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This visitor centre by Danish architects EFFEKT will have a series of ramped green roofs and sit at the heart of the Hareskoven forest in Copenhagen. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

French designer Matali Crasset has designed a set of carafes and glasses for tasting olive oil at an exhibition inside a former olive oil-mill in La Valette-du-Var, France. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Azusa Murakami and Alexander Groves of Studio Swine discuss their Wave Particle Duplex installation at Brooklyn creative space A/D/O, in this movie produced by Dezeen for MINI. Read more

Designers from the Interaction Research Studio at Goldsmiths, University of London, have produced a series of simple wildlife habitats that incorporate hidden cameras for capturing images of the animal visitors. Read more

Paris studio Jouin Manku installed a sculptural fireplace and chose materials with natural tones and textures to give this lounge in Munich's Bayerischer Hof hotel the feel of a fantasy forest landscape. (more...) View the full article

Angular shapes have been sliced out of the planks of smooth maple that encase a staircase at the centre of this Montreal renovation by Naturehumaine (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Canadian studio Naturehumaine has transformed a 1930s brick building into a contemporary home featuring a sculptural stairway that brings a "vibrant tone to the project". Read more View the full article

Canadian studio Naturehumaine has used a palette of raw materials to emphasise the "structural guts" of the building that accommodates this Aesop store in Montreal (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

A sliding screen offers glimpses to the living room beneath this plant-filled wall, which architecture firm Nauturehumaine has added to a 1940s house in Montreal. Read more View the full article

A ribbon of veneered wood fronts this staircase in a refurbished and extended Montreal residence by local office Naturehumaine. (more…) View the full article

Skylights puncture the gabled roof of this suburban house in Montreal by Canadian studio Naturehumaine, while a sheltered terrace overlooks a wooded garden (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Design Miami: French designer Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance has launched a white variation of his leaf-like LED lighting, which fades and flickers like dappled light coming through trees. (more…) View the full article

The Italian furniture brand Natuzzi has embarked on what it calls "a new era of advanced, white-glove customer service" by launching a virtual-reality shopping experience. Read more

Strips of glazing wrap the walls and roof of a timber waterside summerhouse in Aure, Norway. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Arlo Hotels has renovated Miami Beach's historic Nautilus Hotel to maintain its mid-century aesthetic, and include a co-working space and a barber shop. Read more View the full article

News: a complex of Nazi rally grounds in Nuremberg designed by Hitler's favourite architect will undergo repairs costing €70 million (£60 million) to prevent the crumbling structures endangering tourists. (more...) View the full article

Bunkbed-style seating nooks and an indoor play area are among the features at this Columbus office, which was designed by architecture firm NBBJ for a company that creates dog toys and treats. Read more

Petal-like cladding wraps around this 80,000-seat stadium, which forms the centrepiece of NBBJ's riverside Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center in China. Read more View the full article

Plywood boards in a variety of colours generated the multi-tonal concrete facade of this house in Yokohama by Japanese architects no.555 (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Here’s another hair salon by Japanese designer Teruhiro Yanagihara, this time located in central Osaka, Japan, featuring free-standing mirrored boxes. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Curling edges detail these hanging lamps that New York designer Nina Edwards Anker has created from dried sheets of algae. Read more

Japanese firm Mount Fuji Architects Studio have squeezed a narrow gate house between two existing Tokyo residences, leading to a main house on the L-shaped site behind. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article