News Feed

Graduate shows 2016: Royal College of Art graduate Kristian Knobloch has created a system of smartphone touchpoints that help Airbnb hosts give guests extra information about their home (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

This small house in rural Japan by Tokyo firm Case Design Studio is lifted off the ground on a single central pillar (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Following this year's Design Week Mexico, Dezeen's US editor Dan Howarth has picked five designers and studios from the country who he is tipping for international success. Read more View the full article

Corrugated polycarbonate panels create varying levels of insulation around the exterior of this Spanish house by local architects Casos de Casas, designed to be comfortable for residents throughout the year (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

A pair of box-like units contain the bedroom and bathroom in this apartment just outside of Tokyo, which was renovated by architects Tomoko Sasaki and Kei Sato to create an open space for their own family (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Despite an explosion in the number of design weeks and architecture festivals taking place each year, Milan's furniture fair is still the most important to architects and designers, reveals Dezeen Hot List. Read more View the full article

GMP Architekten has won a competition to design a 1.2 million-square-metre exhibition centre for Tianjin, China (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Contemporary design and fabrication processes were used to produce a staircase with "wing-shaped" folded steel treads at the heart of this renovated New York City apartment (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Hundreds of perforations are dotted across the monolithic facade of this weekend house outside Mexico City by AS/D Asociación de Diseño. (more…) View the full article

The Mount Sinai Kyabirwa Surgical Facility in Uganda by Kliment Halsband Architects is a self-sustaining facility topped with solar panels. Read more View the full article

IKEA has committed to becoming a circular business by 2030, by eliminating waste and reusing resources. A year into the project, sustainability head Lena Pripp-Kovac tells Dezeen how they're getting on. Read more

Product news: Northumbria University graduate Josie Morris has created a range of copper-spun pendant lamps with chunky handles. (more...) View the full article

A translucent garden pavilion made from 3D-printed plastic blocks provides a lightweight counterpoint to a robust, stone-clad house by AZL Architects in the Chinese village of Shanyinwu. Read more View the full article

This movie documents the manufacture of Zaha Hadid's ridged metallic shoes for United Nude and shows someone walking in them (a bit). (more...) View the full article

Australian architect Andrew Burns has installed a charred timber pavilion with deceptively curved walls in the garden of the Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation in Paddington, Sydney (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

A London exhibition of architectural drawings from Japanese anime films and a menstrual cup designed to appeal to tweens feature in the latest edition of Dezeen Mail, our weekly newsletter. Subscribe to Dezeen Mail › View the full article

French architect Paul Coudamy has converted this former butcher's shop in suburban Paris into a private residence and included mysterious figures in the photographs (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

The London 2012 Olympics are well underway and every day this week we’ll award medals to design and architecture created for the games, starting with the three most popular stories. The Olympic Torch by BarberOsgerby takes the gold, with over 40,000 pageviews. (more…) View the full article

Inception-esque folded buildings feature on new book covers for the science-fiction novels of William Gibson. Read more View the full article

This week's job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is a position for an interior designer with Dutch brand Moooi, whose Unexpected Welcome exhibition (pictured) was the most talked-about show in Milan this year. Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

The latest addition to the terrazzo trend is a set of speckled pedestal tables designed by furniture company Another Brand. Read more View the full article

Tokyo clothing brand Senscommon has collaborated with textiles company Uchino Japan to launch a clothing collection made using activated charcoal. Read more

Tall translucent doors open two sides of this theatrical rehearsal space created by Brazilian architect Alan Chu for an actor in São Paulo (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Architecture studio Barclay & Crousse has completed a wood-textured concrete university building in Peruvian city Piura. Read more View the full article

Two hundred and seventy six teacups are suspended from the ceiling of this coffee shop in Bucharest by Romanian studio Lama Architectura (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article