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Separate schools for art and music are contained within the glass and timber walls of this academy in Latvia by Riga architects Made (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

California's Salk Institute for Biological Studies is developing a plant that can store excess carbon dioxide in its roots, in a bid to curb the effects of climate change. Read more

A chequerboard of opaque panels and windows surrounds this school canteen in western Germany by SpreierTrenner Architekten (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

London Design Festival 2011: designer Lee Broom launches a collection of upholstery with studded detailing at his east London studio this week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Ghostly images of building facades decorate hanging fabric screens in a beauty salon in Omiya, Japan. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Thousands of bamboo rods hang from the ceiling like stalactites to divide the space inside this Bangkok hair salon by Thai designer Nattapon Klinsuwan of NKDW. (more…) View the full article

The organisers of Milan's Salone del Mobile furniture fair are discussing how to respond to Italy's coronavirus outbreak, as fashion and eyewear events in the city were impacted by the virus. Read more View the full article

Milan's annual furniture fair, the Salone del Mobile, has published a manifesto calling for the city and the design industry to promote innovation and sustainability at this year's event. Read more View the full article

Milan 2015: Milan's furniture fair has become a celebration of marketing over design and has helped feed the public perception of design as a superficial discipline, according to design critic Alice Rawsthorn. (more…)

News: Claudio Luti has resigned as president of Milan's Salone Internazionale del Mobile after less than two years in the role, following a shakeup of the furniture fair's ownership structure. (more...) View the full article

Milan's Salone del Mobile furniture fair will decide next month whether it will take place in June, amid the coronavirus pandemic. Read more View the full article

Milan's Salone del Mobile furniture fair looks set to be cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to multiple reports in the Italian press. Read more View the full article

Bosses of Milan's Salone del Mobile furniture fair will meet this week to "assess the situation" as Lombardy and several northern Italian regions were locked down due to the coronavirus outbreak. Read more View the full article

Florida-based Saltwater Brewery has used by-products from the beer-making process to create six-pack rings that can safely be eaten by marine wildlife (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

A broken skateboard and fake designer handbags form parts of chairs in this recycled furniture collection, exhibited in Barcelona by designer Curro Claret. (more...) View the full article

Barber and Osgerby's creative consultancy Map and technology company SAM have designed a kit of "building blocks" aimed at simplifying the creation of internet-connected products (+ slideshow). (more…) [url={url}]View the full article[/url]

SAM Architects chose century-old brickwork and charred larch for the exterior of this mews house in southeast London, which features a brightly coloured kitchen and a folding facade (photos by Edmund Sumner + slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Drawings by seven designers have been transformed into 3D glass works by master glassmaker Massimo Lunardon for an exhibition at London design store Silvera curated by Fabrica. Read more View the full article

A tomb that was designed but never realised by modernist architect Adolf Loos has been built by British architect Sam Jacob in a historic London cemetery. (more…) View the full article

Sam Jacob has reimagined a famous Eames textile for his London Design Festival installation Sea Things, to highlight the threat ocean plastic poses to marine life. Read more

London architecture practice Sam Jacob Studio has created a shelter that combines prehistoric monumental elements with contemporary forms in Shenzhen, China. Read more View the full article

DKUK is a contemporary art gallery and hair salon in south London, which has been designed by Sam Jacob Studio. Read more

Orange-tinted acrylic tubes and tree bark are among the objects that Sam Jacob Studio has piled up on the shelves inside this London office. Read more View the full article

London Design Festival 2015: the studio run by Dezeen columnist Sam Jacob has designed an urn for Lenin, based on a finial found outside the London house the Russian revolutionary lived in for a short period in 1908. (more…) View the full article

Architect Sam Jacob has unveiled plans to convert a former east-London pub into a home for himself and a nursery – with Postmodern touches including curving facades and assorted window shapes. (more…) View the full article