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Finnish designers Aleksi Hautamaki and Milla Selkimaki have built a self-sufficient summer house on the five-acre island they own on the edge of Finland's Archipelago National Park. Read more

London studio FAT have completed the womenswear department of London department store Selfridges using angular structures and painted floor patterns in clashing colours. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Italian studio Arabeschi di Latte and curator Jane Withers have installed a bar at London's Selfridges that invites visitors to "imagine life without the plastic water bottle" as part of an exhibition about ocean plastic (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

A geometric sculpture grows from a column and branches across the ceiling of the new designer menswear space designed by architect Alex Cochrane for London department store Selfridges. (more…) View the full article

An immersive experience by Campaign and The Future Laboratory that takes visitors on a journey to find a scent that matches their personality opens this week at London department store Selfridges (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Spanish studio SelgasCano has completed a concept bookstore in east London, with handmade wooden bookshelves based on the fictional Library of Babel and a strict no-phone policy (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Spanish architecture studio SelgasCano has unveiled its first commission in France – a vast pavilion of translucent waves that fills the courtyard of the Fondation d'entreprise Martell in Cognac. Read more View the full article

Spanish practice SelgasCano has revealed its design for Second Home in Hollywood – a sprawling co-working campus comprising bright yellow work pods interspersed with lush planting. Read more

Spanish architects José Selgas and Lucía Cano have revealed their proposal for the 15th Serpentine Pavilion in London – a "chrysalis-like" structure made from colourful see-through plastic. (more…)

An orange plastic tunnel forms a curvy seating area along the facade of this London office block – the first UK project from José Selgas and Lucía Cano, the architects of next year's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

The plastic-wrapped Serpentine Pavilion designed by Spanish firm SelgasCano has been rebuilt in Los Angeles as an events space for British co-working company Second Home. Read more

Second Home Hollywood, the first US location from the British co-working company, is revealed in this captioned video produced by Dezeen for Second Home. Read more View the full article

London design studio Sella Concept has launched its first furniture collection – a series of handmade stools featuring curvaceous forms inspired by the bathers at Hampstead Heath's Ladies' Pond. Read more View the full article

The interior of this restaurant in London's Pimlico features a palette of materials and colours chosen by local studio Sella Concept to evoke the warm sunshine and relaxed lifestyle of the Mediterranean. Read more View the full article

London design studio Sella Concept used plush furnishings, grandiose light fixtures and a "sophisticated" colour palette to ditch the stereotypical aesthetic of startups inside this central London co-working space. Read more

Selldorf Architects will design the Qianlong Garden Interpretation Center within a palace of the Forbidden City in Beijing, China, which has never been opened to the public. Read more

Architects Peter McNeil and Clarissa Nam have built two detached houses on a corner lot in Toronto to live in and use as a rental property. Read more View the full article

This concept car by Los Angeles architects Emergent is made of cartilage and makes its own fuel from algae. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Clean white walls contrast with the stripped-back columns and beams of these offices inside a former factory in Turin (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Los Angeles design brand Sempli has launched a set of glasses designed for enjoying different types of craft beer. (more…) View the full article

Milan 2013: London studio Industrial Facility will present a lamp with a glass base wrapping round the beam of light in Milan this week. (more...) View the full article

As part of Virtual Design Festival, we're calling on readers everywhere to send us short video clips with their messages to the world. 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

Amsterdam fashion label Senscommon has combined high-tech fabrics with functional fastenings to create a waterproof coat designed specifically for cyclists (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

News: a conductive rug that can detect movement and call for help if someone has fallen over has been developed by German firm Future-Shape. (more...) View the full article