News Feed

Dezeen archive: following our stories on Burger King’s rustic refit in Singapore and McDonalds’ new look in France, here are some more designer interiors for restaurant chains including Little Chef, Pizza Express and Austrian chicken shops. See all the stories » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The Temporium 2011: Hamburg designer Alexa Lixfeld is presenting a range of handmade products at The Temporium including handwoven dolls based on drawings made by school children in Sri Lanka. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Five years ago, when Dezeen was just three weeks old, Thomas Heatherwick’s East Beach Cafe was still taking shape on the English south coast, Zaha Hadid presented a range of Seamless furniture at Phillips de Pury & Company in New York and The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston released images of its new waterfront cultural centre by Diller Scofidio + Renfro. See all our stories from December 2006 » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A glass bridge connects a concrete house with wonky windows to an artist’s studio in Puebla, Mexico. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The Temporium 2011: these edible chocolate moustaches by Spanish designer Diego Ramos are currently on sale at our Christmas pop-up shop The Temporium and are the ideal gift for clean-shaven chocolate lovers. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This time last year we featured a couple of wacky clocks – a timepiece of unfurling paper that creates ever-changing shapes, and a belt-driven clock for an architect. We also revealed the news that Norman Foster was working on proposals for a new California campus for computer giant Apple, which we published in the summer. Meanwhile Singaporean designer Tan Lun Cheak produced a glass table that doubles up as a cooker and Milan designer Emanuele Pizzolorusso created a set of paper maps that can survive being screwed up in a pocket or rucksack. We featured a residence clad in tarred black shingles from the Living Architecture series of holiday homes, as well as a large ho…

Climbers in the Alps can now spend their nights sleeping in a tube that cantilevers over the edge of a mountain. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: in this movie we filmed at the inaugural Qubique design show in Berlin in October, Margo Konings and Margriet Vollenberg of Organisation in Design guide us through a sample of pieces on show as part of Ventura Berlin, the area they curated at the show. Watch the movie » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

In case you hadn’t noticed, this week we opened our Christmas shop The Temporium at 65 Monmouth Street, Seven Dials, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9DG. Drop in to see over 20 designers and brands selling their products direct to the public, plus 10% off Dezeen Watch Store and the chance to win a goodie bag worth £100. Meanwhile Burger King opened a rustic-style fast food joint to rival last week’s McDonalds refit and our most popular story was a Swedish seaside house with a glass-fronted lookout loft on its roof. Readers debated whether the latest Maggies cancer care centre represents a downward spiral or enveloping arms and a jagged glass restaurant by a Norwegian cliff…

The Temporium: readers in London can download this flyer to get 10% off Dezeen Watch Store purchases at our Christmas shop The Temporium plus the chance to win a goodie bag worth over £100! (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Following our hotly debated story about the new-look interiors for fast-food giant McDonalds in France, here’s a revamped outlet for rival Burger King in Singapore that’s designed to imitate a garden. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The window frame of this Beijing boutique by Japanese studio Nendo is repeated into the depths of the store. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

German designers Reich und Wamser have completed a Cologne store with exposed brick walls and gauzy curtains for fashion brand Esprit. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

If you liked the last monochrome boutique with a checkout in the changing rooms by architect Nelson Chow, here’s another one. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Architects Stephen Williams Associates have completed a hotel that looks like a shipping warehouse beside the harbour in Hamburg. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The pitched roof atop this Paris house won’t keep out the rain – it’s actually a pergola for growing fruit over a roof terrace. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Traditional Dutch porcelain company Royal Delft have launched a new contemporary brand, Blue D1653, including this set by Arian Brekveld that looks as though the blue emblems have slipped down the rim of each dish. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Check out the latest issue of Dezeen Mail for all the best stories and comments from Dezeen, including the new look for McDonalds, flying robotic construction workers and sex-doll shoes. There’s also an update from Dezeen Wire, the latest movies on Dezeen Screen, all our new competitions and jobs, plus news on our Christmas shop The Temporium. Take a look at it here. Dezeen Mail is sent out every couple of weeks and you can subscribe here. </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The Temporium 2011: our Christmas shop The Temporium is now open! In the first of our Advent calendar stories, we’re giving away a Flying Santa card by London design consultancy Studio91 with the first 50 purchases made at the shop. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: in this interview filmed for our micro-exhibition Dezeen Platform, Polish studio mode:lina describe their Audiochmura, a soundscape of London that is played through a cloud of tangled corrugated pipes. Watch the movie » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The jagged glass edges of this restaurant by Norwegian studio Reiulf Ramstad Architects point up towards a sheer cliff face. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dutch studio Ector Hoogstad Architecten have converted a former Rotterdam steel plant into offices filled with plastic bridges, potted trees and picnic benches. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: Michael Young’s brand new Hacker watch is now available at Dezeen Watch Store, both online and at our Christmas shop The Temporium from tomorrow until 24 December at 65 Monmouth Street, Seven Dials, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9DG. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Our Christmas pop-up store The Temporium opens tomorrow and will host an eclectic array of designers and brands including Australian company Matilda, who will showcase a selection of products and furniture by designers from Down Under (Dove Stools by Brian Steendyk shown above). Read on for details of other products that will be available at The Temporium including padded pockets for portable devices, indestructible maps and much more… (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

French designer Matali Crasset presents a series of vessels shaped like horns, speaker components and loudhailers at Mica Gallery near Rennes in France. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article