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The Hepworth Wakefield gallery designed by David Chipperfield Architects opens to the public this Saturday. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Maison&Objet 2013: these chairs by French design studio Ibride appear warped and uneven, but seen from a certain angle their silhouettes resemble classic designs (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

These futuristic images by French architecture graduate Alice Labourel imagine a shape-shifting ballet school that alters its elaborate structure to react to the movements of dancers, trains and the river (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

A swinging door at the back of a ramen restaurant in Brooklyn's Greenpoint neighbourhood reveals a tiny Japanese-style speakeasy, designed by architect Arnold Cheung. Read more View the full article

Architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro and landscape designers James Corner Field Operations have completed Section 2 of the High Line, a 1.5 mile-long elevated park on an abandoned railway in New York. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Hundreds of cut-out paper letters tell the history of typefaces in this stop-motion animation by Canadian graphic designer Ben Barrett-Forrest. (more...) View the full article

The facade of this Melbourne house for an architect and a street artist has built-in graffiti. (more…) View the full article

Slideshow: just like the museum we published earlier today (or yesterday?), this library in Worcester, England, by architects Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios is covered with shimmering squares of golden metal. (more…) View the full article

These inflatable chairs by Chinese designers Ray Jiao and Yi Wang integrate vacuum compression systems that mould the seats to the shape of each sitter (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

Dezeen and MINI World Tour: San Francisco designer Yves Behar, who recently launched a keyless lock controlled by a smartphone, discusses his vision for how technology can be successfully integrated into the home in this movie filmed in Milan. (more...) View the full article

Leftover coffee grounds fuel this small holiday cabin created by American food chain Dunkin' Donuts, which features interiors styled by actress Olivia Wilde and was listed on Airbnb for $13 per night. Read more View the full article

This glass library by new studio Zauberscho[e]n stands in a former stable yard in Münster, Germany. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Australian designer Marc Newson has designed an hourglass for watch brand Ikepod, which contains tiny stainless steel balls in place of sand. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Photographer Edmund Sumner has shared with us his photos of this house by Matharoo Associates in Ahmadabad, India, featuring shutters weighted with concrete balls. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London-based hotelier Ennismore has opened a branch of its chain The Hoxton within a historic building in Portland, Oregon, with refreshed modernist-influenced interiors. Read more

London hotelier Ennismore has designed an outpost of The Hoxton within an old meatpacking facility in Chicago, including a co-working lobby space and rooftop pool. Read more

Dezeen promotion: the abundance of industrial factories that once populated south London influence the interiors of The Hoxton's latest outpost, which hotelier Ennismore has opened in Southwark. Read more View the full article

Smell is the most persuasive sense, according to Canadian designers Studio NminusOne, which explains why they’ve designed a mannequin that makes clothes smell of the person looking at them (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Italian architect Andrea Paoletti has completed the interior of a workspace in Rovereto, Italy, that’s shared by entrepreneurs from a variety of fields. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Architect Greg Dutton has designed this treehouse-like, off-grid retreat on his family's property in rural Ohio to be sustainable and in sync with the surrounding environment. Read more

OMA's research studio AMO installed a domestic interior filled with angular furniture and make-believe windows as the setting to present Prada's Autumn Winter 2013 collection during Milan Men's Fashion Week (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Designer Sophie Duran of Rotterdam has created a collection of facial jewellery including these lips that can be inflated with a hand pump. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dutch Design Week 2013: Dutch artist Arne Hendriks proposes shrinking the human population to an average height of 50 centimetres as a way to reduce the amount of food and natural resources we consume. (more...) View the full article

Porcelain containers based on insect eggs by Dutch designer Anke Weiss are on show as part of Eat Drink Design at Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven this week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

An OMA-designed housing complex comprising 31 apartment blocks stacked diagonally across one another is nearing completion in Singapore (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article