News Feed

Bioplastics could potentially be worse for the environment than conventional plastics, according to recycling expert Arthur Huang. Read more

News: the architect behind the competition-winning design for a new parliament in Baghdad has spoken out against "fashionable icon building" amid rumours that the Iraqi authorities are in discussions with Zaha Hadid, whose own design was placed third. (more...) View the full article

This cube-shaped house in Ibaraki Prefecture with small square windows dotted around its facades is the second project we've featured by Japanese studio Kichi Architectural Design (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Archive drawings of bygone creatures feature in The Museum of Extinct Animals, a new range of wall coverings and textiles from Dutch brand Moooi. Read more View the full article

Maison&Objet 2015: quadrants of this circular cabinet by Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola swing open to reveal the contents stored inside. (more…) View the full article

The pieces in this chess set by American designer Stefan Gougherty are formed from coloured tubes drilled into see-through acrylic blocks (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

A geometric facade formed of hollow concrete blocks allows breezes to naturally cool the interior of this house in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, by local firm VACO Design (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Layers of springy nets stretched across an atrium at the centre of this beach house in Thailand by Bangkok studio Onion create a vertical playground that can be used to travel from the top floor to the bottom (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

We featured a couple of bright red buildings this week, so we've pinned all of the red-coloured structures on Dezeen onto a new Pinterest board. See our Pinterest board of red buildings » Follow Dezeen on Pinterest » View the full article

This vase by London designer Lambert Rainville supports flowers in a free-standing arrangement by holding their stems halfway up. (more...) View the full article

Product news: Japanese studio Nendo has designed a collection of furniture with components that look like they’re peeled away from wooden stems (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

We've created a new Pinterest board from Milan 2013 featuring all the products, installations and exhibitions we've covered from the design world's biggest get-together. See our coverage of the event on Pinterest » Follow Dezeen on Pinterest » View the full article

As interest in space travel grows, NASA has created graphics advertising holidays on planets that could potentially support life. (more…) View the full article

Thomas Heatherwick, Ilse Crawford, Tatiana Bilbao and André Fu are among the leading industry figures we've added to the judging panel for the inaugural Dezeen Awards. Read more View the full article

Japanese artist Takaya has added stuffed dead birds to designs in his latest collection of raw vegetable and flower headpieces. (more…) View the full article

IKEA has launched a rainbow-coloured version of its Frakta shopping bag in the US to promote equality for the LGBT+ community. Read more

News: mobile phone maker Nokia has released open-source files that will let Lumia 820 smartphone users 3D print their own customised case. (more...) View the full article

This week's job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is a position as head of the Product Design Masters programme at ECAL, where past students' work includes Thibault Penven's folding boat (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

Shanghai-based design studio 8 Hour has released a range of seating, which is inspired by the "changing forms" of a paperclip. Read more

Roger Scruton, chair of the UK government's Building Better Building Beautiful Commission, says that bad design was behind the Grenfell Tower fire that killed 72 people. Read more

Dezeen promotion: the biannual Shift Automotive exhibition and convention will be returning to Berlin in September 2019 to explore how technology will affect the future of transport. Read more

Overhanging floor plates delineate the levels of this house in the woods outside Utrecht by architecture studios Powerhouse Company and RAU (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

A biblical theme park contained within a huge ark – billed as the world's largest timber-frame building – has opened in Kentucky, just as the US state has been hit by severe flooding (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

The first major exhibition at the new Design Museum in London will include 11 commissions by leading designers – including an EU-themed living room designed by OMA in response to Brexit (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

The news that Gardens by the Bay was named World Building of the Year at the World Architecture Festival leads this week’s issue of Dezeen Mail, which also contains all the latest news, jobs, competitions and reader comments from Dezeen. Read Dezeen Mail issue 122 | Subscribe to Dezeen Mail View the full article