Yingjia Club by Neri&Hu
Chinese architects Neri&Hu have completed this private member's club in Beijing. More
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Chelsea Football Club offer to buy Battersea Power Station
Chelsea Football Club have made an offer to buy Battersea Power Station in south London, with plans to redevelop it into a 60,000 capacity stadium - BBC More
Styrene by Paul Cocksedge
Designed in Hackney: here's another design classic from the London borough of Hackney - Paul Cocksedge's pendant lamp made from heat-shrunk plastic cups. More
Float by Karim Rashid for Sancal
Milan 2012: New York and Amsterdam designer Karim Rashid presented this sofa with modular arms and headrests slotted into a high back at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile this month. More
The Arch by 3XN
Slideshow: Danish architects 3XN have completed a riverside cultural centre in Norway with glass hills outlined on its facade. More
Cross # Towers by BIG
Skyscrapers in Seoul: Danish architects BIG have designed a towering apartment block for Seoul that will be shaped like a hashtag. More
Alternative 2012 souvenirs
(Mostly) Designed in Hackney: east London designers Dominic Wilcox, Ed Carpenter, André Klauser, Barnaby Barford and Donna Wilson have created a range of alternative souvenirs for visitors to east London during the Olympic games. More
Dezeen Music Project: Funky Pressure by Kobi Glas
We've got a much more danceable track for you on Dezeen Music Project today, with this minimal but funky house track by Kobi Glas. Funky Pressure is one of a collection of tracks inspired by the city of Tel Aviv, which you can download here if you like what you hear.
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Dezeen Mail #99
The latest issue of Dezeen Mail includes interviews with Rem Koolhaas and Zaha Hadid, stories including a new Google campus and a blanket that watches you sleep, plus all the latest jobs, competitions and music. Check it out here.
Interview: Justin McGuirk at Dezeen Studio
Milan 2012: in this interview filmed at Dezeen Studio, Guardian critic Justin McGuirk gives us his take on the future of design criticism, as fast reactions on platforms like Twitter and Facebook are balanced by long-form analysis in e-books and online journals.
He goes on to discuss how the fetishisation of traditional crafts by mass-producers is pushing design in a new direction and agrees with previous guest journalist Joseph Grima that the arrival of hacking culture and open-source production is the big story in Milan this year, describing it as the antithesis to the luxury design industry that the city normally centres around. More
"Dallas Museum Simmers in a Neighbor's Glare" - New York Times
Dezeen Wire: a glazed skyscraper being constructed across the street from the Renzo Piano-designed Nasher Sculpture Centre in Dallas is creating so much glare that it is damaging artworks, burning plants and dazzling visitors - New York Times More
R18 Ultra Chair Public Beta by Clemens Weisshaar and Reed Kram for Audi
Milan 2012: visitors were invited to sit in a chair hooked up to advanced stress-analysis equipment normally used in the car industry at an installation by Clemens Weisshaar and Reed Kram for car brand Audi in Milan last month. More
WikiHouse by 00:/ at Hacked Lab
Milan 2012: London designers 00:/ recently showed visitors to Milan's most famous department store how to construct a wooden house from a downloaded kit of parts. More
Swimming Pool in Tortosa by Arquitecturia
Slideshow: these ridged metal walls enclose the facilities of an outdoor swimming pool that Spanish firm Arquitecturia have just completed in the town of Tortosa. More
Le Cinq by Ninkipen!
Japanese architects Ninkipen! have planted a tree at the centre of this hair salon in Kadoma and surrounded it with mirrored A-frames. More
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Dezeen Music Project: Sleeping Problems by Shitwave
Having too many analogue synths to play with isn't conducive to a good night's sleep - that's what Shitwave discovered when making this track, aptly titled Sleeping Problems, which manages to be catchy as well as rhythmically experimental.
There's also a music video for the track that you can watch here.
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Build Your Own Musical Instrument by Technology Will Save Us at Hacked Lab
Milan 2012: Hackney-based organisation Technology Will Save Us believe everyone should understand how simple devices work, so at the Hacked Lab in Milan they hosted workshops that included a lesson in building an electronic musical instrument. More
The Temporium on llustre.com
Dezeen promotion: Dezeen’s pop-up retail concept The Temporium is going online this Sunday to guest-curate a collection of homeware by the likes of Jamie Hayon, Paul Cocksedge and Alexa Lixfeld on flash-sales site llustre. More
New Pinterest board: libraries
We’ve just added a new board to Pinterest compiling all the best photos of libraries from the pages of Dezeen. We now have over 2000 followers on Pinterest – join in here.
House K by Takeshi Hamada
Beyond the arched entrance of this metal-clad house in Kadoma, Japan by architect Takeshi Hamada is a corner light well surrounded by windows and balconies. More