This week on Dezeen
We've been reporting on the imm cologne trade fair this week, where a proposed home of the future is installed. Our Dezeen Music Project featured track plus more architecture and design news from the past seven days follows. More
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Atelier Tekuto creates an angular house with a pattern of pointy skylights
A geometric pattern of skylights frames views of the sky from inside this angular white residence in Tokyo by Japanese firm Atelier Tekuto (+ slideshow). More
JDS Architects designs fictional museum for Danish television drama
News: architect Julien de Smedt has designed a museum to feature at the centre of a plot line in popular Danish television series The Legacy. More
Google's "smart contact lenses" could help diabetics monitor blood sugar levels
News: scientists at the Google[x] research facility in California are working on contact lenses containing tiny electronics that could constantly monitor glucose levels in the tears of people with diabetes. More
Job of the week: visual artist at Herzog & de Meuron
This week's job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is a position for a visual artist with Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron, whose cylindrical skyscraper design proposed for London's Canary Wharf is pictured. Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
"Cyborg scenario" will see computers in the brain replace wearable tech
News: surgically implanted chips that feed digital information directly into the brain will supersede wearable technology, according to the co-founder of a leading 3D imaging studio. More
M03 house renovation by BAST contrasts an old brick base with a new metal extension
Toulouse architects BAST have renovated a derelict house in the French city by adding a corrugated steel extension that contrasts with the existing masonry (+ slideshow). More
Augmented reality demonstration at Dezeen's Imagine Shop for Selfridges
This movie we filmed at Dezeen's pop-up shop of the future at London department store Selfridges demonstrates how augmented reality technology could transform retail. More
Wooden table by Ruben Beckers weighs just 4.5 kilograms
Cologne 2014: a grid of thin wooden strips supports the surface of this table by German designer Ruben Beckers to make it extremely lightweight (+ slideshow). More