BIG designs honeycomb housing block for the Bahamas
News: architecture firm BIG has unveiled a proposal for an apartment block in the Bahamas featuring a honeycomb facade where every balcony contains a swimming pool (+ slideshow). More
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Jun Igarashi's Case house comes with two twisting staircases
A wooden ladder and a pair of winding steel staircases link the rooms of this lofty house in Sapporo, Japan, by Jun Igarashi Architects (+ slideshow). More
B&B Italia founder Piero Ambrogio Busnelli dies aged 87
News: Piero Ambrogio Busnelli, founder of Italian furniture brand B&B Italia, has died aged 87. More
Sebastian Bergne folds metal sheet into a letter holder
Maison&Objet 2014: British designer Sebastian Bergne has created a letter stand from a folded sheet of metal to keep post and stationery tidied away. More
"I haven't had a home for three years" says Iwan Baan
Interview: Iwan Baan is the rock star of architecture photography, shooting buildings from helicopters and "living in a hotel 365 days a year". With a new exhibition documenting his hectic schedule now open in Germany, Baan spoke to Dezeen about his unique lifestyle and technique (+ slideshow). More
Vertical Glass House by Atelier FCJZ has glass floors instead of windows
Glass floors allow residents to look down from a dining table into a toilet inside this windowless concrete house in Shanghai by Chinese firm Atelier FCJZ (+ slideshow). More
Kulle daybed by Stefanie Schissler features a bobbly surface
Cologne 2014: this daybed by young designer Stefanie Schissler is intentionally lumpy to encourage users to snuggle into it. More
Bureau SLA inserts bright white gallery into old timber armoury
Dutch studio Bureau SLA has inserted a smooth white house-shaped art gallery into a timber nineteenth-century Dutch military building. More
Stop-motion music video by Rafael Bonilla for Glass Animals' single Exxus
Dezeen Music Project: surreal animated creatures made out of plasticine inhabit this music video by Rafael Bonilla for upcoming British band Glass Animals. More
Family house by Wienberg Architects and Friis & Moltke contains cosy oak-lined rooms
Architects Mette and Martin Wienberg have overhauled a 1940s cottage in Denmark to create a modern home for their family, complete with timber-lined walls and cosy furnishings. More
New Pinterest board: doors and entrances
We published a house with a huge pivoting rusted-steel door last week, so our new Pinterest board brings together a selection of interesting doors and entrances from the pages of Dezeen. See our new Pinterest board »
Clothing designed for chairs by Bernotat & Co
Dutch designers Bernotat & Co have created a range of coverings for chairs that are modelled on a grandma's dressing gown, baggy overalls and an oven mitt. More
Soil treatment centre by Christensen & Co designed to look like piles of mud
This soil treatment centre in Copenhagen by Danish studio Christensen & Co was designed to resemble the mounds of earth being used to sculpt the landscape of a developing harbour-side community (+ slideshow). More
3D-printed jewellery by Maria Jennifer Carew clips onto garments
Rather than slotting onto chains, these 3D-printed pendants by Italian designer Maria Jennifer Carew hang from the edge of the wearer's clothing (+ slideshow). More
Garden Workshop designed around an old workbench and a collection of handmade tools
Ben Davidson of London studio Rodić Davidson Architects designed this garden shed in Cambridge, England, to the exact proportions of his grandfather's old workbench and added pegboard walls for displaying a collection of handmade tools (+ slideshow). More
Sofa based on a pin cushion by Demeter Fogarasi
Stockholm 2014: enormous dressmaker's pins seem to puncture the seat of this sofa by Hungarian design student Demeter Fogarasi, pushing through to form legs on the underside. More
This week on Dezeen
This week we featured projects at Selfridges' Festival of Imagination, where Dezeen has created an augmented-reality shop and Dominic Wilcox has installed absurd inventions like a tea cup with a cooling fan (pictured) in one of the department store's windows. More architecture and design news follows, plus our Dezeen Music Project track of the week. More
Maarten Baas: "My Smoke furniture was an instant success"
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: in the second part of our interview with Maarten Baas, the Dutch designer reflects on how his career has progressed since the burnt furniture he developed for his 2002 graduation project immediately brought him to the attention of the design world. More
London's future skyline captured in new visualisations
This series of images by architectural rendering studio Hayes Davidson envisages how London's skyline might look in 20 years time. More
Claesson Koivisto Rune unveils Xtra Large modular table for Offecct
Stockholm 2014: Swedish design studio Claesson Koivisto Rune will present a modular table system with plug sockets within the structure during Stockholm Design Week next month (+ slideshow). More