George Sowden designs Softbrew Teapots to alleviate "lousy" tea bags
Each of these porcelain teapots by Memphis group designer George Sowden has a steel basket filter with over 160,000 tiny holes to improve the taste of tea (+ slideshow). More
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Slovakian house by JRKVC features a glazed gable wall
Slovakian studio JRKVC has designed a small house near Bratislava with one gable wall entirely glazed to fill the interior with light (+ slideshow). More
This week on Dezeen
We've been reporting from the Venice Architecture Biennale this week, where this year's curator Rem Koolhaas took us on a tour of his Central Pavilion, which he hoped would trigger "a modernisation of the core of architecture". Read on for more architecture and design highlights from the past seven days. More
Izabela Bołoz designs two-legged bench to lean against walls
Eindhoven designer and artist Izabela Bołoz has created a wooden bench with only two legs that is designed to rest against a wall. More
Mass Studies brings together North and South Korea with Venice biennale pavilion
Venice Architecture Biennale 2014: Mass Studies founder Minsuk Cho curates an "epic-scale show about both Koreas" with one of the most politically ambitious projects at this year's Venice Architecture Biennale (+ interview + slideshow). More
Job of the week: interior designer/architect at Studio Urquiola
This week's job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is a position for an interior designer/architect at the studio of Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola, whose modular sofa system covered in jersey material is pictured. Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
Brass grid structure cages patisserie in Shenzhen by Linehouse
A cage-like grid of brass poles surrounds the upper section of this double-height patisserie in Shenzhen, China, by Shanghai studio LineHouse. More
Marjan Hessamfar & Joe Verons Associates completes child welfare facility in Paris
Golden louvred shutters add a warm contrast to the otherwise monochrome facades of this child welfare facility in Paris by French architects Marjan Hessamfar & Joe Verons Associates (+ slideshow). More
Rem Koolhaas' Elements exhibition in Venice aims to "modernise architectural thinking"
Venice Architecture Biennale 2014: the Elements exhibition focusses on architectural components such as elevators and escalators, which "have never really been incorporated into either the ideology or the theory of architecture," says curator Rem Koolhaas (+ movie). More
Tokyo cafe interior by CUT Architectures is modelled on a laboratory
A white-lacquered steel ceiling grid, plants under strips of lighting and white tiled surfaces feature in this Tokyo cafe, designed by CUT Architectures to resemble a laboratory (+ slideshow). More
Fall House by Fougeron Architecture steps down a cliff side
San Francisco office Fougeron Architecture has designed a house in California that steps down the side of a cliff and projects over the edge. More
Paul Cocksedge transforms Istanbul sea view with installation of colourful circles
Red, white and blue translucent circles overlapped to form this screen created by London designer Paul Cocksedge at a festival in Istanbul (+ slideshow). More
Modulorbeat creates One Man Sauna inside a stacked concrete tower
German architecture collective Modulorbeat stacked concrete components normally used for mine shafts to create a tower housing a tiny sauna on the outskirts of the city of Bochum. More
Israeli Pavilion uses "sand printers" to trace plans of urban sprawl
Venice Architecture Biennale 2014: four machines trace patterns in piles of sand to reveal plans of buildings, neighbourhoods and cities in this installation at the Israeli Pavilion (+ slideshow). More
Critics give verdicts on Rem's Venice Architecture Biennale "without any architecture in sight"
Venice Architecture Biennale 2014: leading international critics and curators have given Dezeen their verdicts on Fundamentals, the architecture biennale curated by Rem Koolhaas, variously describing it as "accomplished", "brilliant" and "taking the piss". More
Copper-clad ParkArk houseboat by BYTR Architects floats on a Dutch canal
Copper panels and local timber clad the exterior of this houseboat in the Netherlands by BYTR Architects, which is moored beside a wooded parkland (+ slideshow). More
Dezeen Mail #205
This week's Dezeen Mail newsletter includes an interview with Rem Koolhaas on the Venice Architecture Biennale and a house with an infinity pool on its roof, plus the latest news, jobs, competitions and reader comments from Dezeen.
Yves Behar moves towards the connected garden with Edyn
First the connected home; now the connected garden: designer Yves Behar and entrepreneur Jason Aramburu have created products that monitor soil conditions and automatically water plants when they get thirsty (+ movie). More
FAT bring together postwar towns and pop culture for British Pavilion in Venice
Venice Architecture Biennale 2014: the British pavilion at the biennale charts the nation's Modernism using a fluorescent pink mound of earth, a galloping horse made from LEDs, imagery of social housing and a pair of concrete model cows (+ slideshow). More
Sancal celebrates 40th birthday with colourful factory refurbishment
Dezeen promotion: Spanish furniture manufacturer Sancal has refurbished its production facility with colourful murals and geometric signage, to mark its 40th birthday. More