Bow House by Edwards Moore has a narrow middle that frames a patio
This Melbourne home by local studio Edwards Moore narrows down to less than four metres at its centre to make room for a narrow patio along the southern boundary (+ movie). More
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Lou Moria uses vacuum forming to create recyclable shoes in seconds
Israeli designer Lou Moria has used a vacuum-forming process to create pairs of plastic slippers that can be produced quickly and cheaply (+ slideshow). More
IKEA spoofs Apple with launch of "Bookbook" – its new print catalogue
News: the catalogue for IKEA's 2015 collection is presented as if it were the latest tech offering from Apple in this short movie revealed on one of the Swedish homeware brand's YouTube channels. More
A-Lab adds pixelated tower with a hollow centre to Oslo's new waterfront development
A huge terrace appears to have been carved out of the pixelated body of this mixed-use building in Oslo by Norwegian firm by A-Lab – one of the buildings that make up the city's waterfront Barcode Project (+ movie). More
Dezeen and designjunction launch map of West End Design Quarter 2014
London Design Festival 2014: Dezeen has collaborated with designjunction to create a free digital map of West End Design Quarter 2014 – one of the key areas during this year's London Design Festival – including the best fashion and design shops offering discounts to Visa card holders during the festival. More
"Cities that score well barely qualify as cities"
Opinion: increasingly popular lists that judge cities on "liveability" and "quality of life" are dangerous for the future development of our metropoles, says Sam Jacob. More
Dezeen Mail #218
This week's issue of Dezeen Mail includes construction images of Apple's "space ship" campus, a seemingly endless white void in a Venetian palazzo and a typeface created from over 900 font families. Click through for the latest news, jobs and reader comments from Dezeen.
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Dyson launches "most powerful" vacuum cleaning robot
News: British inventor James Dyson has revealed a design for an intelligent vacuuming robot that can be programmed remotely, which has been in development for the past 16 years. More
Nendo designs ice cream Village cake for Häagen-Dazs
Japanese design studio Nendo has created an ice cream cake, featuring a group of small chocolate houses intended to remind people of returning home for the holidays (+ slideshow). More
Foster teams up with Fernando Romero on new Mexico City airport
News: Norman Foster and Mexican architect Fernando Romero have won a competition to design one of the biggest airports on earth for Mexico City, which the British architect says will be "like nothing else in the world". More
Rounded glass facades improve views from Wiel Arets' water-traffic control centre
Dutch firm Wiel Arets Architects has completed a water-traffic control centre in the town of Maasbracht with a curved glass upper storey that offers panoramic views over the surrounding waterways (+ slideshow). More
Structural trusses influence Bridge furniture by Variant Studio
The geometric patterns of bridge structures informed the shapes used to create this wooden furniture by Variant Studio (+ slideshow). More
RIBA reveals shortlist for best British house of the past year
News: the six houses shortlisted for this year's RIBA Manser Medal have been announced, including a cliffside home on Scotland's Isle of Skye, an angular house extension in London and a Welsh countryside residence near the remains of a Celtic fort (+ slideshow). More
Airhouse Design Office creates a hierarchy of rooms inside House in Ohno
The most private rooms of this house by Japanese studio Airhouse Design Office are concealed within massive columns, leaving the surrounding double-height space to become an area for socialising (+ slideshow). More
Doug Wheeler creates illusion of infinite white space inside Venetian palazzo
Visitors to Venice's Palazzo Grassi become immersed within a space that appears to have no boundaries in an installation created by American artist Doug Wheeler in the gallery's atrium (+ slideshow). More
Torafu Architects creates three-tiered interior for Japanese ice-cream cafe
Japanese firm Torafu Architects used contrasting floor finishes to define the three distinct spaces of Snow Picnic, an experimental ice-cream shop in Tokyo (+ slideshow). More
Suppose Design Office pairs industrial fittings with plants at Biotop lifestyle store
Plants are interspersed amongst the raw industrial spaces of this lifestyle store in Osaka by Japanese firm Suppose Design Office, which combines shopping, dining and gardening (+ slideshow). More
Headless rooftop chickens by Rootoftwo respond to internet panic levels
Detroit studio Rootoftwo has installed weather vanes shaped like headless chickens on five buildings in Folkestone, England, which spin around and change colour in response to fear levels on the internet rather than the climate (+ slideshow). More
Mosa releases Scenes and Solids tile collections
Dezeen promotion: Dutch tile manufacturer Mosa has announced the launch of two new collections, Mosa Scenes and Mosa Solids. More