Dezeen Mail #222
MVRDV's giant food market in Rotterdam (pictured), Marc Newson's beer machine and a scissor-like bridge in London feature in Dezeen Mail issue 222. Click through for all the latest news, jobs and reader comments from Dezeen.
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Ostrich Pillow Mini by Studio Banana Things enables napping on the go
Following the success of the Ostrich Pillow, a travel cushion that fits over the head for sleeping anywhere, Studio Banana Things has launched a smaller version that slides onto the user's arm or hand (+ slideshow). More
COBE and Lunden win competition to design new transport hub for Finland's second city
News: a team comprising Danish architects COBE and Finnish firm Lundén Architecture has won a competition to design a new transport centre for Tampere, Finland's second-largest city. More
David Chipperfield installs tree trunk columns in Mies van der Rohe's Neue Nationalgalerie
David Chipperfield has filled the Mies van der Rohe-designed Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin with 144 tree trunks – the museum's final exhibition before renovation work by the British architect starts. More
World Architecture Festival 2014 day two winners announced
World Architecture Festival 2014: an apostrophe-shaped bridge in a British industrial city and a pair of structures at a sustainable forest in Australia feature in the second group of category winners for awards at this year's World Architecture Festival in Singapore (+ slideshow). More
Floating cycle path proposed for London's River Thames
News: a proposal for a new east-west cycleway that would float on the River Thames has been unveiled by a consortium of architects, artists and engineers formed to promote the development of better cycling links in London. More
Inside Awards 2014 day two winners announced
Inside Festival 2014: after day two at the Inside Festival, the final award winners have been revealed, including a marble-lined cinema in a Hong Kong shopping centre and an Australian school of architecture filled with colourful bespoke furniture (+ slideshow). More
Alex Chinneck performs architectural "magic trick" with Covent Garden building installation
A piece of the historic Covent Garden market appears to have broken free of its stone base, with its top half levitating in the air, in the latest installation by London designer Alex Chinneck. More
Lava combines western and eastern symbols to create "universal" icons
Beijing Design Week 2014: design studio Lava has created a set of symbols that take elements from both Chinese characters and Western graphics in the hope that they will be understood by people from both cultures (+ slideshow). More
Schemata Architects refits Japanese clothing store with petrol-hued display structure
This Tokyo shop by Schemata Architects features exposed industrial fittings and galvanised metal display rails that have been treated to produce a petrol-toned surface (+ slideshow). More
Bouroullec brothers design minimal coloured Ruutu vases for Iittala
French designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have created a set of diamond-shaped coloured vases for Finnish design brand Iittala (+ slideshow). More
Teak and bamboo structures accommodate Burmese refugees in a Thai village
These timber and bamboo huts were designed by Agora Architects to offer temporary accommodation to refugees arriving in Thailand from across the Burmese border (+ slideshow). More
MVRDV designed the Markthal Rotterdam to be "as proud as possible"
Movie: in this exclusive interview, architect Winy Maas of MVRDV explains how the firm developed the distinctive curving arch design of the Markthal in Rotterdam, which opened today. More
Marc Newson designs "revolutionary" draft beer machine for Heineken
In his first interview since joining Apple, industrial designer Marc Newson discusses his latest product – a domestic draft beer machine he says is the equivalent to a Nespresso coffee maker for beer lovers – and the future of the mechanical timepiece in the wake of the Apple Watch (+ interview + slideshow). More
Iris van Herpen uses 3D printing and magnets to form Spring Summer 2015 fashion collection
Dutch fashion designer Iris van Herpen revealed 3D-printed garments and accessories "grown" with magnets during her ready-to-wear show in Paris yesterday. More
Dezeen Guide update: October 2014
Dezeen Guide: design events in Singapore, Dubai and Belgrade (pictured) feature in this month's update, along with six others taking place during October. More
Farshid Moussavi designs London shop interior for Victoria Beckham
London architect Farshid Moussavi has overhauled three storeys of an existing Georgian building in the city's West End to create the first physical retail space for Victoria Beckham's eponymous fashion label (+ slideshow). More
MVRDV's Markthal Rotterdam opens
News: Markthal Rotterdam, the covered food market and housing development shaped like a giant arch by Dutch architects MVRDV, has officially opened today after five years of construction (+ slideshow). More
World Architecture Festival 2014 day one winners announced
World Architecture Festival 2014: a house with trees growing on the rooftops and a library where bookshelves and stairs wrap a triple-height atrium are among today's award winners at the World Architecture Festival in Singapore. More
Inside Awards 2014 day one winners announced
Inside Festival 2014: a bookstore designed to encourage socialising and a hotel planned to suit the lifestyle of business travellers are among the first batch of category winners at the 2014 Inside Awards (+ slideshow). More