Mass customisation takes off as Hem launches online service in USA
Design brand Hem is to launch its online furniture customisation service in the USA, amid signs that mass customisation is becoming big business. More
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Microdevices that mimic human organs could replace animal testing
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: Harvard University's Human Organs-on-Chips was crowned Design of the Year 2015 this week. Scientist Tony Bahinski explains how the chips could one day replace animal testing (+ movie). More
Hiroshi Nakamura's showroom and home for a car dealer features warren-like interiors
Japanese architect Hiroshi Nakamura used hexagons to generate the layout of this Tokyo home and workplace for a car dealer, while triangular arches create warren-like interiors (+ slideshow). More
There is no more ideology in design, says Alessandro Mendini
Design magazines today have lost their critical edge and are little more than catalogues, according to Italian designer, theorist and editor Alessandro Mendini. More
Aketuri Architektai pairs a timber facade with a concrete canopy for House in Vilnius
A concrete canopy with circular rooflights has been suspended from the back wall of this house in Lithuania, contrasting with the building's timber exterior. More
Job of the week: lead architect at Aesop
Our job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for a Hong Kong-based lead architect at skincare brand Aesop, which is opening architect-designed stores around the world. Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
Time-lapse movie shows construction of Richard Rogers' revamped Prouvé house
Galerie Patrick Seguin has released a time-lapse movie showing Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners' adaptation of a 70-year-old Jean Prouvé house being assembled in a field (+ movie). More
Wilson Tang adds oak staircases and marble surfaces for Theresa St Residence renovation
Pale oak staircases ascend to a pair of mezzanine floors set in the rafters of this Melbourne residence, which has been renovated by local architect Wilson Tang. More
CanopyStair is a spiral staircase that straps around any tree trunk
Graduate shows 2015: a pair of Royal College of Art graduates have created a new way to climb trees – strapping steps around the trunk to form a spiral staircase up to out-of-reach branches. More
La Canaleta School by 2260mm features a facade of colourful louvres
Yellow and orange louvres add stripes of colour to the utilitarian facade of this school in Spain, but also allow teachers and pupils to adjust levels of shade and ventilation (+ slideshow). More
"The insidious return of hippie architecture"
Opinion: Google's techno-utopian campus design by BIG and Heatherwick is part of a new wave of interest in surprisingly self-centred "hippie architecture", says Mimi Zeiger. More
Original track: Petra I by Saffron
Petra I is a soothing electronic track by Brooklyn-based artist Saffron.
J Mayer H completes timber lattice pavilion to mark the 300th year of the city of Karlsruhe
The Baroque urban planning of Karlsruhe, Germany, influenced the latticed timber structure of this pavilion, created by Berlin studio J Mayer H to celebrate the city's 300th anniversary (+ slideshow). More
3D printing has stagnated, says pioneering designer Francis Bitonti
The 3D-printing industry "is choking off its own revolution" with a combination of toy-like machines, over-priced materials and legal wrangles according to Francis Bitonti, the designer behind the printed dress for Dita von Teese (+ interview). More
Nendo's Beauty Library presents organic cosmetics on bookshelves
Beauty products are displayed on rows of shelves arranged like a library inside this Tokyo cosmetics store by Japanese design studio Nendo (+ slideshow). More
Dezeen Mail #259
This week's issue of Dezeen Mail includes the winner of the Guggenheim Helsinki competition, SelgasCano's 2015 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion and a wooden sauna built by students in Norway (pictured). There's also the latest news, jobs and reader comments from Dezeen.
Omgeving's black brick library in Zoersel is subdivided into smaller blocks
The front and rear facades of this library in Zoersel, Belgium, have been divided up into house-sized volumes to help the large building fit into its residential context (+ slideshow). More
Snøhetta reveals design for Portland's first city market since 1942
Snøhetta has unveiled plans to build the first official market building in Portland, Oregon, for over 70 years. More
Perforated shutters move mechanically to mask the facade of Archinauten's House GT
An iPad controls the perforated shutters that concertina across the glass facade of this house in Linz, Austria, allowing its two software engineer residents to reveal or conceal views of the city (+ slideshow). More
COS launches The Serpentine Bag to coincide with 2015 pavilion opening
Fashion brand COS has released a limited-edition backpack to mark the opening of this year's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion. More