Jean Nouvel designs wood-encased Philharmonia speakers for Amadeus
Speakers originally designed by architect Jean Nouvel for his controversial Philharmonie de Paris concert hall are being put into production by French audio brand Amadeus. More
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Established & Sons co-founder and chairman Angad Paul dies aged 45
Angad Paul, co-founder of British design brand Established & Sons, has died after falling from the balcony of his London home. More
Print All Over Me turns search terms and mouse activity into textile patterns
Google data and mouse movements become customisable textile patterns in Print All Over Me's fashion collaboration with artist Lia and studio Sosolimited. More
Snarkitecture uses steel sheets with garment-shaped cutaways for COS pop-up shop in LA
Brooklyn studio Snarkitecture has used pink-hued steel and floor-to-ceiling mirrors to transform an industrial space in Los Angeles into a pop-up store for fashion brand COS (+ slideshow). More
Workplace design in Australia booms as employers compete to attract talent
Inside Festival 2015: Australia's booming economy is forcing companies to invest in innovative interior design in order to attract and retain staff, according to the winner of the Offices category at this year's Inside Festival. More
Studio Dror's wine rack for Brancott Estate is "a little piece of sculpture"
Movie: New York designer Dror Benshetrit discusses the limited-edition foldable wine rack he designed for Brancott Estate in our second movie for the New Zealand wine brand. More
Translucent curtains surround "floating" Oasis pavilion by OBBA
Seoul studio OBBA hung thin white strips around this temporary pavilion, designed as a resting place for visitors to an outdoor art exhibition (+ movie). More
Arch Studio adds sculptural white staircase and glass roof extension to Beijing house
Beijing-based Arch Studio has renovated this house in the city's Dongcheng district, adding a perforated-steel staircase designed to make climbing to the top feel like "walking into the sky". More
Sheltersuit coat doubles as a sleeping bag for the homeless
Dutch Design Week 2015: fashion designer Bas Timmer has used abandoned tents to create jackets that turn into waterproof sleeping bags for homeless people. More
Coconut groves surround brick retirement home on a Thai beach by NPDA Studio
This stripy brick home stands among coconut trees on the shoreline of Ko Pha Ngan, an island in the Gulf of Thailand (+ slideshow). More
Marchi Architectes completes a community centre in the heart of an old French village
Paris studio Marchi Architectes has extended a small museum in the French village of Biévres and added a community centre with a series of pitched roofs (+ slideshow). More
Car workshop takes priority at Stempel & Tesar's house for a racing driver
At this house for a racing driver, Czech studio Stempel & Tesar has shifted the living spaces upstairs to make room for a car workshop below (+ slideshow). More
Steven Vandenborre adds cross-shaped staircase to an industrial office conversion
A multi-directional black staircase bridges the main entrance space in this converted office building in Belgium (+ slideshow). More
MVRDV's proposed 2004 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion was "a heroic failure"
Movie: in our next exclusive movie with Julia Peyton-Jones, the Serpentine Gallery director discusses the artificial mountain MVRDV proposed for the 2004 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, which eventually proved too expensive to build. More
Haft Sin ceramics by Hozan Zangana echo the outlines of Persian calligraphy
Eindhoven designer Hozan Zangana has created a set of ceramics for the traditional Persian new year celebration based on the forms of the calligraphic Nastaliq script. More
Studio Gang designs curving concrete expansion to New York's Natural History Museum
Architect Jeanne Gang has unveiled plans for a geologically-inspired extension to the American Museum of Natural History in New York (+ slideshow). More
Steel grid covers double cantilevered building for the University of Luxembourg
This multipurpose building at the University of Luxembourg combines an 18-storey tower with a horizontal volume that cantilevers at both ends (+ slideshow). More
Precarious playground structures by Capucine Diancourt rely on users' balance
Dutch Design Week 2015: French designer Capucine Diancourt's series of unconventional playground equipment includes non-fixed rocking items that challenge children to keep their balance. More
New Pinterest board: World Architecture Festival and Inside Festival 2015
We've been reporting from the World Architecture Festival and Inside Festival 2015 in Singapore this week. Our new Pinterest board is filled with award-winning projects from the events, including Ole Scheeren's World Building of the Year and March Studio's World Interior of the Year.
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FT Architects' 4 Columns house features a traditional timber frame and minimal interior
A traditional Japanese construction method was used for this house in Tokyo, which features four wooden columns arranged in a square to support the rest of the timber frame (+ slideshow). More