Candela light by Francisco Gomez Paz combines eco-friendly fuel with LEDs and a phone charger
Milan 2016: this cordless lamp generates its own electricity from bio ethanol, creating enough power to additionally charge a smartphone. More
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Zaha Hadid's car park project in Miami Beach will not get built
The late Zaha Hadid's designs for a spiralling car park and public plaza in Miami have been rejected by city officials, five years after the architect was hired for the project. More
Architect Philip Johnson's Nazi past detailed in new book
Pritzker Prize-winning architect Philip Johnson was an impassioned supporter of Nazism, in which he found a "new international ideal", according to a new book by American journalist Marc Wortman. More
Cornelia Parker installs Hitchcock-influenced PsychoBarn on Met museum rooftop
British artist Cornelia Parker has created an installation based on the mansion from Alfred Hitchcock's film Psycho for this year's Roof Garden commission at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (+ slideshow). More
ÉCAL students and Punkt update and simplify everyday electronic items
Milan 2016: product design students at Swiss university ÉCAL have collaborated with technology brand Punkt to make basic household electronics, such as a radio and a power plug, more intuitive (+ slideshow). More
Hella Jongerius creates Colour Machine installation inside CasaVitra
Milan 2016: Dutch designer Hella Jongerius has arranged pieces of Vitra furniture by shade to create a rainbow-hued installation displaying the brand's colour and material library (+ slideshow). More
Atelier Kukka's House U is designed to frame a nearby cherry tree in Tokyo
Red cedar provides a golden-hued exterior for this small gabled house, designed by local studio Atelier Kukka for a Tokyo street featuring a Japanese cherry tree (+ slideshow). More
Sydney calls for artists and designers to submit ideas for city Christmas lights
Dezeen promotion: Sydney invites artists and designers to submit concepts for its city-wide Christmas decorations, including lighting, large-scale outdoor installations and a tree in Martin Place (+ slideshow). More
John Pawson completes bright white holiday home on Japan's Okinawa island
This clifftop holiday home by British designer John Pawson presents white windowless facades to its guests, but at the rear large windows and a roof terrace face towards the sea (+ slideshow). More
Joshua Florquin uses angular joinery to create bespoke furnishings for doctor's surgery
Architect Joshua Florquin has used wooden panels to create angular furniture elements inside a doctor's surgery in Belgium, ranging from a multi-level reception desk to a series of boxy cubby holes (+ slideshow). More
Kiki van Eijk and Joost van Bleiswijk present line-drawn design at Physical exhibition
Milan 2016: Dutch designers Kiki van Eijk and Joost van Bleiswijk's Physical exhibition showcases five new collections, including furniture that looks like drawings and products bolted together like Meccano (+ slideshow). More
Carpenter Lowings adds printed glass staircase to Hong Kong apartment
This patterned glass staircase forms the centrepiece of an apartment in Hong Kong, and leads up through a skylight to a roof terrace overlooking the bay (+ slideshow). More