Elissa Lacoste creates "grotesque" furniture that resembles flesh
Skeletal stools and a blobby, monolithic table and chair features in this series of furniture by French designer Elissa Lacoste. More
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Watch our talk exploring the past and future of Minotti
Dezeen's editorial director Amy Frearson spoke to members of the family behind the Italian furniture brand Minotti about their approach to combining heritage with a vision for the future in this talk filmed by Dezeen. More
Office of the future "will only be a place where people come together" say Barber and Osgerby
We no longer need desks, say designers Ed Barber and Jay Osgerby, because the office of the future is more of a meeting place than a work environment. More
Plans unveiled for temporary UK Parliament designed by AHMM
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris has designed a temporary replacement for the House of Commons, to be used by UK Parliament while the Houses of Parliament is restored. More
Careers guide: Alara Alkan describes her route into design research at Birsel + Seck
Alara Alkan details how she became a researcher at product design studio Birsel + Seck for the Dezeen Jobs careers guide. More
SHoP unveils US Embassy offices for lush site in Bangkok
New York firm SHoP Architects has designed an irregularly stacked office building for the US Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand. More
University of Stuttgart creates biomimetic pavilions based on sea urchins and beetle wings
The University of Stuttgart has continued its experiments into biomimicry and robotic construction with two pavilions at the Bundesgartenschau horticultural show in Germany. More
Social housing revamp in Bordeaux wins Mies van der Rohe Award 2019
The European Union has awarded its annual architecture prize to Transformation of 530 Dwellings, a renovation of 1960s housing in France by Frédéric Druot Architecture, Lacaton & Vassal Architectes and Christophe Hutin Architecture. More
Construction set to begin on Frank Gehry's long-awaited Guggenheim Abu Dhabi
The Guggenheim Foundation has revealed that its Frank Gehry-designed art museum in the United Arab Emirates is "on track" to complete in four years time. More
Gravity Sketch VR software now lets designers switch between 2D and 3D
Designers can move easily between drawing in a virtual-reality environment and on their tablet using the latest update to Gravity Sketch. More
The Met celebrates "resurgence of camp" in new exhibition Camp: Notes on Fashion
The Met's Costume Institute has unveiled a pink-hued exhibition exploring camp fashion across the centuries, from the playful to the outrageous. More
Hilarchitects completes contemplative meditation hall in eastern China
Wood-lined rooms, shaded corridors and water walkways are just some of the features that Hilarchitects has incorporated into this meditation space in north eastern China. More
Yuri Suzuki gives Raymond Scott's Electronium electronic sequencer an AI makeover
Japanese designer Yuri Suzuki has reimagined a sixty-year-old electronic sequencer machine as a physical piece of music software that uses artificial intelligence to generate melodies. More
MLZD adds subterranean sports hall to school in a former monastery
Architecture office MLZD has built a sports hall with a sculptural concrete wall below ground level to preserve views of a heritage-listed converted monastery in Wettingen, Switzerland. More