Retail
Retail
David Chipperfield completes Bally flagship store in Beverly Hills
British architect David Chipperfield has completed his second flagship store for Swiss luxury brand Bally, located on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills (+ slideshow). More
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Comments
Comments
"It's probably not the solution to obesity"
Comments update: introducing graphics that show nutritional information on supermarket receipts isn't enough to solve the "obesity epidemic", according to readers. Read on for more on this and explore our comments page to keep up with the latest discussions. More
Architecture
Architecture
Architects have no moral obligation to society says Alejandro Aravena
Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: socially minded architecture is a choice not a responsibility according this year's Venice Biennale curator Alejandro Aravena, who has called for "professional quality, not professional charity" to deal with the world's issues. More
Hotels
Hotels
Gwyneth Paltrow enlists Gensler to design Hollywood members-only club
Actress Gwyneth Paltrow is working with architecture firm Gensler to develop a branch of the private Arts Club on Hollywood's Sunset Strip. More
Design
Design
Schwinge unveils futuristic pyramid-shaped Tetra superyacht concept
Designer Jonathan Schwinge has created a conceptual superyacht with a pyramid-shaped body that would lift itself above the water at high speeds. More
Design
Design
Lexus announces finalists for 2016 design award for young creatives
Dezeen promotion: a clock that uses UV-responsive liquid to tell the time, eco-friendly packaging made from algae, and modular clothing are among the prototype designs shortlisted for this year's Lexus Design Award. More
Design
Design
Will.i.am's second wearable tech device is a voice-activated smartwatch
Music producer Will.i.am has returned to the world of wearable technology with another smartwatch: a voice-activated device named Dial that runs on a bespoke operating system called AneedA. More
Architecture
Architecture
AA Design & Make students use a robotic arm to build a woodland barn
Students from London's Architectural Association have completed a robotically fabricated barn in a wood in Dorset, England, using timber harvested from the surrounding trees. More
Furniture
Furniture
Folkform's Revolving Bookcases designed to make physical books look desirable
Stockholm 2016: responding to the rise of digitalised texts and e-reader devices, Swedish design duo Folkform has created a set of revolving units for presenting "increasingly desirable" physical books. More
Pavilions
Pavilions
Spark unveils plans for colourful beach huts built from recycled ocean plastic
Architecture firm Spark wants to use HDPE plastic waste to build a series of elevated beach huts resembling giant pine cones in Singapore. More
Architecture
Architecture
Tokyo university students create "drawn-in-place" architecture using a 3D-printing pen
A group of University of Tokyo students overseen by architect Kengo Kuma have developed a 3D-printing pen that can be used to create complex architectural structures out of plastic sticks. More
Graphics
Graphics
IKEA's "Chuck out your chintz" ads changed British taste, says the man who wrote the slogan
Design Indaba 2016: the 1996 ad campaign that encouraged British housewives to throw away their fussy furnishings helped transform attitudes to design, according to ad executive Naresh Ramchandani (+ movie). More
Residential
Residential
Morrow + Lorraine to build five holiday homes on England's Jurassic Coast
Architecture studio Morrow + Lorraine has been given the go ahead to build a set of clifftop holiday homes on the Isle of Portland, England (+ slideshow). More
Design
Design
Sou Fujimoto to create "forest of light" for COS installation in Milan
Milan 2016: Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto has designed this year's Milan design week installation for fashion brand COS, which will feature cones of light created by spotlights. More
Promotion
Promotion
Ventura Lambrate announces theme and designers for 2016 exhibition
Dezeen promotion: Ventura Lambrate has revealed the participants who will exhibit under one of its themes, Thinking Traditions and Academies, for its event during Milan design week from 12 to 17 April 2016 (+ slideshow). More
Design
Design
Car brands are dazzled by technology and neglecting users, say van der Lubbe and van Eijk
Design Indaba 2016: the car industry is so obsessed with new technology that it is forgetting about people, according to Dutch designers Miriam van der Lubbe and Niels van Eijk. More
Architecture
Architecture
"Floating" extension to be built over roof of Vienna's Wien Museum
Austrian architects Winkler + Ruck Architekten and Ferdinand Certov have been selected to create a "floating" roof extension for Vienna's Wien Museum. More
Retail
Retail
SelgasCano creates London bookstore promoting "a return to physical material things"
Spanish studio SelgasCano has completed a concept bookstore in east London, with handmade wooden bookshelves based on the fictional Library of Babel and a strict no-phone policy (+ slideshow). More
Medical
Medical
Cox Rayner's university health centre aims to reduce anxiety in patients
Inside Festival 2015: Casey Vallance of Cox Rayner Architects explains how the firm used natural materials to create a calming environment inside a dentist training facility in Brisbane, Australia, in this exclusive movie. More
Lighting
Lighting
Light is bent, refracted and projected at Formafantasma's Anno Tropico exhibition
Amsterdam-based duo Formafantasma is hosting a solo exhibition that explores the "expressive qualities of light" at the Peep-Hole Contemporary Art Centre in Milan (+ slideshow). More