Design
Design
Victor Castanera's Undae vases are striped to look like sand and sea
Spanish product designer Victor Castanera has created a set of cylindrical resin containers with patterns reminiscent of ocean waves and sandy beaches. More
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Design
Design
Noise reduction has become a "major preoccupation" in Scandinavian interiors
Stockholm 2016: acoustics are the hot topic at this week's Stockholm Furniture Fair, with designers and brands launching products aimed at making interiors quieter. More
Furniture
Furniture
Michael Young's carbon-fibre chair for Coalesse weighs less than five pounds
British designer Michael Young's LessThanFive carbon fibre chair for US-based furniture company Coalesse is launching after two years of development. More
Design
Design
Tom Dixon sold to British investment firm Neo Investment Partners
Business news: design brand Tom Dixon has been sold by its Swedish owners to a British investment company, it has emerged. More
Design
Design
Google's artificial intelligence becomes first non-human to qualify as a driver
Google's self-driving car system has been officially recognised as a driver in the US, paving the way for the legalisation of autonomous vehicles. More
Promotion
Promotion
Call for entries to Eleven's San Francisco 2016 competition
Dezeen promotion: architects, designers and multidisciplinary teams can now enter Eleven Magazine's latest ideas competition, which aims to reimagine the Tenderloin area of San Francisco as the "neighbourhood of the future". More
Pavilions
Pavilions
Peter Zumthor's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2011 was a space of "solitude and calm"
Movie: gallery director Julia Peyton-Jones reflects on the walled garden Peter Zumthor created in 2011 in the next movie of our exclusive video series looking back at the Serpentine Gallery Pavilions. More
Architecture
Architecture
COBE wins contest to redevelop Copenhagen's Christiansholm island
COBE has unveiled its masterplan for Christiansholm, an artificial island in Copenhagen harbour formerly occupied by the Danish press (+ slideshow). More
Architecture
Architecture
Herzog & de Meuron creates subterranean gallery for Musée Unterlinden in Colmar
Herzog & de Meuron has completed an extension to the Musée Unterlinden in Colmar, France, creating a new underground gallery accessed via a monumental cast-concrete staircase (+ slideshow). More
Design
Design
New Eurostar carriage design slammed by fashion's elite
Influential names from the fashion industry, including Vanity Fair's Virginie Mouzat and British Fashion Council ambassador Sarah Mower, have criticised the interiors of Pininfarina's Eurostar redesign, referring to the Standard Premier carriage as "a disaster". More
Architecture
Architecture
Construction of Gehry's Guggenheim Abu Dhabi yet to start
The Guggenheim Foundation has admitted that work has still not started on its new Abu Dhabi museum by architect Frank Gehry. More
Job of the week: industrial designer at G-Star RAW
Our job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for an industrial designer at fashion brand G-Star RAW, which collaborated with Vitra to update a collection of 1940s office furniture by French architect Jean Prouvé (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse more architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
Residential
Residential
London house remodelled by Studio 30 with loft bedroom and courtyard-inspired kitchen
Studio 30 has transformed a terraced house in west London with a new loft bedroom and an enlarged family kitchen, both featuring walls that fold open to offer better views of a garden and nearby park (+ slideshow). More
Design
Design
Jin Kuramoto designs petal-shaped Wind room dividers for "acoustically chaotic" spaces
Stockholm 2016: Japanese designer Jin Kuramoto's collection of screens for Swedish furniture brand Offecct can be arranged as "a forest of organic shapes" to help dampen noise in open-plan interiors (+ slideshow). More
Architecture
Architecture
Tengbom's completes pine cone-inspired trail centre in a Swedish nature reserve
Giant wooden shingles cover the curving walls of this woodland trail centre by Swedish architecture firm Tengbom, designed to mimic the form and texture of a pine cone (+ slideshow). More
Retail
Retail
Taylor and Miller creates a retail space within a working candle factory
This small showroom by Taylor and Miller for a Brooklyn-based candle and fragrance company is defined by suspended walls made of wood and steel (+ slideshow). More
Design
Design
Muji shelving units combine to create a living space in Fumihiko Sano's installation
Tokyo architect Fumihiko Sano used Japanese design brand Muji's popular steel shelving system to create this room-like installation for an exhibition exploring standard units of measurement (+ slideshow). More
Architecture
Architecture
"Nobody plays with form as well as Bjarke Ingels"
Opinion: when it comes to headline-grabbing proposals, Bjarke Ingels and BIG are becoming increasingly hard to beat – and increasingly divisive among critics. Aaron Betsky explains why he's part of the BIG fan club. More
Design
Design
Bompas & Parr's colour-changing flowers transform when exposed to heat
London-based studio Bompas & Parr has created two kinds of "chameleon bloom" for Valentine's Day that change colour when exposed to certain temperatures (+ slideshow). More
Design
Design
Alexander Taylor develops customisable Tailored Fibre trainers for Adidas
London designer Alexander Taylor has made a prototype for customisable Adidas trainers based on an industrial sewing technique used to manufacture heated car seats (+ movie). More