Design
Design
Design contributes £71.7 billion to UK economy says Design Council report
Business news: the UK's Design Council has published research that reveals how many billions of pounds the country's design industry generates each year. More
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Design
Design
Bastiaan Buijs creates wind-up sex toy using hand-blown glass
Dutch Design Week 2015: this "aesthetically pleasing" glass vibrator by Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Bastiaan Buijs is powered by clockwork. More
Design
Design
Music industry to blame for attitudes towards design copies, says Eames Demetrios
"Ridiculous choices" made by the music industry have made it difficult for furniture companies to argue against copies of products by designers like Charles and Ray Eames, according to the Modernists' grandson. More
Promotion
Promotion
Brancott Estate reveals design collaboration with Studio Dror
Dezeen promotion: New Zealand winemaker Brancott Estate has announced its plan to build a permanent, site-specific installation by New York designer Dror Benshetrit in its Marlborough vineyards, as part of a new partnership. More
Design
Design
Stefania Vulpi's Universal Unconditional platform lets people borrow citizenship
Dutch Design Week 2015: Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Stefania Vulpi has created a conceptual online system that allows a network of people to temporarily share their nationality (+ movie). More
Dezeen Mail #276 features a selection of this week's best stories and discussions
This week's Dezeen Mail features a modular residential tower designed to offer a solution to New York's affordable housing shortage (pictured), an updated hoverboard design and Renzo Piano's latest skyscraper for London. There's also the latest news, jobs and reader comments from Dezeen.
Design
Design
Hyperloop's test track will be "closest thing to teletransportation"
A test track for the Hyperloop high-speed transportation network – first conceived by entrepreneur Elon Musk – will begin work in California next month (+ slideshow). More
Design
Design
The London Taxi Company reveals "new generation" battery-powered black cab
Chinese-owned auto manufacturer The London Taxi Company has unveiled the glass-roofed hybrid TX5 prototype that is set to be used as the UK capital's latest black cab. More
Hotels
Hotels
Foster-designed hotel at Battersea Power Station to feature rooftop infinity pool
A rooftop infinity pool boasting views over Battersea Power Station has been unveiled for the Foster + Partners-designed building proposed beside the historic London structure (+ movie). More
Architecture
Architecture
Damien Hirst's Newport Street Gallery photographed by Hélène Binet
These new images by Swiss-French photographer Hélène Binet offer a detailed look at the spaces of Damien Hirst's new south London gallery, which opened to the public earlier this month (+ slideshow). More
Architecture
Architecture
Umwelt creates perforated concrete bunker for a television channel in Chile
A grid of concrete encases this television transmission centre on the summit of San Cristóbal Hill in Santiago, Chile, which has recently been renovated by architecture studio Umwelt. More
Lighting
Lighting
Pieke Bergmans creates neon lights with irregularly shaped tubes
Dutch Design Week 2015: Amsterdam designer Pieke Bergmans used traditional glass-blowing techniques to form these neon lamps with uneven tubes. (+ slideshow). More
Architecture
Architecture
Angular roof helps Mount Fuji house by Hiroki Tominaga Atelier shed snow
The zigzagging roof of this house near Mount Fuji was designed by architect Hiroki Tominaga to help snow slide off, and its profile is highlighted after dark by a glowing facade (+ slideshow). More
Architecture
Architecture
Dominique Perrault awarded Praemium Imperiale arts prize
French architect Dominique Perrault has been named the 2015 Praemium Imperiale architecture laureate – a prestigious award given by the Japan Art Association. More
Design
Design
Michael J Fox tries Nike's first pair of Back to the Future self-lacing shoes
Nike has celebrated Back to the Future day by presenting actor Michael J Fox with a pair of the self-lacing shoes he wore in the 1985 movie Back to the Future II. More
Design
Design
Modebelofte 2015 presents "sport-related" graduate fashion at Eindhoven football stadium
Dutch Design Week 2015: experimental graduate fashion designs themed around sport and performance are on show at Eindhoven's Philips Stadium for this year's Modebelofte exhibition. More
Design
Design
Car manufacturers show how Back to the Future is influencing vehicle design
Car manufacturers, including Mercedes-Benz and Toyota, suggest the classic sci-fi film Back to the Future provided the inspiration for the vehicles of tomorrow. More
Architecture
Architecture
New York's first micro-apartment building to be completed in December
A modular residential tower designed by nArchitects that is meant to offer a solution to New York's affordable housing shortage is nearing completion (+ movie). More
Residential
Residential
Aamodt Plumb renovates New England home housed within a cluster of barns
US firm Aamodt Plumb Architects has updated a Massachusetts dwelling made up of old barns that were converted into a single-family home in the 1950s (+ slideshow). More
Design
Design
Design Academy Eindhoven students "see crisis in the world and respond to it"
Dutch Design Week 2015: Design Academy Eindhoven has undergone a "paradigm shift" with students now more interested in responding to real-world problems such as Europe's refugee crisis than making beautiful objects for collectors, according to creative director Thomas Widdershoven. More