Design
Design
Vienna Design Week to showcase specially commissioned projects
Dezeen promotion: Vienna Design Week takes place from 25 September to 4 October 2015, and will feature works commissioned especially for the show. More
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Design
Design
Lee Broom creates floral setting for products at The Flower Shop
London Design Festival 2015: London designer Lee Broom is presenting his latest collections of furniture and vases against a backdrop of flowers at his Shoreditch showroom (+ slideshow). More
Architecture
Architecture
Finland's tallest wooden apartment block wins Finlandia Prize for Architecture 2015
OOPEAA has won the 2015 Finlandia Prize for Architecture with Puukuokka – the tallest wooden apartment block in Finland and one of the first high-rise examples of prefabricated cross-laminated timber construction in the world. More
Interiors
Interiors
Post-Office creates "simple and elegant" UK headquarters for Aesop
Philippe Malouin's design studio Post-Office has used a minimal colour palette and custom-designed furniture to turn a London warehouse into the UK head office of skincare brand Aesop. More
Furniture
Furniture
Robochop by Kram/Weisshaar gives "anyone with a smartphone" access to an industrial robot
Future Makers: in this movie filmed by Dezeen in Munich, Clemens Weisshaar of Kram/Weisshaar explains how the design studio's Robochop project allows online users around the world to harness the power of a robotic arm. More
Architecture
Architecture
Eternal bonfire on the River Thames wins satirical contest to rival Heatherwick's Garden Bridge
A vision of a blazing bridge has won a tongue-in-cheek competition seeking "alternative but equally ridiculous" design proposals that could replace Thomas Heatherwick's much maligned Garden Bridge for London. More
Architecture
Architecture
Munarq transforms an old farmhouse into an art studio and gallery in Mallorca
Tasked with creating a painting studio for an artist in rural Mallorca, local studio Munarq has overhauled a crumbling farmhouse and added a stone-walled extension (+ slideshow). More
Furniture
Furniture
David Chipperfield presents cabinets referencing Greek architecture at David Gill Gallery
Architect David Chipperfield has designed a series of bronze, steel and glass bookshelves and cabinets for his first gallery collaboration with David Gill. More
Retail
Retail
Sophie Hicks conceals "concrete monster" within translucent walls for Acne Studios' Seoul flagship
A translucent lightbox hides the concrete interior of Swedish fashion brand Acne Studios' first flagship store in Seoul, designed by London architect Sophie Hicks (+ slideshow). More
Skyscrapers
Skyscrapers
Chicago's Vista skyscraper by Jeanne Gang will be world's tallest building designed by a woman
In a newly released video, American architect Jeanne Gang explains how natural crystal formations inspired the shape of Vista Residences, a new skyscraper proposed for Chicago that will be the world's tallest building designed by a woman (+ movie). More
Architecture
Architecture
Farming tools line clay walls in Museum of Rural Labor by Sergei Tchoban and Agniya Sterligova
This museum by architects Sergei Tchoban and Agniya Sterligova contains a single room inside a silo-like structure in a Russian potato field (+ slideshow). More
Design
Design
Max Lamb displays rows of preserved logs for My Grandfather's Tree installation
London Design Festival 2015: British designer Max Lamb's installation at Somerset House includes 131 logs sourced from an ailing ash tree at his grandfather's farm (+ slideshow). More
Design
Design
Ready Made Go presents designs by Philippe Malouin, Hilda Hellström and more for Ace Hotel
London Design Festival 2015: an exhibition at London's Ace Hotel in Shoreditch includes stackable stools, cast concrete lights and copper cone-shaped ashtrays that were all designed for the venue (+ slideshow). More
Design
Design
Gary Card creates MDF landscape for Roksanda's Spring Summer 2016 fashion show
Post offices and stacked parcels influenced the MDF shapes that dotted the runway for London fashion brand Roksanda's Spring Summer 2016 show, which took place at a Grade-II listed sports hall in Marylebone (+ slideshow). More
Comments
Comments
"There's no long-term future for young creative people in London"
Comments update: design duo Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby set the agenda this week on Dezeen after they said London is at a "tipping point" that could lead to the demise of its world-famous creative scene. Read on for more on this and explore our comments page to keep up to date with the latest discussions. More
Design
Design
United Nude unveils Ice shoes with eight-inch 3D-printed heels
Dutch footwear brand United Nude has created a pair of shoes with 3D-printed heels designed to look as if they have been sculpted from a block of ice (+ slideshow). More
Architecture
Architecture
Call for entries to Troldtekt's Wood Wool Award 2015
Dezeen promotion: Danish acoustic panel manufacturer Troldtekt is inviting architects and designers to submit projects featuring innovative uses of wood wool panels for the chance to win €5,000 (+ slideshow). More
Transport
Transport
Heatherwick welcomes decision to fit opening windows on London buses
Transport for London is to fit opening windows on the upper decks of Thomas Heatherwick's new London buses as the designer originally intended, after passengers complained about the heat. More
Furniture
Furniture
Michael Anastassiades launches first furniture piece at SCP's Sofa in Sight
London Design Festival 2015: the Sofa in Sight exhibition at London store SCP features seats by designers Konstantin Grcic, Faudett-Harrison and the first furniture by Michael Anastassiades (+ slideshow). More
Architecture
Architecture
Foster, Rogers and UNStudio compete to design major new Taiwan airport terminal
Foster + Partners, Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners and UNStudio are battling to win the tender for a new £1 billion terminal at Taiwan's largest airport, Taoyuan International. More