Lighting
Lighting
Lights held on angled branches form Nir Meiri's Black Swan lamp
London Design Festival 2015: London designer Nir Meiri took cues from the shapes of birds when creating this floor lamp with two lights supported by metal rods. More
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Job of the week: project architect at De Matos Ryan
Our job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for a project architect at De Matos Ryan, which designed the Garden House in Battersea that sits in a sunken courtyard (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
Interiors
Interiors
Macro Sea converts Berlin factory into student residences
Ladders provide access to mezzanine sleeping areas in rooms at this student residence within a former car-radio button factory in Berlin's Kreuzberg district (+ slideshow). More
Design
Design
Layer's concept wearable tracks personal carbon consumption
London Design Festival 2015: the studio launched by London designer Benjamin Hubert has partnered with environmental consultancy Carbon Trust to produce a concept wearable that could track individual carbon footprints (+ movie). More
Residential
Residential
Ruud Visser Architects extends old Dutch townhouse by two metres
Dutch studio Ruud Visser Architecten has "stretched" the length of an early 20th-century townhouse in The Hague, and added a large window with a cross-shaped wooden frame to the new rear facade (+ slideshow). More
Architecture
Architecture
First Chicago Architecture Biennial is a "site of experimentation" say curators
Chicago Architecture Biennial 2015: the inaugural Chicago Architecture Biennial opens to the public this weekend. Speaking at a preview today, curators Sarah Herda and Joseph Grima said the exhibition showcases architects who are carving out new ways to practice. More
Residential
Residential
DGT Architects' A House for Oiso aims to "capture the essence of Japan from all ages"
Parisian office DGT Architects aimed to condense the architectural history of Japan's houses into a single home with this elevated timber volume supported on an earth-clad base. More
Design
Design
Jewellery exhibition focuses on early work by Harry Bertoia
An exhibition at the Cranbrook Museum of Art outside Detroit examines the jewellery of the mid-century American sculptor and designer Harry Bertoia (+ slideshow). More
Lighting
Lighting
Metalarte launches 10th anniversary edition of Jamie Hayón's Josephine lamp
Lighting brand Metalarte has launched a giant floor-standing version of Spanish designer Jaime Hayón's Josephine lamp to mark its 10th anniversary. More
Residential
Residential
Zaha Hadid's first residential building in New York includes $50 million penthouse
New York developer Related Companies has released new images of Zaha Hadid's High Line-adjacent building to tempt buyers into investing in the project (+ slideshow). More
Design
Design
Piet Hein Eek begins long-term collaboration with IKEA
Dutch designer Piet Hein Eek is creating a collection of limited-edition furniture for IKEA, set to launch in 2017, as part of a wider collaboration with the Swedish company. More
Dezeen Mail #273 features a selection of this week's best stories and discussions
This week's Dezeen Mail features Herzog & de Meuron's design for the Vancouver Art Gallery, Kate Moss' venture into interior design and an award-winning visitors centre that was recently destroyed by a volcano (pictured).
Design
Design
Klemens Schillinger visualises changing values of gold with Element 79 jewellery collection
Vienna Design Week 2015: Austrian designer Klemens Schillinger has created a series of rings that are sized to show the fluctuating price of gold over the past five decades, as part of a jewellery collection (+ slideshow). More
Pavilions
Pavilions
Penda's bamboo pavilion could be expanded to create homes for 200,000 people
Architecture studio Penda has created a rope-bound bamboo pavilion as a mock up of a modular housing system developed to provide sustainable housing schemes for populations of up to 200,000 (+ slideshow). More
Architecture
Architecture
Rural Urban Framework awarded Curry Stone Design Prize at Chicago Architecture Biennial
Chicago Architecture Biennial 2015: Hong Kong design and research group Rural Urban Framework has been awarded the 2015 Curry Stone Design Prize for humanitarian architecture (+ slideshow). More
Design
Design
Today we like: coffee
Today is International Coffee Day, so celebrate by browsing the unusual and innovative designs for caffeinated drinks on Dezeen. A set of cups made from used coffee grounds, a concrete espresso machine and packaging for coffee-flavoured beer all feature in our archive. See more design for coffee »
Design
Design
19 Greek Street transforms gallery into apartment for The Art of Progress exhibition
London Design Festival 2015: windows that charge electronic devices and benches produced using solar power were among the sustainable products, furniture and food items exhibited across four floors at London gallery 19 Greek Street (+ slideshow). More
Design
Design
Small Foot launches Pocket inflatable shoes for walking on snow
Bulgarian designer Petar Dimitrov has created a pair of lightweight inflatable snowshoes that can be packed into two bags (+ slideshow). More
Architecture
Architecture
Namu Architects completes shed-like visitor centre in South Korea's CeongTae Mountain
This visitors centre for a mountain in South Korea by Namu Architects comprises a pair of gabled buildings with vertical cladding and windows, intended to reference the trunks of tall trees that surround the plot (+ slideshow). More
Architecture
Architecture
Piet Hein Eek converts former mill buildings into holiday rentals in rural France
Dutch designer Piet Hein Eek has spent 10 years renovating an old mill in France's Dordogne region into a pair of holiday homes that visitors can rent (+ slideshow). More