Design
Design
Airbus files patent for two-storey aeroplane passenger seating
Plane manufacturer Airbus has applied to patent mezzanine aeroplane seating that would stack passengers on top of one another. More
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Design
Design
Sebastiaan Deviaene designs medical implants using video game development software
Future Makers: industrial designer Sebastiaan Deviaene explains how he works with digital tools more commonly used by video game developers to create 3D-printed implants for bone reconstruction in this movie. More
Architecture
Architecture
Kresings Architektur adds larch animal enclosures to petting zoo in Germany
The animals of this petting zoo in Germany now have new lodgings – a trio of larch-ribbed structures by Kresings Architektur that overlook a pond (+ slideshow). More
Design
Design
Sou Fujimoto's buildings reinterpreted for fashion collection by Akris
Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto provided the influence for the Spring Summer 2016 collection by Swiss fashion house Akris, which includes garments based on his buildings and sunglasses that mimic his eyewear. More
Architecture
Architecture
Christian de Portzamparc and Peter Marino create garment-inspired boutique for Dior
Towering fibreglass panels modelled on the tailoring of Dior clothing envelope the fashion brand's new boutique in Seoul, created by architect Christian de Portzamparc and Peter Marino (+ slideshow). More
Residential
Residential
Cranks house by Hugo Kohno features concrete walls that step in and out
The concrete walls of this Tokyo house were designed by architect Hugo Kohno to step in and out, giving the building extra structural support while creating built-in shelves and seating (+ slideshow). More
Furniture
Furniture
David Adjaye's Double Zero chair for Moroso celebrates "the power of welding"
Movie: architect David Adjaye tells the story behind his first seating range for Moroso in our latest exclusive movie for the Italian furniture brand. More
Architecture
Architecture
WORKac and Ant Farm design a utopian floating city for humans and marine animals
Chicago Architecture Biennial 2015: WORKac has teamed up with the founders of 1970s art collective Ant Farm to design a floating city based on drawings that were lost during a fire decades ago (+ slideshow). More
Design
Design
"Prescribed design processes are for bad designers"
Opinion: we must dispel the myth that design is a predictable and sequential process, says Lucas Verweij, because creativity can't be duplicated in laboratory conditions. More
Design
Design
Design education in the UK is being "marginalised" says John Sorrell
The UK's design industry is under threat due to the government's failure to invest in creative education, according to London Design Festival founder John Sorrell. More
Design
Design
Adidas creates 3D-printed Futurecraft soles to mimic runners' footprints
German sports brand Adidas has unveiled a 3D-printed shoe sole that can be tailored to the exact contours of the wearer's feet. More
Promotion
Promotion
Call for entries to NLA's Don't Move Improve awards 2016
Dezeen promotion: entries are now been accepted to New London Architecture's Don't Move Improve 2016 – a competition that aims to find London's best home extension projects (+ slideshow). More
Residential
Residential
Micro dwelling by All(zone) could be erected within abandoned towers
Chicago Architecture Biennial 2015: Bangkok studio All(zone) has conceived a small temporary home intended to be set up inside unfinished high-rise buildings in tropical cities (+ movie). More
Architecture
Architecture
Apple's latest Silicon Valley campus could be "futuristic tech office" by HOK
Apple is rumoured to be planning another new campus in California's Silicon Valley – a clover leaf-shaped complex by architectural firm HOK featuring a two-acre roof garden and a sunken amphitheatre (+ slideshow). More
Design
Design
Lexus unveils fully drivable car made from cardboard
Japanese car brand Lexus used 1,700 individually shaped cardboard sheets to create a fully functional replica of its IS saloon model (+ slideshow). More
Design
Design
Dennis Parren installs illuminated tower at Lowlands music festival
This 18-metre-high light installation was created by Dutch designer Dennis Parren for the Lowlands music festival in The Netherlands (+ movie). More
Interiors
Interiors
Junya Ishigami creates Cloud Garden nursery with cloud-shaped walls inside a high-rise block
Architect Junya Ishigami designed partitions with assorted curving shapes for the cloud-inspired interior of this nursery, located inside a high-rise in Atsugi, Japan (photos by Edmund Sumner + slideshow). More
Pavilions
Pavilions
Oscar Niemeyer "took the brief very seriously" for 2003 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion
Movie: in the next instalment of our exclusive video series with Julia Peyton-Jones, the Serpentine Gallery director recalls her trip to Brazil to convince Oscar Niemeyer to design the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion in 2003. More
Architecture
Architecture
Groosman to create extreme cantilevers for arts centre in Rwanda's capital
An arts and cultural centre with two huge cantilevered wings has been unveiled by Dutch architectural firm Groosman as the latest in a string of architectural developments in Kigali, Rwanda. More
Architecture
Architecture
Tennis court buildings by Felipe Assadi zigzag towards the Chilean coastline
A sauna, gymnasium, baths and caretaker's lodgings are housed in these four buildings at a seaside tennis court in Chile, which were planned by Felipe Assadi Architects to look like one long but disjointed building. More