Architecture
Architecture
Zaha Hadid is "resentful and wronged" says Stephen Bayley
Design critic Stephen Bayley has attacked architect Zaha Hadid, describing her as aggressive, intractable and bitter. More
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Design
Design
Apple is working on a touchscreen smart ring device
Tech giant Apple has filed a patent for a "wearable ring device" with touchscreen and voice-control capabilities, paving the way for a potential launch of the Apple Ring. More
Retail
Retail
Paulo Mendes da Rocha and Metro add pastel tones and concrete to Aesop's São Paulo store
Paulo Mendes da Rocha and Metro Associated Architects teamed up to design Aesop's first outpost in Latin America store, pairing exposed concrete with handmade tiles (+ slideshow). More
Residential
Residential
Andreas Martin-Löf designs hilltop home near Stockholm with views over the treetops
Swedish architect Andreas Martin-Löf has completed a weekend retreat for himself on a steep hill overlooking the Stockholm archipelago, with eye-level views of the surrounding tree canopy (+ slideshow). More
Interiors
Interiors
Wall of hidden panels provides storage for renovated Tel Aviv apartment
Interior designer Maayan Zusman and architect Amir Navon designed bespoke carpentry with hidden storage space for a 60-year-old apartment in Tel Aviv. More
Residential
Residential
Fabian Tan's Ittka House is designed to offer respite from Malaysian heat
This Kuala Lumpur home has bedrooms with corners that slide open, an indoor tree and voids between the floors to make the interior feel more like an outdoor space (+ slideshow). More
Residential
Residential
Tompkins Rygole's Woodridge house evokes Arts and Crafts architecture with brick facades
The facades and walled garden of this house in the English town of Newbury are entirely faced in Flemish-bonded handmade bricks that reference the neighbouring Arts and Crafts buildings (+ slideshow). More
Design
Design
Yi-Wen Tseng's methane-powered concept car is modelled on a cow's digestive system
London Design Festival 2015: Royal College of Art graduate Yi-Wen Tseng has imagined a car powered by bio-printed organs, using synthetic biology to turn a cow's digestive process into a fuel system. More
Interiors
Interiors
Studio 102 converts an empty Hanoi house into a plant-covered office and showroom
Hanoi architecture office Studio 102 has transformed an incomplete house in the Vietnamese capital into an office for a landscape architecture firm, featuring plants that clamber over its slatted timber cladding (+ slideshow). More
Design
Design
Chmara.Rosinke designs Futurist kitchen installation
Vienna Design Week 2015: Austrian studio Chmara.Rosinke explored alternatives for dining and food preparation in its Cucina Futurista 2.0 exhibition of furniture and tableware design at Vienna Design Week (+ slideshow). More
Residential
Residential
Perforated shutters provide light and ventilation for Moonlight Cabin by Jackson Clements Burrows
Australian architects Jackson Clements Burrows added perforated shutters to the exterior of this holiday cabin "like a Gore-Tex jacket", providing light and ventilation when closed (+ slideshow). More
Lighting
Lighting
Studio Dessuant Bone's Jurassic Light 117 is influenced by the Dorset coastline
London Design Festival 2015: to celebrate British design brand Another Country's five-year anniversary, Studio Dessuant Bone has designed a lamp to reflect the company's origins in the seaside county of Dorset (+ slideshow). More
Architecture
Architecture
Explore Chicago's contemporary and historic architecture on our new Pinterest board
Dezeen is reporting from the first Chicago Architecture Biennial this week. Browse the city's newest projects, historic icons and lesser-known gems on our new Pinterest board, including Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House and the University of Chicago's Joe and Rika Mansueto Library by Helmut Jahn.
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Residential
Residential
House in Seoul by OBBA features a retractable staircase and a loft for cats
Seoul studio OBBA has completed a house for a pair of newlyweds, featuring a floor that doubles as a bench, a retractable staircase and a dedicated loft for a pet cat (+ slideshow). More
Design
Design
Nendo creates bottle and logo for Kenzo's unisex Totem fragrance
Japanese studio Nendo has created a perfume bottle for Paris fashion house Kenzo in the shape of a tiny totem pole. More
Design
Design
Shai Langen daubs bodies with paint for Jo Goes Hunting's Run Away
Music: Amsterdam material designer Shai Langen made sculptural headpieces and covered models in hand-painted patterns for Jo Goes Hunting's Run Away music video. More
Hotels
Hotels
Glass-walled boxes on stilts accommodate guests at Daniel Mayo's Vivood hotel
Guests at this hotel near the Spanish city of Alicante stay in prefabricated cabins, which are raised off the ground to reduce their impact on the rugged landscape and enable views over the adjacent valley (+ slideshow). More
News
News
This week, the RCA was in hot water and Kate Moss became a designer
This week on Dezeen: London's Royal College of Art hit the headlines this week following the suspension of its world-famous Design Interactions course and supermodel Kate Moss (pictured right) announced her foray into interior design. More
Lighting
Lighting
Studio Itai Bar-On's concrete Grid lamps are patterned with wireframe lines
Israel-based Studio Itai Bar-On has created a set of concrete pendant lamps that are patterned with a grid of lines designed to look like a digital wireframe model (+ slideshow). More
Architecture
Architecture
Theaster Gates transforms abandoned Chicago bank into public arts centre
Chicago Architecture Biennial 2015: artist Theaster Gates has converted a derelict bank building in a low-income Chicago neighbourhood into a cultural venue with galleries, event space, and libraries for books and vinyl records (+ slideshow). More