Lighting
Lighting
Competition: six Buster + Punch LED light bulbs to be won
Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with London design label Buster + Punch to offer readers the chance to win one of six LED Buster bulbs in the colour of their choice. More
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Design
Design
Jongerius and Schouwenberg launch manifesto against "depressing" design industry
Milan 2015: designer Hella Jongerius and theorist Louise Schouwenberg are to launch a manifesto calling for an end to "pointless products, commercial hypes and empty rhetoric" in design. More
Interiors
Interiors
Sculptural staircase connects two mosaic floors in an old fisherman's cottage in Sicily
A staircase formed of wooden boxes and platforms, and supported by a black metal framework, rises up through this Sicilian residence that was recently renovated by Milanese architect Francesco Librizzi. More
Architecture
Architecture
Henning Larsen Architects to design outpost for Swedish National Museum
Danish firm Henning Larsen Architects has been selected to design a new branch of one of Sweden's most important art galleries, which will form an extension of a century-old regional museum in Östersund. More
Residential
Residential
David Kohn's Sanderson House extension conceived as a fox in the garden
This London house extension features a red brick exterior thought to look like a profile of a fox and a multi-hued interior that references Adolf Loos' Modernist houses of the 1920s (+ slideshow). More
Furniture
Furniture
Benjamin Hubert slots Inlay sofa's legs inside opened corner seams
Milan 2015: Belgian brand Indera will launch this modular sofa system by London designer Benjamin Hubert in Milan next week. More
Restaurants/bars
Restaurants/bars
Schemata Architects inserts coffee shop and roastery into a Tokyo warehouse
Japanese studio Schemata Architects has converted an old warehouse in Tokyo into a cafe and roastery for a Californian coffee company (+ slideshow). More
Design
Design
"Marketing efforts surrounding design festivals create an oddly temporary gentrification"
Opinion: more and more design weeks take place around the world each year, but as brands flock in to woo designers, these are in danger of losing sight of their purpose, warns Lucas Verweij. More
Furniture
Furniture
Markus Johansson creates fibreglass Loop Chair from a 3D-printed model
Milan 2015: Swedish designer Markus Johansson used a full-size 3D-printed model to create the mould for this chair that looks like it was squeezed from a tube (+ slideshow). More
Architecture
Architecture
Snøhetta designs a new kitchen for The French Laundry in Napa Valley
Snøhetta has unveiled plans to build a new kitchen for The French Laundry – a prestigious California restaurant that is often listed as one of the best in the world. More
Residential
Residential
Protruding brickwork gives a ribbed facade to Lezze's House VR in Belgium
Dark grey bricks alternate between protruding and receding rows to give a ribbed texture to the facade of this family house near Brussels by Belgian studio Lezze (+ slideshow). More
Architecture
Architecture
Facebook pushes ahead with plans for two new Gehry-designed buildings
Less than a fortnight after moving into its new Frank Gehry-designed California campus, Facebook has presented plans for two neighbouring office buildings by the Canadian architect. More
Furniture
Furniture
Bouroullec brothers forge wrought-iron frames for Officina furniture
Milan 2015: French designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have used the ancient technique of iron forging to create frames for a range of chairs and tables (+ movie). More
Residential
Residential
Imbue Design completes a rusty steel dwelling in the Utah desert
This house in the Utah desert is covered in sheets of rusty Corten steel to match the colour of the earth, while its four glazed gables are designed to take in views of the mountainous landscape (+ slideshow). More
Furniture
Furniture
Made in Ratio uses CNC cutting to create an A-shaped chair
Milan 2015: computer-controlled cutting was used to shape the curves of this solid wood chair by Made in Ratio founder Brodie Neill. More
Residential
Residential
MIMA House in Alentejo is the latest in a series of prefabricated Portuguese homes
Over three years after completing their first prefabricated dwelling, architects Mário Sousa and Marta Brandão have now installed modular homes all across Portugal. Their latest is a summerhouse in scenic Alentejo (+ slideshow). More
Retail
Retail
Tokujin Yoshioka installs giant red triangles for Tokyo Issey Miyake store
Crimson aluminium triangles hang above garments and in front of windows at Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka's latest store for Issey Miyake in Tokyo (+ slideshow). More
Comments
Comments
"Thanks for supporting British architecture schools, Richard"
Comments update: is Richard Rogers right to gift his seminal Wimbledon home to the Harvard Graduate School of Design? Read on for more on this and other most-commented Dezeen stories this week. More
Design
Design
Marc Newson designs limited-edition samurai sword
Designer Marc Newson has created a series of 10 katana swords, modelled on the traditional weapons used by Japanese samurai warriors and each carrying a price tag of $300,000 (+ slideshow). More
Architecture
Architecture
David Chipperfield disowns Milan museum over "war of the floor"
David Chipperfield has renounced his Città delle Culture museum and gallery complex in Milan after a "pathetic dispute" over the quality of flooring material used. More