Promotion
Promotion
Clerkenwell Design Week returns in 2015 for sixth edition
Dezeen promotion: this year's Clerkenwell Design Week festival in London will present new product launches across four exhibitions from 19 to 21 May. More
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Design
Design
"Bored" Chinese are turning from fashion to furniture
Interview: ahead of this month's Design Shanghai trade fair, creative director Ross Urwin explains how furniture and product design are fast eclipsing fashion as China's new retail obsession. More
Furniture
Furniture
Jaime Hayón designs furniture based on Le Corbusier architecture
Milan 2015: Spanish designer Jaime Hayón has created a range of wooden tables that are shaped to look like the curved structural elements of iconic buildings by Le Corbusier. More
Design
Design
Designers are adding billions of dollars to the tech industry, says John Maeda
Design has become a "game changer" in Silicon Valley, according to a report by former Rhode Island School of Design president John Maeda, who says that designers are becoming essential to the success of tech companies. More
Architecture
Architecture
Thomas Phifer adds reflective white wing to Corning Museum of Glass in New York
New York architect Thomas Phifer has designed a building featuring an opaque glass exterior for one of the world's most important glass museums (+ slideshow). More
Design
Design
Nike x Sacai capsule collection aims to make sportswear more feminine
Sports brand Nike has collaborated with Japanese fashion studio Sacai to launch a capsule collection of women's performance sportswear that incorporates pleats and lace (+ slideshow). More
Architecture
Architecture
Panoramic animations offer "romantic overview" of dystopian future cities
Architect Liam Young has developed a series of animated panoramas depicting visions for cities of the future, including an urban landscape exclusively owned and operated by technology brand Samsung (+ movie). More
Design
Design
Carved Bowls store small objects in scooped-out sections
Spanish-based designers Kutarq Studio have created a pair of carved bowls based on the shapes left in yoghurt when it is being eaten with a spoon (+ slideshow). More
Architecture
Architecture
Wave is a surfer's house with a protruding windowless facade and a secret courtyard
This top-heavy white house in Kanagawa, Japan, was designed by Apollo Architects & Associates for a keen surfer and his family (+ slideshow). More
Architecture
Architecture
13 of the best contemporary homes in Ireland
We've assembled some of the best examples of domestic architecture in Ireland from the pages of Dezeen – including a timber-frame house with sliding doors, a black glass extension to a period home, and a seaside retreat. More
Promotion
Promotion
Designjunction announces Milan line-up and new design quarter
Dezeen promotion: designjunction has announced the headline exhibitors for its Milan show taking place from 15 to 19 April and a new district for the city's design week. More
Comments
Comments
"This doesn't seem ethical"
Should we redesign animals to save them from extinction? This week readers have been discussing the ethics of a synthetic biology project that proposes doing just that. More
Architecture
Architecture
"Definitely not a bridge"
Opinion: Dutch architecture firm OMA was among 74 entrants for a competition to design a new footbridge across London's River Thames – but its entry was more about making a statement than trying to win, explains practice partner Reinier de Graaf. More
Architecture
Architecture
Shortlist unveiled for Nine Elms to Pimlico bridge competition
Amanda Levete and Hopkins are among the architects shortlisted to design a new pedestrian and bicycle bridge across London's River Thames (+ slideshow). More
Architecture
Architecture
Last-ditch bid launched to save Robin Hood Gardens from demolition
A high-profile campaign to save the Brutalist Robin Hood Gardens housing estate in London has been revived. More
Design
Design
Design "doesn't know how to democratise itself" says Shubhankar Ray
Design Indaba 2015: design brands operate in an "insider world" and are failing to connect with young consumers, according to the creative director of denim brand G-Star RAW (+ interview). More
Residential
Residential
TDO pairs brick and bronze for contemporary house on a historic London street
Bronze-framed windows pierce the yellow-brick facade of this house on one of the oldest streets in London's borough of Kensington and Chelsea (+ slideshow). More
Design
Design
Nendo's cabin baggage has a hard shell and a soft front like a tortoise
Japanese studio Nendo has designed a cabin-size suitcase with a fabric lid that unzips from the top and rolls back to the side for easier access. More
Architecture
Architecture
Perforated screens cover the facade of São Paulo apartment block by Studio MK27
Perforated wooden shutters allow the residents of this São Paulo apartment building by Studio MK27 to control the levels of daylight in their living spaces (+ slideshow). More
Residential
Residential
David Adjaye to turn Johannesburg high-rise into plant-covered apartment block
Adjaye Associates has unveiled a proposal to transform a 1970s industrial building in Johannesburg into luxury apartments and a hotel, with balconies covered in plants (+ slideshow). More