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Tom Dixon Sandwich cafe opens at Harrods
British designer Tom Dixon has given his name and furniture to a sandwich cafe at London luxury department store Harrods. More
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Furniture
Furniture
Sebastian Bergne's Fiction bookstand creates the illusion of floating books
Books stored on this metal stand by London designer Sebastian Bergne hide the supporting structure so they appear to prop each other up or hover in midair depending on the angle of the shelf (+ slideshow). More
Architecture
Architecture
Furumori Koichi adds timber latticework to a concrete Japanese temple extension
A wooden latticed ceiling covers a space for storing funerary urns inside this extension to a Japanese temple by Furumori Koichi Architectural Design Studio (+ slideshow). More
This week on Dezeen
This week on Dezeen
This week on Dezeen
This week we reported on bolts breaking at Richard Rogers' Leadenhall Building, the opening of One World Trade Center in New York (pictured), and the latest vaginal activity tracker. Read on for more architecture and design highlights, plus our regular music track of the week. More
Design
Design
Iranzo, Rittler and Kesting create cocoon-like "cloud" installation
The permeable fabric skin of this inhabitable installation by graduates from Germany's Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design allowed moisture into the space, designed to make visitors feel like they were inside a cloud (+ slideshow). More
Design
Design
Tech firm proposes using OLED screens to make aircraft cabins appear see-through
The UK-based Centre for Process Innovation has unveiled its vision for an airplane cabin with no windows at all, instead projecting 360-degree views from outside throughout the interior using flexible screens built into the fabric of the cabin. More
Furniture
Furniture
Moroso "gave me a chance," says designer Ross Lovegrove
Movie: London designer Ross Lovegrove explains how Moroso helped boost his career in the second of our exclusive video interviews filmed for the Italian furniture brand. More
Architecture
Architecture
Jewish history museum in Warsaw wins first Finlandia Prize for Architecture
News: the first Finlandia Prize for Architecture has been awarded to the Museum of the History of Polish Jews, by Helsinki firm Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects. More
Residential
Residential
Selencky Parsons designs glass and white concrete house in Oxfordshire
Large panels of glazing are sandwiched between the thick white concrete frame of this riverside house near Oxford by London studio Selencky Parsons (+ slideshow). More
Competition
Competition
Competition: win a trip to Copenhagen courtesy of MINI
Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with MINI to offer one lucky UK-based reader the chance to win a weekend trip for two to Copenhagen, Denmark, plus a loan of the new MINI Hatch during the trip. More
Design
Design
Elvie vaginal activity monitor helps strengthen pelvic floor muscles
The latest activity tracker for the vagina is this device by Elvie, designed to help women strengthen their pelvic floor muscles and monitor their progress. More
Job of the week: director at The Architecture Foundation
This week's job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for a director at The Architecture Foundation in London (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
Interiors
Interiors
Sliding chipboard units create multifunctional space in Madrid apartment
Moveable library-style shelving units slide from side to side to reveal and hide compartments that serve various functions in this Spanish apartment by Madrid-based PKMN Architectures (+ slideshow). More
Design
Design
Driade appoints David Chipperfield as artistic director
News: Italian furniture brand Driade has appointed British architect David Chipperfield as its artistic director, a year after it was rescued from financial collapse. More
Design
Design
Alessia Giardino designs tableware collection made from dyed concrete
Dutch Design Week 2014: Central Saint Martins graduate Alessia Giardino has used a variety of techniques to mix pigment into these concrete tableware pieces to form different colourful patterns (+ slideshow). More
Technology
Technology
Headset creates "3D soundscape" to help blind people navigate cities
News: research group Future Cities Catapult and tech company Microsoft have developed a headset that sends the wearer three-dimensional sound information in a push to make urban areas more navigable for blind people (+ movie). More
Architecture
Architecture
"History does change perception"
Opinion: sometimes it becomes important to save a building that doesn't seem to work. Such is the case for Michael Graves' Postmodernist exemplar, the Portland Building, says Alexandra Lange. More
Dezeen Mail #227
An umbrella by design firm Nendo that can stand up on its own, reactions to a bolt falling from Richard Rogers' Leadenhall Building and new images of the One World Trade Center in New York (pictured), feature in Dezeen Mail issue 227. Click through for all the latest news, jobs and reader comments from Dezeen.
Graphics
Graphics
Merel Witteman's Aversive Aesthetics photos are designed to trigger disgust
Dutch Design Week 2014: Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Merel Witteman has created a photo series that includes images of stepping in poo and a dead rodent skewered on a fork to explore our fascination with being disgusted. More
Interiors
Interiors
Adrian Elizalde renovates 1930s tiled apartment in Barcelona
Patterned floor tiles mark out the original layout of this 1930s apartment in Barcelona, restored by local architecture student Adrian Elizalde. More
