Graduate shows 2016: architecture graduate Muhammad Sahrum has envisioned an embassy for the 21st century, with flexible workspaces and games rooms to make diplomatic decision making more informal. (more…)

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Design Academy Eindhoven creative director and chair Thomas Widdershoven has resigned, saying he has “decided not to be available” after the summer break. (more…)

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Danish furniture brand Republic of Fritz Hansen will rerelease a Poul Kjærholm lounge chair and coffee table to celebrate the products’ 60th anniversary (+ slideshow). (more…)

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A plane with wider seats to accommodate the waists of larger passengers will be unveiled during an annual aviation festival this week (+ slideshow). (more…)

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French designer Philippe Starck has teamed up with architect pal Luc Arsène-Henry to create a cellar for a Bordeaux wine estate, designed to to look like a “raw metal blade plunged in the terroir” (+ slideshow). (more…)

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London design duo Brooksbank & Collins has designed a coffee table based on Stanley Kubrick’s science-fiction movie 2001: A Space Odyssey (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Architects office Vazio has completed a concrete residence in the foothills of the Sierra da Moeda mountain range in southeast Brazil, featuring a rooftop pool and terrace (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Arizona studio DUST has created a desert home south of Tucson using volcanic residue to form rammed-earth walls (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Japanese tatami mats have been moved from off of the floor and onto the furniture in this collection by French designer José Lévy (+ slideshow). (more…)

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French-Brazilian firm Triptyque Architecture has designed a residential skyscraper covered in vegetation for São Paulo. (more…)

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