Niches cut into zig-zagging concrete surfaces display leather accessories “like artefacts” at Valextra’s David Adjaye-designed space in London department store Harrods (+ slideshow). (more…)
Clerkenwell Design Week 2016: British designer Tom Dixon has installed furniture and lighting inside a church in London’s Clerkenwell, transforming it into a co-working space and restaurant (+ slideshow). (more…)
Japanese studio Nendo has completed its biggest-ever project: the exterior and interior renovation of a department store in Bangkok that founder Oki Sato believes represents a new way of shopping (+ slideshow). (more…)
Canadian firm Hemsworth Architecture has completed a factory in British Columbia that utilises the products created within the facility: prefabricated wall panels intended for eco-friendly Passivhaus construction (+ slideshow). (more…)
Google has used its Jacquard technology to weave conductive threads into a Levi’s jacket, turning its sleeves into touch-sensitive panels that can be used to control electronic devices (+ movie). (more…)
The University of Chicago has approved a preliminary design by New York architecture firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro for a facility devoted to hosting talks and events. (more…)
Opinion: New York’s design scene would benefit from looking outward and engaging with America’s manufacturing centres further west, says Alan G Brake, who found a lack of originality at the city’s design week this year. (more…)
This week’s Dezeen Mail features Apple’s new approach to retail, virtual reality tools for architects, and the latest stories from the Venice Architecture Biennale 2016 including MVRDV’s see-through glass kitchen (pictured).
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US technology giant Google has demonstrated a current prototype of its modular smartphone Project Ara and announced it will begin shipping developer editions later this year (+ slideshow). (more…)
Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: sharing technologies like Uber and Airbnb could offer the answer to the UK housing crisis say the curators of the British Pavilion, who have unveiled five futuristic models of the home. (more…)
