Alex Hogrefe’s conceptual retreat cuts into a remote Icelandic clifftop



Architectural visualiser Alex Hogrefe has imagined a precarious concrete retreat cut into the edge of a remote clifftop in Iceland, as part of a series of tutorials in creating renderings (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Quentin Baillieux animates urban horse race for Charles X music video



Music: horses canter along highways and through city streets in French director Quentin Baillieux’s music video for Can You Do It by Charles X (+ movie). (more…)

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Adjaye, Front and more create sculptural bathroom taps for Axor



Milan 2016: bathroom brand Axor has worked with architects and designers including Front, David Adjaye and GamFratesi to create a range of unusual faucets (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Kram/Weisshaar’s SmartSlab dining table has hidden tech to cook food and chill drinks



Milan 2016: designers Kram/Weisshaar have created a table embedded with hidden circuitry so you can cook dinner and keep plates warm and drinks cold while you dine. (more…)

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Icosis Architects create stargazing lookout tower in the Scottish highlands



This cylindrical, larch-clad observation tower was designed by Icosis Architects to provide an elevated vantage point over picturesque bogland and night skies in Scotland (+ slideshow). (more…)

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This week, the design world flocked to Milan

COS x Sou Fujimoto Forest of Light installation

This week on Dezeen: the Dezeen team were in Milan this week to cover product launches, events and installations from the world’s biggest and most important design fair. (more…)

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Nendo’s Tangle side tables entwine together “as if holding hands”



Milan 2016: this trio of side tables by Japanese studio Nendo for Italian brand Capellini features corkscrew legs that allow them to interlock (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Kéré Architecture creates African-influenced Courtyard Village at Baroque palazzo in Milan



Milan 2016: an installation modelled on a typical African village has been built at Milan’s Palazzo Litta by Berlin architect Diébédo Francis Kéré (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Cassina unveils Patricia Urquiola’s first collection as art director



Milan 2016: Cassina’s first collection under the direction of Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola is based on a reflection of the brand’s past, and includes pieces by Philippe Starck, Ora ïto and the late Zaha Hadid. (more…)

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US job of the week: senior project manager/architect at Shimoda Design Group

Dezeen US job of the week

Our US job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for a senior project manager/architect at Shimoda Design Group in Los Angeles, which is behind projects including a timber-framed office campus with dramatic double-height spaces (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.

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