Inarc completes “efficient, yet extravagant” retreat on Australia’s Mornington Peninsula



Australian firm Inarc aimed to find a middle ground between luxury and efficiency for this holiday house, built beside a seafront golf course on the outskirts of Melbourne (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Ineke Hans’ Berit outdoor furniture slots together when not in use



Dutch designer Ineke Hans has created a collection of outdoor furniture, including a table and pair of benches that fit neatly together for storage (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Adamo-Faiden’s rooftop extension proposes a “new idea of luxury” for Buenos Aires housing



Argentinian studio Adamo-Faiden has built a greenhouse-like structure over the top of a Buenos Aires residence, in its continuing bid to make better use of the city’s vacant rooftops. (more…)

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Makoto Azuma’s New York exhibition aims to make visitors “radically reconsider the power of flowers”



Fungal flowers coated in metal and a sofa upholstered with fake grass are among the pieces in a solo show of work by Japanese botanical artist Makoto Azuma in New York (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Google has had a negative effect on office design, says Jeremy Myerson



The Google-inspired fad for slides and ping-pong tables has had a damaging impact on the workplace, according to office design expert Jeremy Myerson. (more…)

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Stone tannery building transformed by Arrokabe Arquitectos into cultural venue



Behind the aged stone walls of an old tannery building in northwest Spain, Arrokabe Arquitectos has created a small events venue that opens onto a neighbouring park (+ slideshow). (more…)

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“Mythbusters was a miniature weekly Enlightenment for the modern material world”



Opinion: Mythbusters may not have been obviously about design, but its high-octane science experiments made viewers think more about the material world than any other TV show, says Will Wiles. (more…)

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Call for entries to Wood Awards 2016



Dezeen promotion: entries are now open for architects and designers based in the UK to submit designs to this year’s Wood Awards (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Apple Watch is “a three-dimensional exercise in skeuomorphia” says Alice Rawsthorn



Design critic Alice Rawsthorn has launched a scathing attack on the Apple Watch and the tech company’s collaboration with fashion house Hermès, as Apple cuts the price of its controversial smart watch. (more…)

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“It feels like Apple has run out of ideas”

Apple iPhone SE

Comments update: Apple lacks direction and isn’t delivering innovative design, according to commenters unimpressed by the tech giant’s latest product launch. (more…)

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