Danish architecture firm COBE has created a range of ridged pots based on a school building it also designed. Read more
COBE bases collection of ceramic plant pots on its own building
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Eight coffins and urns you would want to be seen dead in
It’s Halloween, a time when many cultures honour the dead. To mark the occasion, we take a tour through some of the most interesting final resting places dreamed up by designers, including a biodegradable urn that turns a deceased loved one into a tree and colourful zip-up coffins designed to make death less depressing. Read more
Pedro Reyes teams rough concrete with crazy paving for Mexico City home
The Mexico City home and studio of Mexican sculptor Pedros Reyes and his fashion-designer wife Carla Fernandez features crazy paving floors, as well as a staircase and double-height library rendered in coarse concrete. Read more
Job of the day: interior designer at Heatherwick Studio
Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for an interior designer at London’s Heatherwick Studio, which recently revealed designs for a honeycomb-like staircase at its Hudson Yards development in New York (pictured). Read more stories on Thomas Heatherwick, or browse more architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
Óscar Miguel Ares Álvares creates “abstract and hard” care home inspired by arid surroundings
Rows of concrete fins shade the large windows of this nursing home near the Spanish city of Valladolid, which features rooms clustered around a landscaped central courtyard. Read more
Nendo adds cork seat to its sustainable range of SU stools for Emeco
Victorian loft conversion by A Small Studio creates “relaxation oasis”
A dormer window with a thick black frame offers views of the garden from this reading room, which is one of three new loft spaces created for a home in south-east London by A Small Studio. Read more
Dezeen’s latest Pinterest board shines a light on Diwali
Today is Diwali, the festival of lights celebrated by Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists. To celebrate, we’ve pinned dozens of lighting installations to a new Pinterest board, such as a canopy of pulsating lanterns designed for New York’s Winter Garden and a glowing red sun made from thousands of crystals. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›
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