Amanda Levete’s undulating MAAT museum opens on Lisbon waterfront



The Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology by Amanda Levete’s firm AL_A has opened to the public, coinciding with the start of the Lisbon Architecture Triennale (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Apartment in São Paulo transformed to create home and studio for an illustrator



A translucent fold-up doorway separates a studio from a living room in this apartment created for a São Paulo-based illustrator who works from home (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Tom Dixon launches first range of office furniture



British designer Tom Dixon has launched his first collection of office furniture, which includes a minimalist lamp and a workstation based on archetypical Victorian school desks. (more…)

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Guesthouse opens inside revamped century-old machiya house in Kyoto



This 120-year-old Kyoto townhouse was once used as a seed plantation, but has been carefully restored to create a guesthouse that celebrates Japanese interior design traditions (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Abramson Teiger builds steel-clad residence in a Wyoming meadow



US studio Abramson Teiger has created a rural Wyoming home that consists of low-lying volumes made of glass, concrete and weathering steel (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Google’s fabric VR headset is based on the “clothes we love to wear”



Google has upgraded its thrifty cardboard VR headset with a fabric version named Daydream View, which is designed to work with the company’s first own-brand smartphone (+ movie). (more…)

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Google launches omniscient voice-controlled Home device



It may look like a minimal speaker, but this new product from Google promises to harness the search giant’s data troves to provide all-knowing assistance in the home (+ movie). (more…)

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Esrawe and Cadena stack two hemispheres to form reusable perfume bottle for Xinú



Design Week Mexico 2016: the contrasting halves of these perfume bottles can be repurposed separately, or in combinations as vases and incense holders (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Robots walk the runway at Chanel’s Spring Summer 2017 show



A “data centre” provided the backdrop for Chanel‘s spring summer 2017 show, which included models dressed as robots and bags with flashing LED displays (+ movie). (more…)

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Google launches own-brand smartphone to rival Apple’s iPhone



Google has made a push for Apple’s significant share of the smartphone market with the launch of its self-branded Pixel and Pixel XL. (more…)

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