“Heatherwick is a master of designing interesting things that nobody asked for”

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Comments update: Thomas Heatherwick’s design for a huge sculpture made up of 154 interconnected staircases divided opinion this week, with one commenter labelling him the “Coldplay of design”. (more…)

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Luminaire to auction off glass objects by Nendo, Tadao Ando and Campana brothers



Dezeen promotion: well-known international designers have each donated glass objects to Luminaire’s GlasLove auction (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Ten projects worth knowing by London Design Medal winner David Adjaye

OMA reveals its first residential tower for New York



The New York office of Dutch firm OMA has proposed an apartment building with a “prismatic” corner for Manhattan. (more…)

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Guests of London’s Ace Hotel can now scale a Patternity-designed climbing wall



London Design Festival 2016: Patternity has added a graphic climbing wall adorned with monochrome contours to the basement gym inside east London’s Ace Hotel (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Anya Hindmarch presents Spring Summer 2017 collection on amphitheatre catwalk



A giant illuminated disk hung above a set of circular steps to form the set for designer Anya Hindmarch’s collection during this season’s London Fashion Week (+ slideshow). (more…)

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“Sleeping in a dumpster more comfortable” than Zaha Hadid-designed hotel room says Moby



Musician Moby has hit out at architects “who think about stuff that can be photographed well, but who never actually plan on spending time in the spaces they create”. (more…)

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PriestmanGoode “re-evaluates sitting” with designs to tackle train overcrowding



London studio PriestmanGoode has tackled the problem of overcrowding on public transport with new designs that rethink how people sit on their commute (+ movie). (more…)

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David Adjaye and Kenneth Grange win London Design Festival medals



London Design Festival 2016: architect David Adjaye has won this year’s London Design Medal, while industrial designer Kenneth Grange has been given an award for lifetime achievement. (more…)

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Tiny houses would be built atop an ex-military bunker in Froscen Architects proposal



Four micro homes are mounted on the roof of a second-world-war bunker in this proposal by Froscen Architects for the Dutch city Leiden (+ slideshow). (more…)

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