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Wilkinson Eyre inserts contemporary details into Giles Gilbert Scott's Oxford University library

Wilkinson Eyre created a dramatic lightwell and a rooftop reading room for its revamp of a Giles Gilbert Scott-designed library at the University of Oxford – one of the six projects vying for the Stirling Prize later today (+ slideshow).

 
 

Richard Clarkson disguises Bluetooth speaker as levitating indoor cloud

Designer Richard Clarkson has created a small, remote-controlled cloud for the home that plays music and flashes while hovering a few centimetres from the ground (+ movie).

 
 

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).

 
 

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).

 
 

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.

 
 

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).

 
 

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).

 
 

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).

 
 

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).

 
 

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).

 
 

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).

 
 

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 (+ movie).

 
 
 
   
 
 

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