IKEA’s tribute to blue bag | 10 Greek island retreats

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Architecture Interiors Design News Jobs Watch Store       Oblong windows puncture concrete office block by Yoshihiro Kato Atelier Oblong windows with pivoting glazing cut through the striking white walls of this minimal five-storey office  block in Japan's Aichi Prefecture, designed by local architects Yoshihiro Kato Atelier. More ›     This week, Google revealed its London HQ plans and spotlighted Zaha Hadid This week on Dezeen, Google finally submitted plans for its BIG and Heatherwick-designed London headquarters and chose to honour Zaha Hadid's 2004 Pritzker win with a Google Doodle. More ›     Magdalena Huber's Pikpäk lets festival-goers drink straight from their backpack This carton-style backpack by Kingston University graduate Magdalena Huber is designed to help people at music festivals avoid long bar queues. More ›     Lauren Snyder and Keith Burns create home inside overhauled brownstone in Brooklyn Design store owner Lauren Snyder and architect Keith Burns renovated a brownstone townhouse in Brooklyn to create this light-filled home for themselves, where spaces are framed by objects rather than walls. More ›     UM Project creates collection of "otherworldly" storage cabinets Brooklyn furniture brand UM Project has used plastic tube armour, knitted fabrics and cast concrete to make a collection of fantastical storage cabinets. More ›     Clara von Zweigbergk's colourful lamps recall hot air balloons and carousels Swedish designer Clara von Zweigbergk has created colourful lamps reminiscent of hot air balloons  for Danish lighting brand Louis Poulsen. More ›     MVRDV creates interiors for Groos store inside post-war Rotterdam building MVRDV restored the industrial roots of this building in the Het Industriegebouw in Rotterdam to create a new home for the Groos design store. More ›     IKEA releases film in ode to its beloved blue bag Following on from the blue bag's recent viral moment, IKEA has released a short film celebrating the Frakta tote and its multitude of uses. More ›     10 idyllic Greek island retreats from Dezeen's Pinterest boards Following the completion of an unusually domed holiday home in Greece, we've rounded up 10 summer houses on far-flung Greek islands, including a  modernist home inspired by Yves Klein's paintings and a once earthquake-damaged property restored using historical photographs. More ›     "IKEA's Frakta has broken through into design consciousness" IKEA's blue bag is the perfect pop-culture reference for a generation stuck in a rotation of rental flats, says Will Wiles in his latest Opinion column. More ›     Construction starts on David Adjaye's crimson concrete art museum in Texas The red concrete art museum that British architect David Adjaye designed for the Linda Pace Foundation is now under construction in San Antonio, Texas. More ›       Follow us     Forward this newsletter to a friend You have received this because you are subscribed to Dezeen Daily. Unsubscribe     Contact us | Submit a story | Advertise