Smart plant pot | Norwegian waterfall toilet | Astronaut-inspired Nike shoes

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Norm Architects designs showroom for Menu that doubles as a co-working space

Menu Space showroom, a collaborative project with Norm Architects, is finished for Danish design company MENU

Danish brand Menu's minimal furniture and homeware is showcased in a new showroom in Copenhagen, designed by Norm Architects to also function as an office, cafe and co-working space. More ›

 
 

Fortunen completes toilet block with views of a Norwegian waterfall

Visitors to Norway's Skjervsfossen waterfall can watch the Storelvi river rush by through a glazed floor panel in the restrooms of this service building, which is clad in local stone to accentuate its connection with the surrounding landscape. More ›

 
 

Phabit device rewards your daily exercise by keeping a plant alive

Royal College of Art graduate, Jen-Hsien Chiu, designs product called 'Phabit'

This connected plant pot designed by Royal College of Art graduate Jen-Hsien Chiu feeds or starves a plant depending on its user's behaviour. More ›

 
 

Job of the day: product designer for Patricia Urquiola

Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for a product designer to join Patricia Urquiola's Milan studio, which recently designed the first new hotel to be built on the shores of Italy's Lake Como in decades. More ›

 
 

Paredes Pedrosa Arquitectos transforms ruined buildings within walls of Spanish castle

Two Houses in Oropesa by Paredes Pedrosa Arquitectos

Paredes Pedrosa Arquitectos has converted three houses within the walls of a 15th-century castle in the foothills of Spain's Sierra de Gredos into a pair of brightly lit homes for a brother and sister. More ›

 
 

This converted London print factory is a co-working space for makers

Alfie Lay co-designs 'Palmspace' with Hackney Downs Studios

London's Palmspace co-working studio occupies a former factory that has been adapted to offer extra room for artists and makers. More ›

 
 

Windows taper to reduce unwanted views from Seoul office and retail building

B.U.S Architecture firm create 'Thumbs-up' building

South Korean studio BUS Architecture has completed a mixed-use building in the Seoul, featuring bands of windows set into its brick facades that decrease in size as they wrap around to the rear. More ›

 
 

Tom Sachs releases second edition of Mars Yard sneaker for Nike

Artist Tom Sachs has updated his Nike  Mars Yard trainers, which are based on shoes worn by astronauts in space. More ›

 
 

Claesson Koivisto Rune converts historic Bergen retreat into 18-room hotel

Villa Terminus hotel n Bergen by Claesson Koivisto Rune

Claesson Koivisto Rune  has contrasted the 250-year-old exterior of Bergen's Villa Terminus hotel in Norway with bright and contemporary interiors that reference several design periods.

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