Handmaid's Tale designer interview | Cactus garden | 3D-printed walking stick

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My costumes are part of a "quiet uprising" among women, says Handmaid's Tale designer

In an exclusive interview with Dezeen, costume designer Ane Crabtree talks about her work on dystopian TV show The Handmaid's Tale, and how the blood-red capes she created have become a symbol of protest among women. More ›

 
 

Garciagerman Arquitectos' Desert City centre is dedicated to cactus and succulent aficionados

Garciagerman Arquitectos design cactus centre in Madrid

Spanish architect Jacobo García-Germán has designed an experimental garden centre for exhibiting, breeding and growing cacti near Madrid. More ›

 
 

Shiro Studio's 3D-printed walking stick combats the stigma of mobility aids

Walking stick by Shiro Studio

Shiro Studio has worked with engineering firm Arup to create a 3D-printed walking stick that its hope users will be proud to use, rather than embarrassed. More ›

 
 

TeamLab illuminates Japanese forest with digital projections

teamLab's installation is named A Forest Where Gods Live

This captioned movie shows how Japanese art collective TeamLab  filled a park in Japan's Saga Prefecture with light-based installations, including a digital waterfall and a school of virtual koi carp swimming in a pond. More one-minute movies ›

 
 

Revamped Barcelona house features herringbone floors and a covert dining area

Spanish architect Raúl Sánchez has overhauled a five-bedroom house in Barcelona so it can function as either a weekend retreat for its owners or as a rental home for tourists. More ›

 
 

Musician's Mirror uses instant feedback to alert performers to bad posture

RCA graduate designs camera-style device to help musicians improve their posture and technique

This camera-style device designed by Royal College of Art graduate Arthur Carabott uses immediate audio and visual feedback to help musicians improve their posture and technique. More ›

 
 

Helmut Jahn's 1000M skyscraper poised to rise in Chicago

1000M by Helmut Jahn

New renderings have been released of American-German architect Helmut Jahn's tower for Chicago's South Loop, as preparations for construction begin and sales of its luxury condominiums get ready to open. More ›

 
 

Omar Gandhi's Fyren house is a hilltop beacon above Halifax

Fyren by Omar Gandhi

Overlooking the coastal city of Halifax, Canada, this hilltop house by architect Omar Gandhi  is made up black cuboids stacked at slightly different angles to offer a variety of views. More ›

 
 

"Stunning" car park will be demolished to make way for Eric Parry-designed hotel

London car park of "sublime beauty" at risk of demolition

The demolition of a brutalist-era car park behind London's Oxford Street has been approved to make way for a hotel designed by Eric Parry Architects. More ›

 
 

West London needs cultural investment, says Second Home co-founder Rohan Silva

The thriving creative scene in east London is leaving the west of the city starved of culture, according to Rohan Silva, who is preparing to launch a new Holland Park branch of his workspace community Second Home. More ›

 
 

Latest Dezeen Mail features Tadao Ando's buddha garden and IKEA's new solar batteries

Tadao Ando's Hidden Buddha

A garden created by Japanese architect Tadao Ando around a huge concrete buddha and IKEA's first foray into solar battery packs are in the latest edition of Dezeen Mail,  our weekly newsletter. Subscribe to Dezeen Mail ›

 
 

Mexico's Hotel San Cristóbal boasts prime beachfront location

Hotel San Cristobal by Lake Flato

Whitewashed walls provide backdrops for cacti and frame ocean views at this boutique hotel in Mexico, by Austin architecture firm Lake Flato and designer Liz Lambert. More ›

 
 

Apple Park employees revolt over having to work in open-plan offices

Some Apple workers hate the open-plan layout of their new Foster + Partners-designed campus so much they might quit, according to reports circulating around Silicon Valley. More ›