Heatherwick's "tree-covered mountains" | Nendo's Oki Sato on technology

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Drone footage shows Heatherwick Studio's "tree-covered mountains" underway in Shanghai

Work is well underway on Heatherwick Studio's "tree-covered mountains" in Shanghai, as shown in this flyover movie filmed by a drone. More ›

 
 

"Technology should look like something in your grandmother's room" says Oki Sato

Oki Sato at the Invisible Outlines exhibition

Designers should rethink the high-tech look of gadgets according to Nendo founder Oki Sato, who has also called most of today's smart devices "useless". More ›

 
 

Top five architecture and design jobs this week include Tom Dixon and Marks Barfield

Brighton's i360 moving observation tower by Marks Barfield

Our pick of the best architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs  this week include positions with designer Tom Dixon and architecture firms Marks Barfield  and Benthem Crouwel Architects. More ›

 
 

Branch Studio uses rammed earth to build Melbourne house extension

This moody Melbourne house extension by local studio Branch Studio Architects  features dark rammed-charcoal walls, window nooks and an outdoor bathtub. More ›

 
 

Competition: win a book that showcases the homes of surfers from around the world

Surf Shacks by Indoek

Dezeen is giving away three copies of Surf Shacks, a book of full-colour photography capturing surfers' homes around the world. More ›

 
 

PIDO's Bike Share Farm is a community garden that can be pedalled from place to place

Bike Share Farm by People's Industrial Design Office

Beijing architecture firm People's Industrial Design Office has designed a mobile farm  that lets the community share responsibility for crops' wellbeing. More ›

 
 

Jiaji Shen proposes turning abandoned coal pier into workshop for "mudlarking" jewellery maker

The Jewel of the Thames by RCA graduate Jiaji Shen

Royal College of Art  graduate Jiaji Shen has proposed transforming a disused pier on London's River Thames into a workshop for a designer who makes jewellery with items scavenged from the mud. More ›

 
 

Rasmus Bækkel Fex borrows "honesty and quality" of Shaker design for F chair

F Chair by Brdr. Krüger x Rasmus Bækkel Fex

Danish furniture brand Brdr Krüger has partnered with designer Rasmus Bækkel Fex to create a Shaker-influenced chair with a woven seat. More ›