Adjaye to design Holocaust memorial | Twin Peaks beer cans | Tokyo's new design festival

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The Broad imposes 30-second "selfie rule" at Yayoi Kusama exhibition

Visitors to Yayoi Kusama's new exhibition at The Broad are only allowed to spend 30 seconds inside each installation, to prevent selfie-takers causing big queues. More ›

 
 

David Adjaye to design UK Holocaust memorial

Holocaust memorial winner announced as David Adjaye

British architect David Adjaye has been named the winner of a competition to create the UK's National Holocaust Memorial in a park near the Houses of Parliament in London. More ›

 
 

Dezeen Jobs launches free accounts for jobseekers and employers

Our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs has launched improved user accounts for employers and introduced free accounts for jobseekers. More ›

 
 

David Lynch's Twin Peaks sketches inform minimal craft beer packaging

Twin Peaks beer for Mikkeller by Ben Kopp and Keith Shore

Director David Lynch has collaborated with illustrators Ben Kopp and Keith Shore to design beer can packaging inspired by sketches he created for his cult television show Twin Peaks. More ›

 
 

JamesPlumb creates hand-sculpted lamps from lead and concrete

No two works are the same in JamesPlumb's new lighting collection, which features crumpled sheets of lead that sit on top of cubed concrete bases. More ›

 
 

Neri&Hu uses translucent glass blocks for walls of bright and flexible function room in Beijing

Chinese studio Neri&Hu has designed a luminous meeting room with glass brick walls in the Opposite House hotel in Beijing, which is furnished with bespoke pieces inspired by the city's traditional street food culture. More ›

 
 

"Russian architecture is in a transitional state" says architect Yury Grigoryan

Yury Grigoryan

Russia's architects have become more interested in creating public spaces than spectacular buildings, according to Moscow-based architect Yury Grigoryan, who says the country's architecture has reached a tipping point. More ›

 
 

"Design language sets us apart" from Apple and Samsung, says Google's head of hardware

Google product family

Google's expanded line of tech-focussed products is distinct from its competitors for the way the items integrate with the body and home, according to the company's head of hardware design Ivy Ross. More ›

 
 

Grey brickwork to clad Upper East Side residential tower by DDG

180 East 88th Street by DDG

A host of art deco-influenced details are found in the design of this condominium building under construction in New York's Carnegie Hill, including patterned grey brickwork, vaulted balconies and brass frames. More ›

 
 

Jean-Michel Basquiat's art reconstituted the world around him, says Boom for Real curator

Basquiat: Boom for Real exhibition at the Barbican in London.

The curator of a new Barbican exhibition on Jean-Michel Basquiat has selected five key works that show how the late American artist drew on a vast range of design influences – including comic books, sweet wrappers and illustrations from Gray's Anatomy. More ›

 
 

Nendo designs transportable toilet for natural disaster victims

Nendo has designed a temporary toilet for those affected by natural disasters, which can be assembled using found materials and completely dismantled for easy transportation. More ›

 
 

Designart festival aims to "put Tokyo on the map" as a destination for design, say founders

A new design festival aiming to revitalise Tokyo's creative scene launched last week, as doubts emerged over the future of rival event Tokyo Designers Week. More ›

 
 

Cover designs backyard studio in LA using computer algorithms

Cover prefab unit in LA

Design-build firm Cover, which uses computer algorithms to create customised backyard dwellings for homes, has completed its first project: a small studio in Los Angeles. More ›

 
 

Billie van Katwijk transforms discarded cow stomachs into leathery material

Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Billie van Katwijk has developed a process for turning bovine guts into a material that can be used to make bags and accessories, and is presenting the results at Dutch Design Week. More ›