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Naoto Fukasawa inserts Issey Miyake store into 132-year-old Kyoto townhouse

Issey Miyake Kyoto store

Japanese designer Naoto Fukasawa has created a new boutique for fashion house Issey Miyake inside one of Kyoto's historic machiya houses. More ›

 
 

Portugal's World Cup 2018 strip celebrates the team's victory in Europe

Portugal's success in the Euro 2016 football tournament is marked with "celebratory splashes of gold" on the kit designed by Nike for this year's World Cup squad. More ›

 
 

Moss-covered CityTree bench designed to combat urban pollution

A mossy "living wall" with the pollution-absorbing power equivalent to hundreds of trees has been installed in London's Piccadilly Circus in a bid to combat the city's unsafe air quality levels. More ›

 
 

Eight buildings proposed for BIG's EuropaCity development near Paris

Here's a look at eight of the buildings that will make up the BIG-masterplanned EuropaCity district, set to be built on the outskirts of Paris. More ›

 
 

Folded panel reflects light from BO Lamp by Bandido Studio

BO Lamp by Bandido Studio

Mexico's Bandido Studio collaborated with designer Cesar Núñez to create this table lamp, featuring a lozenge-shaped reflector that is folded down the middle. More ›

 
 

Nicole Hollis creates blackened wood library for its San Francisco studio

Interior design studio Nicole Hollis has inserted charred black boxes for storing project materials into its new offices in San Francisco. More ›

 
 

MB Architecture covers Hamptons farmhouse in charred cypress inside and out

House in Amagansett by Maziar Behrooz Architecture

New York-based MB Architecture has clad a gabled concrete house and matching garage in the Hamptons in pale timber to give the simple volumes a rustic look. More ›

 
 

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Graphene-based dye colours hair without causing damage

US scientists have developed a hair dye that contains miracle material graphene, which allows hair to be coloured without causing breakage or frizz. More ›

 
 

"In French we have a word for this – grotesque"

Readers question whether Philippe Starck has lost his touch, following plans for a "phantasmagoric" hotel with a house on its roof, in this week's comments update. More ›

 
 

Field Architecture designs gabled house overlooking California vineyard

Sentinel Ridge by Field Architecture

Gabled buildings wrapped in aged wood form this vineyard home, which Field Architecture designed to make the most of its setting above Napa Valley. More ›

 
 

Walmart files patent for autonomous robot bees

US supermarket giant Walmart is seeking to patent technology that would see drones pollinate crops like bees. More ›