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Martin Brudnizki aims for "English eccentricity" with decadent redesign of members' club Annabel's

Pink bathrooms covered in silk flowers and a hanging unicorn sculpture are among the host of fanciful features Martin Brudnizki Design Studio has included in its overhaul of infamous London members' club Annabel's. More ›

 
 

Brands "ask for you because you're a woman and not dead" says Cecilie Manz

Furniture brands who work with female designers shouldn't expect them to only produce feminine objects, according to Danish designer Cecilie Manz. More ›

 
 

Audi makes the virtual reality with real-life Gran Turismo car

Audi e-tron Vision Gran Turismo

Audi has transformed a virtual car design taken from video game Gran Turismo into a real-life racing vehicle. More ›

 
 

Grohe to present minimalist bathroom faucets at Milan design week

Grohe Promo

Dezeen promotion: Grohe is revealing its latest Atrio collection, a range of minimalist bathroom faucets, with an installation in Milan. More ›

 
 

"It makes you a bad designer if you make something that can't be recycled" says Cupclub founder

Cupclub by Safia Qureshi

Architect Safia Qureshi wanted to change the world but ended up designing private houses for rich people. So she invented Cupclub, a circular-economy service that could eliminate single-use coffee cups. As it launches in London, she spoke to Dezeen about the project. More ›

 
 

Li Edelkoort and Google explore how digital devices can be more sensorial

Dezeen promotion: trend forecaster Li Edelkoort is teaming up with Google to investigate how electronic devices of the future could become more tactile. More ›

 
 

Bouroullecs create range of painterly glass objects for Wonderglass

Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have worked alongside master glassmakers in Italy to create a collection of handmade objects, which they liken to still-life paintings by Italian artist Giorgio Morandi. More ›

 
 

Neri&Hu creates "abstract forest" to launch Bolon's new flooring collection

Elements installation by Neri&Hu for Bolon

In the latest movie in our Bolon at Heart series, Chinese architects Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu explain how they referenced Swedish landscapes to showcase Bolon's new flooring collection in Stockholm and Milan. More ›

 
 

Pininfarina brings "dynamism" of car design to first residential tower

Pinfarina completes luxury tower in São Paulo

Italian design studio Pininfarina has completed its first residential project – a luxury tower in São Paulo that aims to bring the "sportiness and elegance" of its car design to architecture. More ›

 
 

SCI-Arc students propose self-growing park and parasitic housing to adapt former LA prison

Distortions and Alterations of the Real by SCI-Arc students

Dezeen promotion: students at the Southern California Institute of Architecture have suggested ways to transform a former jail in Los Angeles, including a park controlled by artificial intelligence and building models designed by 3D printers. More ›

 
 

Coachella offers experience with art outside the white gallery, says Phillip K Smith III

Reflection Field by Phillip K Smith III

Music festivals like Coachella are changing the way people experience artworks and installations, according to American artist Phillip K Smith III. More ›

 
 

MVRDV reveals plans for rocking viewing platform on Dutch coast

SeaSaw viewing platform by MVRDV

Dutch firm MVRDV has won a contest to create a wave-like viewpoint on the coast of Holland, which is designed to rock like a seesaw with the changing of the tides.  More ›

 
 

Four of the best landscape architecture roles in London

We've selected four of the best London-based landscape architecture roles currently available on Dezeen Jobs, which includes roles with Adjaye Associates and John McAslan and Partners. More ›

 
 

Lara Bohinc takes cues from celestial forms for first seating collection

British designer Lara Bohinc was inspired by the shapes of planets and their orbits when designing her first collection of chairs. More ›

 
 

3D-printed tiles filled with succulents form cabin by Emerging Objects

Cabin of 3D printed curiosities by Emerging Objects

Succulents and other small plants grow from the tiles that clad this 3D-printed shed, which was designed to offer a solution for the Bay Area's housing shortage. More ›

 
 

Maude offers alternative to "outdated and gendered" sex products

Sex essentials by Maude

Start-up company Maude has created a range of gender-neutral sex products with a minimalist design, offering an alternative to those currently on the market. More ›