Virgil Abloh's giant receipt rug | IKEA portable speakers | AIA Small Project Awards

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Virgil Abloh adds giant receipt rug to upcoming IKEA collection

IKEA has revealed another new product in its hotly anticipated range with fashion designer Virgil Abloh, a rug that looks like a huge shopping receipt. More ›

 
 

IKEA and Teenage Engineering create "perfect reason to throw a party" with portable speakers and lights

IKEA works with Teenage Engineering on range of portable speakers and lights

IKEA has teamed up with Swedish tech creatives Teenage Engineering to design a set of mobile speakers and lights that make it easy to throw a party in any location. More ›

 
 

Winning concepts revealed in competition to design observation deck on Turkish volcano

Volcano Eyes competition winners

A helium balloon tethered to a cantilevering track is one of the winning proposals in a competition to design a conceptual observation deck to overlook a volcano's crater in eastern Turkey. More ›

 
 

Five paid internship opportunities available on Dezeen Jobs

Kericho Cathedral by John McAslan

We have selected five paid internship opportunities available on Dezeen Jobs right now, including roles with John McAslan + Partners and Joyce Wang Studio. More ›

 
 

Charles Rennie Mackintosh's Argyle Chair was designed for intimate dining

Argyle chair by Charles Rennie Mackintosh

On the 150th anniversary of Charles Rennie Mackintosh's birth, we continue our round up of his most influential projects, by taking a look at the chair he created for the Argyle Street Tea Rooms. More ›

 
 

Nino robotic bartender can make "any drink in seconds"

Nino robot bartender promises to mix drinks more efficiently than any human

Italian architect Carlo Ratti and his company Makr Shakr have launched a mass-market robotic cocktail maker. More ›

 
 

V&A Dundee secures funding to rebuild lost Charles Rennie Mackintosh tearoom

An interior from the celebrated Ingram Street Tearooms by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, who was born 150 years ago today, is set to be rebuilt inside the soon-to-open V&A Dundee. More ›

 
 

AIA recognises the best small projects in the US for 2018 awards

AIA Small Project Awards

The American Institute of Architects has announced the top small projects in the US as part of its 2018 awards programme, including a wooden playground in Massachusetts and a micro home that aims to address the housing crisis. More ›

 
 

Over 1,000 robots pack groceries in Ocado's online shopping warehouse

This captioned movie shows the fleet of robots inside a warehouse operated by online supermarket Ocado, which can put together an order of 50 groceries in just five minutes.  More ›

 
 

Kanye West's stripped-back Yeezy Studio is based on brutalist aesthetics

Kanye West's Yeezy design brand has moved into a new studio in Calabasas, California, which local designer Willo Perron has given a bare aesthetic celebrating "utilitarianism and brutalism". More ›

 
 

Nike releases trainers featuring pink triangle for Pride Month

Nike has released trainers for Pride Month that feature pink triangles, which have been met with criticism from LGBT advocacy group ACT UP. More ›

 
 

Felipe Assadi's bright red Casa La Roja nestles in the Chilean mountains

Casa La Roja by Felipe Assadi Arquitectos

Chilean studio Felipe Assadi Arquitectos has completed a remote dwelling with a vivid scarlet exterior that contrasts with its lush, green surroundings. More ›