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David Chipperfield Architects completes pink visitor centre and chapel at Inagawa Cemetery

David Chipperfield Architects completes visitor centre and chapel at Inagawa Cemetery

A pink pigmented concrete building designed by David Chipperfield's studio for a cemetery in the Japanese town of Inagawa has been captured in photographs by Edmund Sumner. More ›

 
 

Subscription cookery kit is designed to help elderly women socialise

Subscription cookery kit is designed to help elderly women socialise

Central Saint Martins' graduate Magda Sabatowska has devised a cooking kit to help isolated elderly female residents of housing estates in Poland socialise with their neighbours. More ›

 
 

Aston Martin takes to the skies with first aircraft concept

Aston Martin takes to the skies with its first aircraft concept

Aston Martin aims to bring luxury private transport to the sky with its Volante Vision Concept aircraft – a flying autonomous, hybrid-electric vehicle that can take off vertically. More ›

 
 

Zaha Hadid Architects reinterprets classic Hans J Wegner chair in stone

Zaha Hadid Architects reinterprets classic Hans J Wegner chair

Zaha Hadid Architects has recreated the form of Danish designer Hans J Wegner's 1963 CH07 lounge chair in stone and  carbon fibre. More ›

 
 

Saki Maruyama's Knotty children's toy set encourages playfulness

Knotty by Saki Maruyama

Graduates Saki Maruyama and Daniel Coppen have designed a set of children's toys that encourage "free and open-ended play". More ›

 
 

Naturehumaine adds rodded stairwell to Bessborough Residence in Montreal

Bessborough Residence by Naturehumaine

Canadian studio Naturehumaine has overhauled a 1950s duplex in Montreal, placing a slatted black volume at its centre alongside other stark contemporary surfaces. More ›

 
 

MIT's blind Cheetah 3 robot can navigate without sensors or cameras

Engineers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have made a blind robot that moves by feeling, without the need for sensors and cameras. More ›

 
 

Michael Jantzen's imaginary Chapel For New Mexico is open to all religions

A Chapel for New Mexico by Michael Jantzen

US artist and designer Michael Jantzen has envisioned a non-denominational chapel in New Mexico, featuring a series of gabled frames that stretch up to the sky to represent its "openness to all". More ›

 
 

"I'd love to see an army of balloons in the US"

The Trump Baby blimp is an attempt to communicate with the US president "in a language he understands", the graphic designer behind the project claims

In this week's comments update, an interview with Trump Baby blimp designer Matt Bonner caused a stir. More ›

 
 

Einride reveals driverless all-electric logging truck

Swedish tech startup Einride has designed T-log, a fully electric and autonomous logging truck, which is designed to hit public roads by 2020. More ›

 
 

Cutler Anderson designs Studio/Bunkhouse for dad's work and daughter's sleepovers

Studio Bunkhouse by Cutler Anderson

A principal at US firm Cutler Anderson Architects has created a small outbuilding at his residence overlooking the Puget Sound, which serves as both his studio and a place for his daughter to bring friends. More ›