Noma 2.0 by BIG | Wearable breast pump | Mushrooms that eat plastic

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Foster + Partners breaks ground on Shanghai skyscraper

China Resources Land tower by Foster + Partners

Work has begun on a 200-metre-high office tower designed by Foster + Partners in Shanghai, as part of a regeneration programme in the east of the city. More ›

 
 

Redhouse Architecture wants to use mushrooms to turn derelict buildings into new homes

Cleveland firm Redhouse Architecture is planning to recycle derelict homes by combining waste materials from demolitions with mushroom mycelium, creating new building materials.

The latest video in our Dezeen x MINI Living series reveals a plan to recycle derelict homes, by demolishing them, combining the waste with mushroom mycelium and then using it to build new, biodegradable structures. More ›

 
 

Mushrooms have the power to eat plastic say scientists

Fungi can be used to break down waste plastic and create sustainable building materials, according to scientists from Kew Gardens in London. More ›

 
 

Robot produces polystyrene sculptures inside Burberry's London store

Graham Hudson constructs robotic installation for Burberry's Regent Street store

A robot appears to mill three-dimensional sculptures from within a framework of scaffolding in Burberry's shop on London's Regent Street. More ›

 
 

Rose-flavoured breast wins Bompas & Parr's ice cream competition

A rose-flavoured breast is the winner of Bompas & Parr's ice cream competition

A rose and chai-flavoured ice cream designed by Sally Reynolds has won Bompas & Parr's ice cream competition, which took place during this year's London Design Festival. More ›

 
 

Innovation Powerhouse is a creative hub in a former Eindhoven power station

Innovation Powerhouse Eindhoven by Atelier Van Berlo

The former Philips power plant in Eindhoven has been transformed into an innovation hub by young architect Janne van Berlo, in a renovation that celebrates the building's industrial features. More ›

 
 

Thomas Phifer expands Glenstone Museum with minimalist galleries The Pavilions

Glenstone Museum by Thomas Phifer and Partners

Concrete boxes housing galleries are laid out around a tranquil pond at this extended museum in Maryland, which architecture firm Thomas Phifer and Partners embedded in the rolling landscape. More ›

 
 

Charles Trevelyan exhibits pebble-like benches and spindly tables in New York

Charles Trevelyan at Carpenters Workshop Gallery

Works by Australian designer Charles Trevelyan, including skeletal-looking furniture and monolithic marble benches, are currently on show at New York's Carpenters Workshop Gallery. More ›

 
 

Elvie launches wearable breast pump that's silent and wireless

Breast pump by Elvie

Technology company Elvie has launched a cordless breast pump designed to be worn inconspicuously in any nursing bra. More ›

 
 

BIG overhauls Copenhagen warehouse for Noma 2.0 restaurant

Noma by BIG

Architecture firm BIG has released images to show its transformation of an abandoned historic building in Copenhagen into the new site of famed Nordic restaurant Noma. More ›

 
 

Sony's FES Watch U e-paper timepiece can be updated at the touch of a button

This captioned movie by Dezeen demonstrates how users can customise the pattern on Sony's new e-paper watch almost instantaneously. More ›

 
 

Abstract chess set and blue tableware created for London's Ace Hotel

Five commissioned products by London designers are introduced at London's Ace Hotel

An abstract chess set made from recycled materials and a set of blue-powder-coated tableware are two of the five objects commissioned by the Ace Hotel for the fourth edition of Ready Made Go. More ›

 
 

Casa R by Felipe Lagos provides a mountain refuge in Patagonia

Casa R by Tu Croquis

Chilean architect Felipe Lagos has created a pointy black cabin for his family, with several design elements that help it endure extreme climatic conditions. More ›