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This week, a giant female robot, a building covered in spray-on rubber and Pantone's colour of the year all captured readers' attention. Read on for more details...

 

Humanscale

 

Making of Hajime Sorayama's giant robot for Dior revealed in exclusive video

"Remarkably out of touch"

Some readers think the "fembot" sculpture created by Japanese artist Hajime Sorayama for Dior objectifies women.

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Office S&M's "two-faced" Janus House extension is coated with spray-on rubber

"Handsome even in the close-up photos"

The spray-on rubber that clads this London house extension is an ingenious solution, according to commenters.

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"Pantone's colour of the year harks of naivety, not optimism"

"Pantone's colour of the year harks of naivety"

Pantone's Living Coral isn't a harbinger of positivity, says Michelle Ogundehin, it's a reminder that real coral reefs are under threat.

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First geoengineering experiment to dim the sun on track for 2019

"If we dim the sun, will solar panels be less efficient?"

Readers are outraged that Harvard scientists are planning to dim the sun, including one who is relying on solar energy.

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German Design Council

 

OPEN Architecture builds cave-like art gallery inside a sand dune

"Stunning structure"

A cavernous art museum, created by tunnelling into a sand dune on the Chinese coastline, has been praised by commenters.

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Olafur Eliasson installs giant blocks of glacial ice across London

"Will leave a huge impression on those who view it"

Readers can't agree whether the latest artwork by Olafur Eliasson, comprising 30 hunks of ice, is admirable or misguided.

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Kranen/Gille uses design process that is "all about fun" on The Party lights for Moooi

"It's all about fun"

Designers Jos Kranen and Johannes Gille explain their design process for products such as The Party, a set of face-shaped lights for Moooi

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Charles Holland designs quirky country house for a hamlet in Kent

"I'd like to hang these in my home"

Readers love the characterful drawings of this country house by Charles Holland Architects, even if they don't like the design. 

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Stockholm Furniture Fair

 

Secret rooms are accessed through a bath tub in G House by Gon Architects

"I think you can also enter through the closet"

Commenters weren't fooled by this unusual flat in Madrid, which has rooms that appear to only be accessible through the bath tub.

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Schimmel and Schweikle distort generic office chairs to create outsized furniture

"The stretched armchair is simply brilliant!"

Design graduates Moreno Schweikle and Janne Schimmel got a few laughs for stretching, expanding and multiplying office chairs.

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Batay-Csorba envisions Triple Duplex as alternative to traditional housing in Toronto

"I'd wake up confused by light and shadows"

The perforated brick facade of this housing proposed for Toronto by Batay-Csorba Architects is too much for one commenter to take.

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