"Absurd and abnormal"

This week's best stories and comments from Dezeen View online This week, readers are lusting after IKEA homeware created by African designers and shocked by a hotel suite designed by Damien Hirst. We also announced more star judges for Dezeen Awards 2019. Read on for more details...     "I want everything in this collection" IKEA launched Överallt, a collection of homeware by designers from across Africa, at Design Indaba and commenters can't get enough. Read more ›   "Absurd and abnormal" Readers are mocking a two-storey Damien Hirst-designed suite at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, boasting suspended sharks. Read more ›   "Incredibly exciting line-up" French designer Philippe Starck will be joined by architects Odile Decq, Lyndon Neri and Alison Brooks as Dezeen Awards 2019 judges. Read more ›   "John Pawson is a genius" Tree trunks are stacked on top of one another to form Wooden Chapel, a structure designed by John Pawson as a rest stop for cyclists. Read more ›     "Japan should be proud" Readers agree that Japanese architect Arata Isozaki deserves to have been named 2019 laureate of the prestigious Pritzker Prize. Read more ›   "Boeri'ng" Some readers think Tirana Vertical Forest, a plant-covered tower block designed by Italian architect Stefano Boeri, could be more interesting. Read more ›   "Get rid of the open-plan office" With hot-desking and co-working on the rise, Space10 co-founder Simon Caspersen calls for the end of the open-plan office. Read more ›   "People need spaces where they're comfortable" Commenters are debating whether the Chief clubhouse in New York, a private club for female executives, is welcome or discriminatory. Read more ›     "Wonderful ambitious project" The first net-zero-energy building in Singapore has been built by Serie Architects and Multiply Architects, much to the delight of readers. Read more ›   "I actually love these" Creative platform 99designs has given the Adidas, BMW, Netflix and Lego logos a Bauhaus-inspired makeover, and people are impressed.  Read more ›   "There's something seriously wrong with IKEA's most sustainable store" IKEA claims its new London store is its greenest ever, but it can't be true if another green building was demolished to make way for it, says Tom Ravenscroft. Read more ›   "Like something from a novel" One commenter thinks this blackened-wood holiday home and boathouse by Toronto studio Akb Architects is almost fictional.  Read more ›   This week's top jobs on Dezeen Jobs 3D artist at Foster + Partners in London, UK Senior architect at LOHA in Los Angeles, USA Project architect at Aedas in Shenzhen, Beijing or Shanghai, China Technical architect at Powerhouse Company in Rotterdam, Netherlands Architecture | Interiors | Design | Technology | Jobs           You have received this because you are subscribed to Dezeen Weekly. Unsubscribe | Forward to a friend Dezeen Limited, 8 Orsman Road, London N1 5QJ, UK Contact us | Submit a story | Advertise