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View online     Klaus Littmann plants forest in Austrian football stadium Swiss art curator Klaus Littmann has planted 300 trees in a football stadium in Austria as a "memorial" to the environment in the anthropocene era. Read more ›   Tranquil Dawn named Colour of the Year for 2020 Paint brand Dulux has selected a cool-tone shade of green as it's Colour of the Year for 2020, which is meant to offer an antidote to an "increasingly disconnected" modern society. Read more ›   Carlo Ratti's orange squeezer serves juice in bioplastic cups made from the peel Italian studio Carlo Ratti Associati has developed a circular orange juice bar that turns the waste fruit peel into 3D-printed bioplastic cups to drink the contents from. Read more ›   Designs of the Year 2019 nominees include genderless voice and home HIV test kit Contenders for this year's Beazley Designs of the Year awards include Diller Scofidio + Renfro's The Shed, a pocket-sized home HIV test kit, and the world's first genderless voice. Read more ›   Benjamin Hubert to speak about building a design business at Dezeen Day British industrial designer Benjamin Hubert will speak at the Dezeen Day conference in London on 30 October. Read more ›   MIT Media Lab director resigns after allegedly covering up Jeffrey Epstein donations Joichi Ito has stepped down as director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab after The New Yorker magazine claimed he made efforts to hide donations from American businessman and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Read more ›   Studio Four channels hygge inside Melbourne family home Dark surfaces and an array of warm materials helped Studio Four create a cosy series of rooms behind the black facade of this Melbourne family home. Read more ›   Veark's CK01 knife is forged from a single piece of steel Danish brand Veark has developed a chef's knife that is manufactured using a drop-forged process that creates a unique texture on the handle of each product. Read more ›   Bureau de Change covers barn-style Cotswolds house with ombré effect charred larch Architecture studio Bureau de Change has covered a Cotswolds house formed of a pair of interlocking barn-style buildings in brick and larch, which has been charred for a graduated effect. Read more ›   Everlane opens minimal Brooklyn store featuring painted brick and pale wood A large window punctures white-painted brickwork to reveal fashion brand Everlane's store in Brooklyn's Williamsburg neighbourhood. Read more ›   Slatted stone encloses glass extension for Edmonton Symphony Orchestra by Andrew Bromberg Architect Andrew Bromberg at Aedas has revealed the design for an extension to the home of Edmonton Symphony Orchestra in Canada, featuring rounded glass walls, a slatted stone roof and an elevated garden. Read more ›   Artist Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg to speak at Dezeen Day Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg will give a keynote lecture at Dezeen Day in London on 30 October. Read more ›   Chinese ink paintings come alive in Apiwat Chitapanya's wax-cast furniture Bangkok designer Apiwat Chitapanya has created a collection for specialist brass furniture brand Masaya that emulates Chinese ink paintings through the process of lost-wax casting. Read more ›   Interior shortlisted for Dezeen Awards disqualified after commenter spots "subtle cues" that images are fake An apartment shortlisted for Dezeen Awards has been disqualified after an eagle-eyed commenter noticed that the images submitted were computer renders rather than photos. Read more ›   Feldman Architecture integrates The Sanctuary house into lush Silicon Valley site Rooms are organised around gardens and courtyards in this northern California dwelling, which Feldman Architecture has lifted above the ground in order to protect tree roots. Read more ›   Studio Gang clads Chicago high-rise in energy-saving concrete panels Dezeen promotion: materials developer Rieder has clad the facades of Solstice on the Park, a residential tower in Chicago designed by Studio Gang, in modular concrete panels. Read more ›   Government threatens to "name and shame" owners that do not replace Grenfell-style cladding The UK government says building owners will face "consequences" if they do not use a new £200 million fund to remove dangerous cladding, 26 months after the Grenfell Tower Fire. Read more ›   Architecture | Interiors | Design | Technology | Jobs           You have received this because you are subscribed to Dezeen Daily. Unsubscribe | Forward to a friend Dezeen Limited, 8 Orsman Road, London N1 5QJ, UK Contact us | Submit a story | Advertise