"Can't wait for this to be listed on Airbnb"

This week's best stories and comments from Dezeen View online This week, readers are confused by Mercedes-Benz's concept for a car inspired by the film Avatar and are underwhelmed by a collection of light switches designed by Kelly Hoppen. Read on for more...     "Can't wait for this to be listed on Airbnb" Five tile-clad towers make up this house in southeast England, designed by ACME as a modern interpretation of a hop-drying kiln. Read more ›   "A gaudy car, inspired by a 10-year-old movie" Readers aren't convinced by the Vision AVTR concept by Mercedes-Benz, which takes design cues from the sci-fi fantasy film Avatar.  Read more ›   "I was expecting way more" Readers are disappointed by a collection of premium light switches and plug sockets designed by Kelly Hoppen. Read more ›   "Grey is the new beige" We've rounded-up interiors that make the most of a monochrome palette – highlighted by Michelle Ogundehin as a key trend for 2020. Read more ›     "This isn't minimalism" Readers are debating whether John Pawson's second home in the Cotswolds, England, is minimalist or merely lacking furniture. Read more ›   "Such a sophisticated chew toy" Samsung is being mocked for its ball-shaped AI device that rolls around the house and responds to commands like a pet dog. Read more ›   "All furniture comes with lifetime warranty" Designers Lucas Maassen and Alexandre Humbert have made a series of photo collages of established creatives impersonating furniture. Read more ›   "Earthy, warm, inviting and secure feeling" A brick holiday home in Tangshan, China, designed by Arch Studio has been given the thumbs up from readers.  Read more ›     "I greatly admire the efforts here" Practice Architecture worked alongside hemp farmers to erect this zero-carbon home in Cambridgeshire, England, in just two days. Read more ›   "Unimaginitive, uncontextual, uninteresting" Readers are underwhelmed by Foster + Partners' proposal for Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba's offices in Shanghai.  Read more ›   "I really love this kind of detail-focused, humble work" Readers admire a ceramics collection by Yuting Chang that wears its traditional blue adornments not on the outside, but layered internally. Read more ›   "Is it a car? Is it a plane?" Hyundai has partnered with Uber to design a concept for a future air-taxi service, the S-A1 aerial vehicle, much to reader dismay. Read more ›   "What an awesome success story" IKEA has sold a brutalist tower by Marcel Breuer in Connecticut to an architect who plans to turn it into a zero-net-energy boutique hotel. Read more ›   This week's top jobs on Dezeen Jobs Furniture designer at PearsonLloyd in London, UK Data visualisation designer at Carlo Ratti Associati in Turin, Italy Senior graphic designer at Handel Architects in New York, USA Deputy editor at Dezeen in London, UK 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