Dezeen's top five houses of the month for July 2023 include minimalist homes informed by Case Study houses and Japanese aesthetics, in locations ranging from the UK to Australia.
With IKEA turning 80 this year, Dezeen spoke to its global design managers Eva Lilja Löwenhielm and Johan Ejdemo about AI, working with external designers and why it remains a "unique low-price brand".
Dezeen Showroom: research suggests people prefer to have their backs to the wall in open-plan workspaces, so Form Us With Love has developed a furniture system that simulates the experience.
Toronto studio Giannone Petricone Associates has spent a decade restoring a dilapidated hotel in Ontario, linking the building's past and present through regionally influenced design details.
Dezeen School Shows: a foldable mobile structure designed for Google's community outreach initiatives is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at Florida Atlantic University.
A perforated facade provides light, air and privacy to Veil House, a home in Taiwan that architecture studio Paperfarm designed to reference the area's history of brick manufacturing.
For those who don't want to keep their wine collection hidden away, our latest lookbook showcases some of the most inventive ways of showcasing wine bottles within a contemporary home interior.
Game developer Pat Naoum has launched a video game with backgrounds, creatures and scenery entirely painted by hand, which took seven years to complete.
The offices that Montreal's Ivy Studio has designed for digital advertising agency Cardigan include a mesh-wrapped mezzanine and a "futuristic" basement within a former bank building.
A mono-pitch roof and raw material finishes characterise Horse House, an equestrian centre that architecture practice Wiercinski Studio has added to a stable in rural Poland.
Brooklyn-based Kaja Kühl has created a pair of guest houses on a farm in upstate New York that utilize prefabricated hempcrete bricks and timber to reduce carbon impact.
Dezeen School Shows: a sound monitoring system that protects users from noise exposure is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at Brunel University.
Dezeen Showroom: oversized rounded shapes characterise the Mt Curve Big chair, which forms part of the inaugural furniture collection from US studio BNF.
Dezeen Showroom: designed to bring attention to a typically humble item of furniture, the Arc stool is the signature piece from the inaugural collection by US studio Juntos.
