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100% design director William Knight is leaving his London post to head up Dubai Design Week. Read more View the full article

This blown glass lamp fitted at the end of a rope is by Italian designer Andrea Francesconi. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

US firm William Rawn Associates has created a series of buildings for a performing arts campus in western Massachusetts, where retractable glass walls allow music to spill outdoors. Read more

Architect William Tozer applied Adolf Loos' Raumplan concept to this London house extension, which features several stepped levels that are all visually connected. (more…) View the full article

The wooden facade of this Toronto property by local practice Williamson Chong Architects is set-back and angled towards a nearby ravine (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

The lower storey of this house in Ontario by Toronto studio Williamson Chong Architects is wrapped by a concrete wall that burrows into a hillside, while the upper floor is an overhanging box clad with red-stained timber (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Toronto firm Williamson Williamson has completed a multigenerational home in the town of Ancaster, designed to allow ageing parents to live with their adult children. Read more View the full article

Stockholm 2014: the delicate glass base of this vase by German designer Hanne Willmann contrasts with a concrete cover that supports the stems of flowers. (more...) View the full article

Pastel tones and plenty of curves are found within this restaurant, located inside The Spheres at Amazon's headquarters in Seattle. Read more

This mobile breast pump on show at CES doesn't use any cords or bottles, allowing new mothers to express milk without connecting to a power socket or getting undressed. Read more View the full article

This machine by Dutch designer Jolene Carlier spurts popcorn from the end of a glass tube into a bright yellow bowl when the snack is ready to eat (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Wilsonart has added six new solid surface designs to its collection based on the theme of "timeless luxury". Read more View the full article

Here are some pictures of 6a Architects‘ exhibition design for Wim Crouwel – A Graphic Odyssey, on show at the Design Museum in London. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The Dutch team will take to the field for the second World Cup 2014 semi-final match today in a Nike kit featuring a bespoke typeface by graphic design legend Wim Crouwel. (more...) View the full article

News: London architecture firm Grimshaw has unveiled a masterplan for the home of the annual Wimbledon Championships tennis tournament. (more...) View the full article

Milan 2011: Dezeen, Jawbone and industrial designer Yves Behar have teamed up to invite readers to create tracks for an audio installation at Ventura Lambrate in Milan next month. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Music: London animator Jack Brown used oil pastels to create an animation of a woman on a journey of self discovery for Doe Paoro's The Wind track (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

London Design Festival 2013: Lebanese designer Najla El Zein has installed 5000 spinning paper windmills in a doorway at the V&A museum in London. (more...) View the full article

Monks perform levitation over a huge wind tunnel at this amphitheatre, which was designed by Latvian studio Mailītis Architects for a mountain range in central China. Read more View the full article

The rear facade of this hillside house by Japanese architect Kazuhiko Kishimoto slides opens to reveal a graduated terrace with a sweeping view of the sea. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

News: a project to bring cheap and easy-to-build mine detonators to Afghan minefields has just nine days left to raise the final $14,000 of its $100,000 goal on crowdfunding website Kickstarter. (more...) View the full article

British inventor Trevor Baylis, who developed the first radio powered by a crank, has died following a long illness. Read more View the full article

This desk by Dutch designer Mieke Meijer is the first in a range of furniture based on images by German artists Bernd and Hilla Becher, known for their series of photographs that documented types of industrial structures like pylons, gas tanks and water towers. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dutch designer Dave Hakkens has devised a wind-powered oil press for making nuts and seeds into homemade oils (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

A tower with a large window rises above this New Zealand church rebuilt by Dalman Architecture, replacing the corner spire of the original building destroyed in earthquakes (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article