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Hundreds of used black plastic chairs cover the facade of this furniture shop, which architecture studio Chybik + Kristof has created inside a former car showroom in the Czech city of Brno. Read more
German designer Konstantin Grcic has created a straight-legged "archetypal" chair for Italian furniture brand Mattiazzi. Read more
When designing this pop-up store for fashion brand Axel Arigato, Christian Halleröd brought colour to the minimal space through yellow-tinted windows and bright fur seats. Read more
Glass doors are set into arched frames resembling a colonnade in this extension to a Victorian-era house in Birmingham, England, which Intervention Architecture designed for a choir singer. Read more
This week on Dezeen, Anish Kapoor called for artists to engage with issues such as nationalism, Brexit and Donald Trump, and the first images of the Obama Presidential Library in Chicago were revealed. Read more
Fashion brand COS has partnered with Dutch designer Olivier van Herpt on a set of six vases 3D-printed from clay. Read more
New York gallery Chamber is hosting an domestic-focussed showcase that features work by only women designers – the second all-female exhibition to open in the city this week. Read more
Artist Anish Kapoor's Descension – a giant pool of continuously spiralling water – has been unveiled in Brooklyn Bridge Park, marking the official launch of New York's annual NYCxDesign festival. Read more
Artist Anish Kapoor's Descension – a giant pool of continuously spiralling water – has been unveiled in Brooklyn Bridge Park, marking the official launch of New York's annual NYCxDesign festival. Read more
This week's roundup from Pinterest focuses on homes that feature smaller houses inside them, from a simple sleeping cube inside a Toronto loft to an entire wooden home hidden within an imposing black metallic box. Read more
Buyers are capitalising on the burgeoning market for collectible furniture as prices and popularity continue to increase, according to pioneer of the American studio craft movement, Wendell Castle. Read more
Dezeen is giving readers the chance to win one of three copies of Faye Toogood's Earth Moon Water. Read more
Dezeen is giving readers the chance to win one of three copies of Faye Toogood's Earth Moon Water. Read more
Edwin Lutyens' Midland Bank building in the City of London has been renovated by Soho House & Co and the Sydell Group to accommodate a lavish hotel, club, multiple dining venues and a bar in the former vault. Read more
Leading design gallerists are praising the inaugural Nomad fair, held in Karl Lagerfeld's luxurious former villa in Monaco, saying the format works better than traditional fairs like Design Miami and PAD. Read more
Mexico and the US celebrate Cinco de Mayo today, commemorating the Mexican Army's victory over the French in 1862. To mark the occasion, we've pulled together five of the country's best contemporary museum buildings, including projects by Toyo Ito and David Chipperfield. Read more
Swiss architect Peter Zumthor has revealed designs for a trio of new buildings at the Renzo Piano-designed Fondation Beyeler art gallery in Riehen, Basel. Read more
