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A cork-clad DJ booth forms the centrepiece of this coffee shop in Hamburg, which its owner Vincent von Thien has designed to evoke the relaxing atmosphere of Japan’s jazz cafes. Read more

This week on Dezeen, we wrapped up the year by looking back at the most interesting stories from 2025. Read more

American studio CLB Architects has completed a holiday house near a ski resort that features a mix of earthy and industrial materials and focuses on « essentials rather than excess ». Read more

Architecture studio Bindloss Dawes has transformed a disused agricultural building into a light-filled, low-carbon house in rural Dorset, UK. Read more

A team of students from the Eindhoven University of Technology has built a prototype electric car with a built-in toolbox and components that can be easily repaired or replaced without specialist knowledge. Read more

Imagine if The Criterion Channel and Netflix had a baby, but the baby only streamed public-domain classics — and it was completely FREE. That’s WikiFlix. It’s a clean, modern interface where you can scroll, search, and dive into a whole catalog of classic films, restored gems, silent-era legends, and old-school cinema history… all legally available …

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(Thank you John!)

For two decades, brand design obeyed a clean, clinical commandment: Thou shalt use sans‑serifs. Helvetica, then Gotham, then Proxima Nova and their countless descendants became the uniform of credibility. They whispered “modern,” “clear,” and “trustworthy.” But in a sea of identical minimalist wordmarks, a new question emerges: when everyone looks trustworthy, who actually looks memorable? This is …

Local studio Laboratorio de Arquitectura has completed a house with a design geared towards the use of custom concrete blocks in Querétaro, Mexico. Read more