Delve Architects designs « nurturing but playful » nursery in east London
English practice Delve Architects has used joyful colours and natural, tactile materials to outfit a newly established kindergarten by the River Thames in east London that can be accessed via boat. Read more
Modular waste bins by Group Project distributed across New York City
Modular waste bins designed by local industrial design studio Group Projects to be recyclable and assist sanitation workers have begun to be distributed across New York City’s five boroughs. Read more
Omar Gandhi lifts Corten cube for cabin in Nova Scotia
Canadian studio Omar Gandhi Architects has wrapped an elevated cabin in Corten steel on a forested hillside in Nova Scotia. Read more
Ten furniture design projects by Northumbria University students
Dezeen School Shows: a wooden chair upholstered in a leather alternative made from seaweed is included in Dezeen’s latest school show by students at Northumbria University. Read more
Foster + Partners and BIG to help Turkey rebuild post-earthquake
British architecture practice Foster + Partners and Danish studio BIG have been selected to help rebuild Hatay following the devastating Turkey-Syria earthquake in February. Read more
Noho Move chair by Formway for Noho
Dezeen Showroom: design studio Formway worked with fellow New Zealand-based brand Noho to create Noho Move — an ergonomically sound dining chair that facilitates hours of sitting. Read more
Studio Hinge creates library spaces beneath tree-like wooden columns
Indian practice Studio Hinge has completed Forest of Knowledge, a library in Mumbai that sits beneath a tree-like canopy of latticed wood. Read more
Snøhetta unveils chamfered skyscraper on site of former Hong Kong airport
Norwegian studio Snøhetta drew on textiles and tailoring for its design of the Airside skyscraper, which has opened at the old Kai Tak Airport in Hong Kong. Read more
MAD to transform Chinese factory with futuristic rooftop extension
Chinese architecture studio MAD has unveiled its plans for The Ark, a project involving the renovation and extension of a warehouse at an old cement factory in Shanghai, China. Read more
Vruit vibrator doubles as artificial insemination device
Design graduate Juliane Kühr has presented a set of sex toys for self-insemination at Dutch Design Week, which were devised to be used during sex to help pleasure take its rightful place in the assisted conception process. Read more

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