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    Dezeen becomes one of the top 3,500 most popular websites in the world

    Dezeen hit a major milestone this week, becoming one of the 3,500 most-visited websites in the world, according to ranking service Alexa. Dezeen has risen over 1,100 places in Alexa’s global internet engagement ranking since the start of the year, with our Virtual Design Festival propelling us further up the chart in the last few days. […] More

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    Call for entries to AHEAD Europe awards 2020

    Dezeen promotion: architects and designers working across Europe are invited to submit their hospitality projects to the 2020 edition of the AHEAD Europe awards. Carried out across four different regions – the Americas, Europe, Asia and the Middle East and Africa (MEA) – the AHEAD awards celebrates stand-out hospitality projects from across the world. The […] More

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    Pink holiday home by KC Design Studio features dedicated cat room

    Cats’ Pink House is a holiday home in Taiwan that includes cat ladders, a rotating carousel-shaped climbing frame and a fluffy pink swing for the owner’s feline companions. KC Design Studio made everything pink, even the basketball hoop and court for the human occupants. The three-storey house by the sea is a place for the […] More

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    Culdesac designs coherent interiors for Consum supermarket in Benicàssim

    Creative consultancy Culdesac has designed a store for supermarket chain Consum in Benicàssim, Spain, with simple, stripped-back interiors to make the shop’s arrangement understandable. Valencia-based Culdesac designed the arrangement, signage and furniture of the store, which will serve as a model for Consum’s future shops, to be clearer and easier to understand than traditional supermarkets. “Stores should be designed […] More

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    Arched terracotta volume tops Delfino Lozano's Guadalajara apartment complex

    Mexican architect Delfino Lozano has turned a family home in Guadalajara into four apartments detailed with blue-painted beams and arched doorways. Lozano created four one-bedroom residences in a two-storey property located in the Santa Teresita neighbourhood of the Mexican city. The architect said he designed the complex, called House B836, to follow as much of […] More

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    Daytrip digs beneath east London townhouse to create contemporary living spaces

    White-washed walls, Douglas fir joinery and creamy furnishings appear inside this east London home, which design studio Daytrip has renovated and expanded by excavating its basement. The five-storey Powerscroft Road townhouse is situated in the neighbourhood of Clapton and had previously been host to several “unloved” living spaces. A majority of the rooms were plastered […] More

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    Steel and concrete steps cut through facade of Stairway House by Nendo

    A huge faux staircase interrupts the floor plan of this house in Tokyo, which design studio Nendo has created for three generations of the same family. Stairway House is situated in a quiet residential pocket of Shinjuku, a ward of Tokyo known for its neon-lit buildings, bustling streets and vibrant nightlife scene. The three-storey home […] More

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    “I don't want my pictures to tell people what they should think” says Alastair Philip Wiper

    British photographer Alastair Philip Wiper explores all kinds of factories, from pork slaughterhouses to sex doll workshops. He says he isn’t trying to shock or influence, just to show people where things come from. Wiper photographs the facilities that make mass production possible. His images show the machines, the people and the processes used to […] More