Stories by Dan Howarth
Today we like: coffee
Kneip creates miniature motorised sculptures from found objects
Lucy Sparrow tackles “prudery” with stitched sex shop in London’s Soho
Competition: win tickets to Serpentine Pavilion Retrospective talk with COS and Dezeen
Post-Office creates “simple and elegant” UK headquarters for Aesop
Max Lamb displays rows of preserved logs for My Grandfather’s Tree installation
Patternity installs black and white “playground” inside Somerset House
“UK government doesn’t value the role of creativity” say Barber and Osgerby
V&A visitors can borrow foam coats from The Cloakroom by Faye and Erica Toogood
Today we like: carbon-fibre furniture
Zaha Hadid forced to throw in the towel over Tokyo Olympic stadium
First Apple Store under Jonathan Ive unveiled in Brussels
Fredrikson Stallard creates crumpled metal and rock-like furniture for Momentum collection
Archicao’s tiny Humble Hostel expands and contracts with a rolling facade
Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia appointed design partner at Y Combinator
Lee Broom creates floral setting for products at The Flower Shop
Michael Anastassiades launches first furniture piece at SCP’s Sofa in Sight
Gareth Pugh pays tribute to London’s Soho with disco-themed fashion collection
Barber & Osgerby awarded London Design Medal 2015
Matteo Fogale and Laetitia de Allegri install tinted acrylic tunnel across V&A bridge
Mischer’Traxler fills V&A room with interactive glass bubbles for Curiosity Cloud installation
Grafton Architects stands concrete columns in rows to create The Ogham Wall at the V&A