Tropical hardwood and reinforced concrete form House in Minami-Azabu: www.dezeen.com/2026/01/06/house-minami-azabu-keiji-ashizawa/

When making a reservation at La Grenouille, Isaac Mizrahi reserves a cheese soufflé. ‘I can also make a beautiful cheese soufflé,’ he writes in this week’s Grub Street Diet. ‘But sometimes there’s just no time to do a cheese soufflé in the morning.’

some of you are looksmaxxing when you need to be booksmaxxing

Is there a technology the left is excited about?" It's called the clamshell e-reader from It Follows, and I've been waiting for it since 2014

Hotel Hans bridges "two very different parts of Copenhagen": www.dezeen.com/2026/02/01/hotel-hans-bridge-different-parts-copenhagen-norron-architects/

this is comically evil. brazenly anti-social. just absolute black-pilled nihilism. we will not have a republic, we will not be free, until we regulate these companies to the point where — at a bare minimum — they're too afraid to put stuff like this down on paper. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...

Great news for climate! A record number of green energy projects are underway. 👏 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

BREAKING NEWS: We’re absolutely thrilled to announce that the Southbank Centre - the Hayward Gallery, Purcell Room, Queen Elizabeth Hall and skaters undercroft - has finally been Grade II listed by DCMS after a 35 year long campaign. ➡️ c20society.org.uk/news/southba...

🚨🚨" Some leaders have chosen to hunt them down and deport them through operations that are both unlawful and cruel. My government has chosen a different way: a fast and simple path to regularize their immigration status." Spanish PM Pedro #Sanchez on why #migrants are essential for Western society:

'Covent Garden' (from 'This Is London', 1959) by Miroslav Šašek

"Humble visionary" Niall McLaughlin wins 2026 RIBA Royal Gold Medal: www.dezeen.com/2026/01/29/niall-mclaughlin-riba-royal-gold-medal/

Great piece by Catherine Slessor on @dezeen.com today about the resonance of Fritz Lang's Metropolis: www.dezeen.com/2026/01/28/m...

Dream house 🥹

Årets majblomma är en transblomma! (men säg det inte så högt att transfoberna hör och vägrar köpa).

Tutto Bene creates "gallery-like" fashion floors at Globus Basel department store: www.dezeen.com/2026/01/19/fashion-floor-globus-basel-tutto-bene/

Not now, sun

Gary Larson: In my cartoon I invented Cow Tools as a cautionary tale Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools

Ni vet när man spelar spel med barn och ibland låter dem vinna för att de inte ska få ett utbrott, men istället för ett barn är det en president och istället för att få ett utbrott om de inte vinner startar de krig

oh it's going to be a Recession recession

Wrote about this beautiful project by Klein Dytham Architecture for Dezeen:

Heinz creates fry box with built-in ketchup compartment to "make dipping effortless": www.dezeen.com/2026/01/15/heinz-dipper-ketchup-compartment-packaging-redesign/

An AI pocket pet, a vibrating ultrasonic knife and a "paper battery" were among the interesting and unusual products on display at the world's most influential technology fair, CES, in Las Vegas this week. https://www.dezeen.com/2026/01/09/ten-gadgets-that-caught-our-attention-at-ces-2026/

Enjoyed writing about Kwangho Lee's "knitted" chairs!

Massproductions creates "sculptural objects for everyday use" with Arket: www.dezeen.com/2025/10/27/massproductions-sculptural-objects-everyday-use-arket/

Whoever came up with this doesn't get the point of video games like, at ALL. Also the illustration, lol, if you can't beat a Slitherfang you probably just need better gear.

Young women are radicalising 🖊️ Scarlett Maguire

World is in better place than when Eden Project created 25 years ago, founder says

The winds are hard enough that Gävlebocken fell.

The best designs of 2025: www.dezeen.com/2025/12/16/best-designs-2025/

Samma på Panora i Malmö 🍿

Not now, haunted Victorian shoes

"Röksignalsmonumentet kostade 300 000 kronor, men Malmö stad räknar med att få igen pengarna. Att hålla gator och torg fimpfria är dyrt. Enligt Malmö stad är städkostnaden runt fyra kronor per fimp." Hoppas att det går vägen. www.sydsvenskan.se/malmo/sa-myc...

"To chop this structure up feels tragic" says commenter: www.dezeen.com/2025/12/19/grand-ring-osaka-expo-2025-burned-fuel-comments/

Zenga Bros blend skate ramps and cabins for "rampitecture" in Waco: www.dezeen.com/2025/12/18/rampitecture-waco-texas-zenga-bros/

Gift link, probably the funniest thing the Wall Street Journal has done this year.

EU Erasmus scheme to reopen to UK students for first time since Brexit

Det är uppenbart att regeringen agerar mot bättre vetande, skriver Miljöpartiets Amanda Lind och Ulrika Westerlund.

"there's a new serif in town"

So love wobbegongs. Everything is good about the wobbegong. Its name. Its flattened Oscar the Grouch face. Its frondy bits. Its lazy life as a hungry rug. And it’s a shark. Outstanding animal 10/10

Loved visiting this transparent bar during Art Week Tokyo last month ☺️

The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow

This is such excellent fashion writing, Horyn is a master: www.thecut.com/article/chan...

With entry-level design jobs receiving hundreds of applications per opening, Cajsa Carlson explores whether there's simply an oversupply of aspiring designers as part of our Performance Review series. https://www.dezeen.com/2025/11/26/too-many-designers-performance-review/

Osaka Castle's Golden Tea Room informs interiors of Blue Bottle Coffee Shinsaibashi: www.dezeen.com/2025/11/26/blue-bottle-coffee-shinsaibashi-osaka-keiji-ashizawa-design/

Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist

Design Museum displays never-before seen Wes Anderson film props: www.dezeen.com/2025/11/20/design-museum-wes-anderson-the-archives-exhibition/

we need a department of kerning