This week Aldi unveiled a puffer jacket that looks like a giant potato
This week on Dezeen, we showcased supermarket chain Aldi's Jacket Potato Jacket, a puffer jacket complete with a silver foil poncho as an ode to steaming baked potatoes.
Described by Aldi as "comfort food chic", the limited-edition jacket was designed in collaboration with London fashion brand Agro Studio to mimic an oversized potato.
It features a mottled brown exterior and a fluffy white fleece lining, and comes with a silver rain cover to create the impression of tinfoil. The puffer coat was launched to mark the start of what Aldi calls "jacket potato season".
In architecture news, Foster + Partners completed the 270 Park Avenue supertall skyscraper in New York City for American financial company JPMorganChase.
With a height of 423.1 metres, the Midtown Manhattan tower is the city's sixth-tallest building and can be seen from miles around. It is characterised by a stepped facade with an expressive bronze diagrid.
The British architecture studio also completed the Techo International Airport in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, which was designed to respond to the country's tropical climate with a curved steel structure wrapped by latticed panels that filter daylight.
In the United States, construction teams are using a backhoe to rip through the facade of the White House's East Wing to make space for president Donald Trump's neoclassical ballroom.
Trump confirmed that the project was going ahead in a post on his own social network, where he said the building would be "completely separate" from the White House.
"I am pleased to announce that ground has been broken on the White House grounds to build the new, big, beautiful White House Ballroom," he stated.
In design news, German automotive brand Mercedes-Benz revealed its latest autonomous concept car, which combines a modern take on art deco with advances in artificial intelligence (AI).
Called Vision Iconic, the car features decorative straw and mother-of-pearl marquetry as well as Level 4 automated driving, an AI companion and solar paint to extend its range.
Art projects also took centre stage this week. Images were released of American artist James Turrell's soon-to-be-completed Skyspace installation at the ARoS Aarhus Art Museum in Denmark.
Set to open to the public in 2026, the installation is housed in a 40-metre-wide domed extension beside the museum, which Turrell has washed in his trademark monochromatic colours through a lighting system he designed.
Also in Europe, Japanese artist Takashi Murakami and French fashion house Louis Vuitton took over Paris's Grand Palais with an eight-metre-tall inflatable octopus.
Created for Art Basel, the temporary colourful sculpture was informed by Chinese lanterns. It is positioned on the building's Balcon d'honneur balcony, where its tentacles curl around a door.
Among the popular projects on Dezeen this week, two houses were united by windowless facades. Woodend is a bungalow in Victoria by Australian designer David Hicks, who chose an opaque exterior to conceal the "quiet grandeur" of the interior living spaces, richly finished with varieties of Italian marble.
American architect Scott Specht also completed an accessory dwelling unit (ADU) in Austin, USA, clad entirely in Corten steel with no exterior windows.
Our latest roundups featured distinctive residential front doors and a collection of striking hair salon interiors.
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