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Royal College of Art student Thomas Gossner has rethought the design of public, space-saving fold-out chairs, creating a swing-like seat made from a single sheet of thermoplastic. Read more View the full article

Italian studio Antonio Ravalli Architetti have converted an old factory in Migliarino, Italy, into a youth hostel where guests can stay in these tall fabric-covered pods. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Apple co-founder Steven Wozniak has criticised the company for its smart watch, which he says has taken Apple "into the jewellery market". (more…) View the full article

Michigan studios Rootoftwo and PLY Architecture have housed their conceptual models of future kitchen appliances in a paper teahouse at the National Museum of Modern Art in Kyoto, Japan. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London Metropolitan University has announced that it will be renaming The Sir John Cass School of Art, Architecture and Design to remove the name of the prominent slave trader. Read more View the full article

VDF products fair: The New Classic is a collection of sanitaryware and accessories designed by Marcel Wanders for Swiss manufacturer Laufen, which hopes to bring a "poetic experience" into bathroom interiors. Read more View the full article

Here’s a selection of projects by Portuguese architect Eduardo Souto de Moura, who has been named 2011 Pritzker Prize Laureate (see our earlier story). (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Architecture studio Cobe and engineering firm Arup have designed the elevated Orienktaj and underground Nordhavn Metro stations as part of a docklands development in Copenhagen. Read more View the full article

Coded patterns on this beaded dress by Royal College of Art graduate Thorunn Arnadottir feed information to smart phones when photographed. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Mexican designer Valentin Garal has designed a bench with an integrated budgie cage. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London firm Duggan Morris Architects have completed this brick house on the site of a former plaster-moulding workshop between two rows of terraced houses in south-east London. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Tune in here for the live stream from Ikea's annual Democratic Design Day event in Älmhult, Sweden, for the latest news from the furniture giant. (more…) View the full article

The chequered facade of this Bangkok showroom by architects Sansiri and landscape architects Shma is half glass and half living plants. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: 321,320 people visited the 50th Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan last week, an 8% increase on last year, according to organisers Cosmit. See the full figures below. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Here are some more photographs of Jean Nouvel’s recently-opened Serpentine Gallery Pavilion in Kensington Gardens, London, this time taken by French photographer Julien Lanoo. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Australian designer Marc Newson has created a limited edition range of his Zvezdochka shoes for sportswear brand NIKE. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The São Paulo Museum of Art is recreating a 1968 exhibition design by Brazilian Modernist Lina Bo Bardi, with updated versions of her glass and concrete easels. (more…) View the full article

This shimmering steel house in Kyoto by Japanese architects ALPHAville towers above its vernacular neighbours. (more…) View the full article

Former European skateboarding champion and architect Matthias Bauer of MBA/S Associates has designed a skatepark and youth club in Stuttgart, Germany. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

San Francisco designer Yves Behar of Fuseproject has designed a product that allows users to control their TV from their iPhone. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

These wooden spectacle frames have been created by Milan designer Matteo Ragni. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This pane of glass supported by wood, metal and marble sticks is a sculptural radiator designed by 5.5 Designers of Paris for French company Saazs. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

French architect Sandra Courtine of Ciel Architectes has designed a bed unit for a child with circular perforations that form a ladder. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: non-profit organization Architecture for Humanity are calling for help to support local Japanese professionals in the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami in Sendai last week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London designers JamesPlumb have installed an antique church pew to create an aged interior for menswear brand Hostem’s new shop in Shoreditch, London. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article