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New Designers 2011: design graduate Brendan Magennis has made a collection of flat-packed furniture that has no screws or glue and can be assembled with just a few hearty whacks of a mallet. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

If the year 2012 does bring the world to an end, Mexican branding company Menosunocerouno plan to face the apocalypse in style with a survival kit that includes chocolate and hard liqueur. (more…) View the full article

American movie director David Lynch has completed a nightclub in Paris that’s inspired by and named after Club Silencio from his 2001 film Mulholland Drive. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This week on Dezeen, the RIBA named the UK's best new buildings and Diébédo Francis Kéré revealed his Serpentine Pavilion in London. Read more View the full article

Even though 3D-printed haute couture garments have been gracing the catwalks, the real breakthroughs in printed clothing will come from more practical and subversive quarters, reports Claire Barrett in this article for our one-off magazine Print Shift. (more...) View the full article

Computer software generates endless possible architectural configurations from standardised components at an exhibition in Taipei designed by architects MVRDV. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Embracing the circular economy and closed-loop design is the only way for brands to achieve business success while safeguarding the planet, according to a senior member of the innovation team at Adidas. Read more

Herringbone brickwork and fretted screens decorate the facade of two apartment blocks in Prague. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This boat made entirely from plastic bottles by Exploration Architecture is making its way across the Pacific Ocean from San Francisco to Sydney in order to highlight environmental damage to the seas. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A 1960’s residence renovated by London architects Duggan Morris has won the RIBA Manser Medal 2011 for the best new house in the UK. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

We published a series of plant-covered buildings this week, including a living facade on a five-storey Parisian block. Keep reading for more highlights and this week's Dezeen Music Project featured track. (more...) View the full article

Dezeen Wire: with 30 Habitat stores in the hands of administrators, the Guardian’s Andy Beckett asks how this iconic British design retailer can be saved – Guardian </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

British technology company Dyson has designed a ventilator and is primed to produce 15,000 units in the coming weeks to help meet the demand caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Read more View the full article

Here are the 18 winning entries from the Dezeen x Design Association container design competition to win a free exhibition space in Tokyo during Tokyo Designers Week 2010. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: Italian design brand Skitsch have sacked their CEO Renato Preti. See press release below. More about Skitsch on Dezeen » (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London studio David Kohn Architects and artist Fiona Banner have won the A Room For London competition to design a temporary one-bedroom apartment on top of London’s Southbank Centre. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Designers Antrepo have created conceptual packaging design for well-known supermarket products by stripping back the existing graphics in stages. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The Dezeen office is closed today due to the royal wedding but here’s a link back to our story from January about a series of unofficial souvenirs commissioned by London communications and creative agency KK Outlet. </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The next building in our series from the new Yongsan International Business District in Seoul, South Korea, is a skyscraper designed by French architect Dominique Perrault, with faceted glass that will ripple across the surface. (more…) View the full article

These stools by Swedish designers Glimpt are made in Vietnam from rolls of seagrass, bound with the thread that’s normally used to make hammocks. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: new to our movie site Dezeen Screen is this movie by Bjarke Ingels Group that explains their competition-winning design for a mosque, Islamic centre and museum in Tirana, Albania. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This take-away packaging by Casey Ng combines a paper bag top with a rigid carton for the base. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: the UK government has set MPs a homework project over the summer to highlight British design and manufacturing icons. Examples put forward so far include toilet rolls, fish fingers and custard cream biscuits – Management Today See the full list of products on the Guardian Datablog » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Japanese designer Morie Nishimura has made a series of hinged brass mirrors that look like butterflies when mounted on a wall. (more…) View the full article

The top floor of this office block in Italy by architects Modostudio is screened by faceted concrete panels that resemble Inca stonework. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article