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A survey of UK university applicants in 2017 has revealed that 14,000 fewer students are opting to enrol onto art and design courses than last year. Read more View the full article

Japanese architect Masato Sekiya has slotted one timber structure inside another to construct a law firm in Nara. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Canadian practice RUFproject have completed a football training centre in Soweto, South Africa, with wooden louvres wrapping the upper parts of the structure. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

For this month’s top ten we’ve compliled our most popular stories about jewellery. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: in this second interview that Dezeen filmed for sports brand Nike at their new NikeFuel Station at Boxpark in east London, Nike’s global creative director Andy Walker demonstrates how the company’s new FuelBand wristband helps athletes monitor their activity across a range of sports and daily activities. Watch the movie » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This week on Dezeen, we announced the shortlisted architecture, interior and design projects that are in line to win Dezeen Awards in 2019. Read more

One half of an extension to a house in north London is surrounded by frameless glass, whilst the other half is encased in slatted timber. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: almost a quarter of architects remain underemployed according to the the latest Future Trends Survey released by the Royal Institute of British Architects in London. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This week we've selected four architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs based in the US, including vacancies at studios Apparatus and HGA. Read more

Dezeen Screen: this movie, filmed at Ventura Lambrate in Milan, features Italian designer Denis Guidone explaining to Dezeen the design concepts and mechanisms behind the watches Ora Lattea, Ora Unica and Tempo Libero. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

To explore the possibilities of mud architecture, Rael San Fratello has created 3D-printed prototypes that take cues from historical earthen construction built along the Rio Grande river. Read more

This week we're rounding up popular homes from Dezeen's Pinterest boards that use fireplaces to create cosy living spaces – including a Norwegian cabin and a Finnish winter retreat. Read more View the full article

This LED pendant by Dutch designer Teresa van Dongen is powered by living organisms that require regular feeding. Read more View the full article

Milan designer Paolo Dell'Elce has based the shapes of these mirror-polished spun brass vases for Swedish metalware company Skultuna on vessels in paintings by a 20th century Italian artist. (more...) View the full article

Architecture firm Kokaistudios have completed a new building housing the faculty of law at Peking University in Beijing. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Space: Estonian graphic designer Evelin Kasikov takes her place at our micro-exhibition Dezeen Platform at Dezeen Space today. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

VDF products fair: Meet is a porcelain surface collection with a wood-like finish, developed by Caesar Ceramics to suit both contemporary and classical interiors. Read more View the full article

VDF products fair: The use of stone in Italian art and architecture informed the Shapes of Italy porcelain surface tile collection by Caesar Ceramics. Read more View the full article

Sudraba Arhitektüra has reinforced the dilapidated shell of an abandoned 20th-century railway warehouse in Riga and turned it into a concert hall. Read more View the full article

This week Steven Holl was announced as the winner of this year’s AIA Gold Medal, Danish studio BIG designed another building-cum-ski-slope and MAD released photos of their recently completed “otherworldly” museum in the Gobi desert. Over on Dezeen Screen Norman Foster talks about the legacy of Buckminster Fuller and Konstantin Grcic tells us about his Cape sofa in our series of movies from Qubique. Our series of Dezeen Talks at the Inside awards continues with an office arranged like a barcode, an apartment in a former grocery warehouse and a controversial airport terminal. Meanwhile Grafik magazine closed again, retail expert Mary Portas published a report on the fut…

We’ve just sent out the latest issue of Dezeenmail – have a look at it here. Dezeenmail is sent out roughly every two weeks and contains a selection of Dezeen’s best stories and comments, along with all our latest competitions and jobs. You can subscribe here. </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Designer Marco Dessí of Vienna will present a light made from glass tubes woven with silk rope at SuperDesign in London, which opens tomorrow. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Here are some photos of the recently-completed mixed-use urban block Le Monolith in Lyon, France, masterplanned by Dutch studio MVRDV and designed by five different architects. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

IKEA has redesigned the tiny living pod on the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah, filling its interior with space-saving furnishings. Read more View the full article

Huge terracotta wine vaults are concealed beneath a vineyard at this winery outside Florence by Italian firm Archea Associati (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article