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London designer Phil Cuttance has created a series of herringbone-patterned vases from a gradated mixture of Jesmonite and crushed rock, to achieve an ombre effect. Read more

American fashion designer Rick Owens has created a modular sofa landscape for Carpenters Workshop Gallery, comprising large plywood units upholstered using French wool army blankets. Read more View the full article

A Brutalist school, an Art Deco church and soaring grain silos are among the diverse array of buildings featured in the new tome, Midwest Architecture Journeys. Book editor Zach Mortice discusses five highlights. Read more View the full article

This year saw a wave of projects aimed at improving life for people with disabilities, and making spaces more inclusive. For our review of 2019, Dezeen has selected 10 of the best, including a mind-controlled exoskeleton and a series of 3D-printed IKEA hacks. Read more View the full article

Princeton University is suing Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects over the school's Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, claiming the building process was careless and took too long. Read more View the full article

Social Design Collaborative has created ModSkool, a modular anti-eviction school for squatter communities in Delhi that can be quickly dismantled if the settlement is demolished. Read more View the full article

Tech startup Yoto teamed up with Pentagram to develop an interactive audio toy that plays stories, music, radio and podcasts for children without the need for a screen. Read more View the full article

Architect Kourosh Asgar-Irani has created a collection of hand-knotted rugs featuring traditional Persian patterns that have been digitally altered to match a room's architectural elements. Read more View the full article

Swiss architecture firm RDR chose corrugated metal to cover a sprawling agricultural complex in Patagonia where cows and sheep are reared. Read more View the full article

New York architecture studio Forma has created contrasting orange and grey-coloured rooms for Yale University's student-run radio station. Read more View the full article

Dezeen's Face to Face podcast is now available on our Youtube channel, where you can binge on the full series featuring conversations with Es Devlin, Thomas Heatherwick, David Chipperfield and more. Read more View the full article

As part of VDF's partnership with Stockholm Design Week, designer Monica Förster takes us on a tour of the exhibition Hyper Human at the Museum of Science and Technology in Stockholm. Read more View the full article

French studio Topos Architecture have completed a pair of perforated fast-food kiosks on the seafront at Saint-Nazaire, France. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

UK furniture brand UNIT Fabrications has created a series of mobile screens for a primary school in London to help pupils returning from coronavirus lockdown to social distance. Read more View the full article

Paris studio OFF Architecture have won a competition to design a cultural centre in Cugnaux, France, with their design featuring a woven wooden façade. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

American designer Victor Vetterlein has made a lamp out of egg boxes. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: Zaha Hadid Architects have launched their new website designed by London graphic designer Micha Weidmann, who designed Dezeen - www.zaha-hadid.com </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Japanese designer Chikara Ohno of Sinato has installed coils of aluminium sheeting at the Diesel Denim Gallery Aoyama in Tokyo. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Japanese studio Nendo will present a collection of black wire furniture with Phillips de Pury & Company at the Saatchi Gallery in London later this month. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Endhoven designer Joon Lee has created this tea set where all the cups are linked to a central jug by ropes. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Helsinki firm Arkkitehdit NRT designed these workshop facilities for Kymenlaakso University of Applied Sciences in Finland. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Here some photos of the new Palo Alto offices of internet services company AOL, designed by San Francisco designers Studio O+A. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Show RCA 2011: Royal College of Art graduates Attua Aparicio and Oscar Wanless have invented a new manufacturing process that involves steaming polystyrene beads inside fabric moulds. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen archive: one of our most popular stories this week features a cafe where timber stalactites hang down from an undulating ceiling (top right), so we’ve compiled a selection of stories from the Dezeen archive about caves and grottoes. See all the stories » See all our archive stories » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: architecture critic Rowan Moore says that a housing development built by the UK architecture show presenter Kevin McCloud’s company Hab is a positive attempt at reversing the trend for “unimaginative, overpriced, undersized” properties in the UK – The Guardian Moore describes the scheme in Swindon, England, as “imaginative and well-designed,” whilst cautioning that it will take time to determine whether McCloud’s goals of creating a community and “making people happy” have been achieved. He adds that the houses themselves are ”very plain-looking” and far removed from the aspirational properties that feature on Grand Designs. </img> </img> …