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Pupils at this school near Paris take lessons on driving large trucks in a building topped with a perforated aluminium canopy, designed to evoke the look of a petrol station (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Over the past 20 years, former caterer Nick Jones has built Soho House into a global empire of private members clubs, restaurants, spas and now Soho Home, an online homewares store. He sat down with Dezeen to discuss his approach to design (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Product news: this pencil cup and stationery holder that appears to be sinking into the desk has been designed by Luka Or for Israel design brand Monkey Business. (more...) View the full article

Slideshow: the cantilevered upper storeys of this house in Osaka by Japanese architect Shogo Iwata hover above a driveway. (more…) View the full article

Sliding polycarbonate screens are set in front of the windows covering the stepped facade of this house in Barcelona by Spanish studio H Arquitectes. Read more View the full article

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Here’s an extremely pointy apartment block by Japanese architects EASTERN Design Office. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

In an interview published here as part of VDF x Alcova, German siblings Merle and Till Richter of Sammlung Walter spoke about how they see their fashion and furniture pieces less like products and more like experiments in the "art of fabrication". Read more View the full article

This triangular house poking out of the ground in Gifu, Japan, is by Japanese studio Katsutoshi Sasaki + Associates. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The interiors of future houses will be designed to mitigate coronavirus, says Michelle Ogundehin who has outlined 11 ways the pandemic will impact the home. Read more View the full article

We've updated our World Design Guide to feature five new events including Designer's Days in Paris, the AIA Convention in Denver and Beirut Design Week, which all take place this month. (more...) View the full article

Milan 2011: users can pin their own paper shades onto this cork light fitting by London design studio Raw Edges for Portugese brand Materia. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen promotion: the first edition of the International Design Furniture Fair will take place in Hong Kong from 21 to 23 August (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This small wooden pavilion was modelled on the design of a rural shed and added to an old museum in Germany by architects Von M (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

News: crafts will no longer be considered part of the creative industries under proposals published by the UK government this week. (more...) View the full article

Japanese architect Hiroyuki Tanaka designed the structure of this table based on the roof and pillar systems of ancient temples. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A hotel has opened in the upper levels of the Ole Scheeren-designed art centre in Beijing, featuring rooms designed by MQ Studio to be warm and inviting. Read more

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Dezeenwire: a leaked British Cabinet Office list obtained by the BBC reveals the futures of the British Council and Design Council are “still to be decided”, while CABE’s fate is noted as “to be decided – consider consolidating functions across Government”. Download the document here (via @ianfordham on Twitter). </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Competition: Dezeen readers can win one of five pairs of tickets for the Awards Preview Evenings at London graduate exhibition New Designers 2013 on 26 June or 3 July. (more...) View the full article

The covers of subway ventilation ducts have been used as walls, railings and storage closets in this renovated Montreal apartment designed by Canadian architect Jean-Maxime Labrecque. Read more View the full article

Our updated Pinterest board showcases inventive shed design, including a converted 1930s outhouse and a shed-cum-painting studio in the Netherlands. Read more View the full article

Dezeen archive: following the popularity of our story on Frank Gehry’s New World Centre in Florida, we’ve compiled all our stories about theatres, concert halls and auditoria. See all the stories » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: the world’s longest sea bridge has opened in eastern China, spanning 22.6 miles across Qingdao Jiaozhou Bay - Xinhua Net </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Mexican designer Gerardo Osio worked with six Japanese craft workshops to create this range of mobile homeware, designed to give nomads a "sense of belonging". Read more View the full article