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Business news: designer Janne Kyttanen has left the "overrated" 3D-printing industry to launch a venture capital fund that will design and launch new companies. (more…) View the full article

Swedish furniture giant Ikea has recalled one of its most popular designs after toppling Malm dressers killed three toddlers in two years. (more…) View the full article

Brexit crisis: the Royal Institute of British Architects has drawn up a list of demands for the UK government, including freedom of movement and national investment, to help architects deliver economic growth when the country leaves the European Union. (more…) View the full article

Comments update: readers are discussing Thomas Heatherwick's controversial Garden Bridge this week after the British designer suggested that ditching the project so soon after Britain's vote to leave the European Union would be a step "backwards" for the country. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: this film by Eizo ColorEdge follows visualisation artist Forbes Massie as he describes his studio's methods for creating images that "your grandmother falls in love with" (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Virgin America has teamed up with creative agency Eleven to create a pair of leather high-top sneakers complete with a seat buckle, Wi-Fi and video screen. Read more View the full article

A copper-clad volume covered in hatches and a space with rotating walls feature in this roundup, which spotlights apartments with reconfigurable interiors from Dezeen's Pinterest boards. Read more View the full article

Spanish firm Fran Silvestre Arquitectos designed the off-white angular form of this house so it would "hang from the topography" of the Hollywood Hills. Read more View the full article

This museum on the site of a former French military and internment camp near Perpignan comprises a 240-metre-long concrete block with large openings puncturing its gently inclined roof. Read more View the full article

Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for a Part-I architectural assistant to join London-based David Kohn Architects, which conceived this house extension as a fox in the garden. More › View the full article

London startup Gravity Sketch has officially launched its virtual reality sketching software that lets users create and manipulate three-dimensional objects in mid-air. Read more View the full article

Dutch landscape architect Peter Veenstra has revealed plans to build a plant-covered bamboo sphere in Cape Town's Luthuli Plaza, providing an extra venue for next year's Design Indaba conference. Read more View the full article

Benjamin Hubert's design agency Layer has created a pebble-shaped timber basket for Fritz Hansen using the brand's steam-bending techniques. Read more View the full article

Would you like to be crowned architect, designer or interior designer of the year by one of the biggest awards programmes on the planet? Read more View the full article

Nike has removed a balaclava from sale, after critics argued that the design enforces racial profiling and glamorises violence. Read more View the full article

Full-height partition walls and tall furnishings exaggerate a sense of space in this apartment in Taipei, which has been revamped by Studio In2. Read more

French sports retailer Decathlon has abandoned plans to sell a hijab for female runners in France, following a surge of complaints. Read more

A forty-metre long wall made from plywood and steel partitions the public from private spaces within this London office by Threefold Architects. Read more

Istituto Marangoni and Italian furniture brand Cappellini have launched their annual design contest. Read more

This week on Dezeen, the impact of plastic on the environment was yet again a talking point, as the London Marathon gave out drinks in edible seaweed capsules and a study revealed the truth behind biodegradable bags. Read more

Foster + Partners has completed stations in Saudi Arabian cities Mecca, Medina, Jeddah and King Abdullah Economic City, connected by the 280-mile Haramain high-speed rail line. Read more

The Vessel by Heatherwick Studio and Safdie Architects' Jewel Changi Airport are among the buildings in the running to be named World Building of the Year at the World Architecture Festival. Read more

Interior design studio Vilablanch selected "silent" contemporary furnishings to deck out this Barcelona apartment block, keeping the focus on the building's opulent original features. Read more

In our latest competition, we're offering readers the chance to win a two-day stay at Samling Hotel, located at the heart of the Lake District in England. Read more

Consumers are waking up to the disastrous impact fast fashion has on the environment. Here are six clothing companies that are challenging it with radical approaches to sustainable fashion. Read more