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South African designers presented a wide range of pieces made from metals at this exhibition in Cape Town during Design Indaba earlier this month (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: Alejandro Aravena's Reporting from the Front-themed Venice Biennale is filled with good intentions, but can architects ever really be honest about architecture, asks Mimi Zeiger. (more…) View the full article

Swedish DJ duo Dirtytwo will perform a live set to round off Virtual Design Festival's collaboration with Stockholm Design Week. Watch the broadcast live at 6:00pm UK time. Read more View the full article

Protruding bay windows and angular balconies feature in Rotterdam firm MVRDV's proposal for a greenery-covered high-rise complex in Amsterdam's financial district. (more…) View the full article

The hotel in Washington DC made famous by the Watergate scandal has reopened with interiors by London studio Ron Arad Architects (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: designers are invited to come up with innovative solutions to revamp public spaces in the City of London, in the first of three competitions as part of the A Smarter City initiative. Read more View the full article

This week we've selected the best architecture, interiors and design roles available on Dezeen Jobs, including positions at architecture studio Hawkins\Brown and fashion house PVH Europe. Read more

Porcelain containers based on insect eggs by Dutch designer Anke Weiss are on show as part of Eat Drink Design at Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven this week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

VDF products fair: Köral is a faceted acoustic panel system by AntiCAD and architecture studio TakahashiLim A+D that takes its cues from coral reefs. Read more View the full article

News: visitors to the National Building Museum in Washington DC can now get lost inside a concave wooden maze installed by Danish architecture firm BIG (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

We’ve used this track by The Dead Sun on today’s TV round-up of MOST, which you can watch here if you haven’t seen it already. We were only able to use a short looping section in the movie, but the full version is well worth checking out. About Dezeen Music Project | More tracks | Submit your track View the full article

Want to work on those biceps at home but embarrassed to have the dumbbells lying around? Like the idea of carrying a cane but feel less self-conscious with an umbrella? Think a pocket mirror would be handy but not sure it will go with your suit? (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dutch architecture studio GAAGA have completed this house in Leiden, the Netherlands, with a roof that pitches inwards to create a v-shaped profile. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This week on Dezeen Thomas Heatherwick designed an interior for an abbey with curving walnut and ash choir stalls and Dutch architects MVRDV unveiled proposals for a hotel covered in flowers inside a giant greenhouse. The Campana brothers wrapped a furniture showroom with faceted aluminium plant holders and a glass-clad spa encircling a tree was popular with Dezeen readers. Many of the designs for the London 2012 Olympic posters by leading UK artists failed to impress, while graphic designer Sarah Hyndman’s conceptual alternatives replaced the Olympic rings with everyday objects. Stocking-shaped blood packs that encourage people to give blood for Christmas were descri…

Comments update: could Google's modular smartphone prototype topple the market dominance of Apple's iPhone? (more…) View the full article

VDF products: Viennese brand SAGAN has collaborated with Nigerian designer Kenneth Ize to create its colourful collection of Amaka and Ilorin bags. Read more View the full article

Sony's latest research suggests that the homes of the future will feature sensors that can turn any object into a light switch or a music system, and lighting and shadows that follow you around. Read more View the full article

London Design Festival 2013: British design brand Noble & Wood is presenting its debut collection of crafted furniture and products at designjunction this week (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

London firm Universal Design Studio have completed the interior of a shop on London’s New Bond Street for fashion brand Mulberry. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

An orange plastic tunnel forms a curvy seating area along the facade of this London office block – the first UK project from José Selgas and Lucía Cano, the architects of next year's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Japanese firm Naruse Inokuma Architects has designed a shared occupancy house in Nagoya with communal areas for eating, cooking and relaxing that encourage the residents to interact in different ways (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Slideshow: sports brand Nike have created a range of running shoes with knitted uppers made in one piece. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

British designer Michael Young has designed a tower for Hong Kong with faceted surfaces that will change according to weather and lighting conditions. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Couples visiting the British seaside town of Blackpool can tie the knot inside a shimmering golden wedding chapel by London architects de Rijke Marsh Morgan (dRMM). (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Competition: we’ve teamed up with the American Hardwood Export Council to give away ten copies of Timber Wave, a book documenting the installation of the same name by architects AL_A and engineers Arup at the V&A museum in London. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article