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South African studio Metropolis has completed a concrete pavilion in the grounds of a house in Cape Town, featuring sheltered seating and dining areas with views of nearby Table Mountain (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

In our second movie filmed at the opening of the new Camper store in New York, Japanese designer and Nendo founder Oki Sato admits to Dezeen that he is not very good at drawing, but that his sketches are an important first step in all of his designs. (more...) View the full article

Mid-century furnishings are a perennial favourite in contemporary interiors. We've rounded up 10 of the most popular homes to show off classic designs from our Pinterest page, from a renovated apartment in London's Barbican Estate to a simply styled Berlin flat. Read more View the full article

News: Swedish furniture retailer Ikea has added an augmented reality function to its 2014 catalogue, allowing customers to see what products will look like in their homes. (more...) View the full article

Dezeen Wire: the U.N. World Intellectual Property Agency has reported a rise in the amount paid as royalties and licensing fees from $2.8 billion to $180 billion in the last 40 years, representing a 60-fold increase – The Washington Post The report shows that high income countries such as France, Germany, Japan, Britain and the United States continue to lead the way in research and development but that China’s share in the global market has risen from 2.2 percent in 1993 to 12.8 per cent in 2009. Last week we reported on measures being taken by the UK government to improve intellectual property laws, designer James Dyson also raised the issue when he accused a Chinese…

US technology giant Google has demonstrated a current prototype of its modular smartphone Project Ara and announced it will begin shipping developer editions later this year (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Previews of products for Milan's design week have dominated our design coverage over the last seven days, including furniture and lighting collections by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, Daniel Libeskind, and Richard Hutten. Read on for more architecture and design news, plus our Dezeen Music Project featured track. (more...) View the full article

Transportation designer Paul Priestman has shared his hack for making a smartphone stand from an egg box to avoid "bad angles" and painful "phone arm" when video calling during the pandemic. Read more View the full article

Veronica Toppino looked to historic examples of social distancing in fashion design when creating her Structure hats, which aim to help people feel shielded while still maintaining "extravagance". Read more View the full article

Copenhagen studio 3XN has completed Olympic House, a new headquarters for the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Lausanne, Switzerland. Read more

American firm Ward + Blake Architects has completed a residence and guest house in western Wyoming, which features rustic materials and sweeping views of the surrounding mountains (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

VDF products fair: bold, graphic lines define these Giga earrings by Scottish jewellery brand Nmarra, which are made from gold-plated brass. Read more View the full article

Dezeen Screen: in this movie filmed at Dezeen Space, Mat Barnes and Eddie Blake of C.A.N talks about the QR-code island they exhibited at Dezeen Platform this weekend. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Melbourne interior design studio The Stella Collective has designed this Sydney office interior to resemble a luxury penthouse or boutique hotel rather than a corporate workspace. Read more View the full article

Japanese architects atelierA5 have completed this four-storey house in Tokyo enclosed by a perforated metal screen. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

KOY is introducing The Sculptural Forms Of Terracotta, a collection of biomorphic furniture, at VDF x Ventura Projects. Read more View the full article

British designer John Pawson has applied his signature minimalist aesthetic to a Barbican flat, which is simply arranged around a timber volume. Read more

Artist Matthew Day Jackson has developed a Formica surface that subtly replicates the surface of the moon and used it to make furniture. Read more

London Design Festival 2013: design brand SCP is launching its latest collection of products and furniture at its two London stores this week. (more...) View the full article

This concrete social-housing block in Paris has artists’ studios on the ground floor and an oval-shaped opening in the roof. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

With less than two weeks to enter Dezeen Awards, Swedish-Chinese architect Alex Mok says that she'll be looking for spaces that surprise and for the use of new materials. Read more View the full article

Dezeen Wire: pioneering multidisciplinary design consultancy Airside has announced that it is to close in March 2012, stating: “we can’t see a way for Airside to move forward and accommodate all of our individual ambitions.” (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Competition: we’ve teamed up with Australian company Makedo to give away ten sets of their reusable connector system for creatively recycling waste materials. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Patients at this health centre on the outskirts of the French town of Selles-sur-Cher can look in towards a small landscaped garden or out at the surrounding fields while they sit in the waiting room (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Green aluminium panels cover the facade of this contemporary art gallery in Auckland, New Zealand, where a ceiling shaped like a gramophone horn funnels in light from an opening in the roof (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article