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Dezeen promotion: the winners of the garden unique competition to design outdoor dining products will exhibit their work at spoga+gafa garden trade fair in Cologne from 2 to 4 September 2012 and Dezeen readers can apply for 100 free tickets to the event. (more…) View the full article

Shane Davis has overhauled an industrial building in Brooklyn's Gowanus area into a spot that functions as a vegan cafe by day, and a bar and restaurant, complete with a nightclub, after dark. Read more

Japanese auto brand Suzuki has debuted a pair of retro-styled concept cars at Tokyo Motor Show 2019, including a driverless "mobile room" and a hybrid electric coupe with cameras in place of wing mirrors. Read more View the full article

Danish firm BIG has developed a proposal to protect a creek in San Francisco Bay from flooding caused by climate change, which includes building floating villages connected by ferries, a red-hued cycle route, and a highway for autonomous vehicles. Read more View the full article

Opinion: design thinking is the management phrase that makes real designers shudder. Can designers let go and accept it as a form of flattery, or should they be worried about business strategists edging into their territory, asks Lucas Verweij. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen Wire: architecture critic Rowan Moore claims that corporate facilities integrated into the plans for the controversial London River Park would turn it into a “gigantic hospitality suite with a fairly nice walkway threaded through it” – The Observer Moore describes architects Gensler‘s proposal as “the latest example of a widespread type of the 21st century, the pseudo-public space.” He criticises the design for the walkway and rentable pods, describing them as “offensively indifferent” to their historical surroundings and says the project organisers should learn from New York’s High Line park in order to turn a good idea into a popular public space. See our pre…

The final talk for Virtual Design Festival's partnership with CAMP sees Brooklyn and Detroit-based architecture studio Interboro share its views on public space interventions and urban planning. Read more View the full article

Dezeen Wire: in her latest article for The New York Times, design correspondent Alice Rawsthorn profiles Studio H, a humanitarian design project has spent a year teaching design skills to school children in a deprived part of North Carolina - The New York Times Rawsthorn describes the process that Studio H founders Emily Pilloton and Matthew Miller undertook with the pupils – providing basic skills that resulted in the creation of a 2,000-square-foot pavilion at a local farmers market – and outlines the benefits of teaching design to students at a formative age. See links to more articles by Alice Rawsthorn here. </img> </img> </img> </img&g…

Burning Man fans can watch the action from this year's festival unfold without getting dusty, thanks to a live online broadcast of the event. Read more View the full article

Judges and VIPs joined architects and designers from all over the world at Ennismore Sessions House in London for this year's Dezeen Awards party. Read more View the full article

A timber pavilion called Biobasecamp at Dutch Design Week brought together projects that demonstrate the potential of the "concrete of the future" to fight against climate change. Read more View the full article

Inside 2011: finally, Table No.1 by NHDRO wins the bars and restaurants category at the Inside awards in Barcelona. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs will interview designers Stefan Diez, Marco Susani and Harald Gründl live on stage from 12.30 in the The Ramazzotti D3 Lounge at imm Cologne today, as part of our Dezeentalks at [D3] Design Talents series. The interviews will be broadcast on Dezeen at a later date. More info plus the full schedule in our earlier story. See films of all the Dezeentalks at last year’s fair here. </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Get up to 40% off LunaTik watch kits, designed to convert your iPod Nano into a multi-touch timepiece, in the Dezeen Watch Store’s summer sale. This limited edition camouflage TakTik model is now only £54 (UK and EU) or £43.20 (rest of the world). Buy now » Don’t forget you can get 10% off any product at Dezeen Super Store at 38 Monmouth Street, London WC2 with this flyer. View the full article

Cologne 2014: a grid of thin wooden strips supports the surface of this table by German designer Ruben Beckers to make it extremely lightweight (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Chairs that double up as ladders, clotheshorses, shelves or lamps are part of a collection of furniture by Korean designer Seung-Yong Song. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

New York architecture practice Axis Mundi have designed a conceptual extension to the Whitney Museum of American Art in Manhattan, featuring a giant lattice structure. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen promotion: business stationary brand Vistaprint have introduced a range of customisable business cards inspired by architecture and design. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen promotion: a weathering-steel temple, marble-patterned tables and a pivoting glass door are among the 18 winners of this year's AZ Awards for architecture and design (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This Virtual Design Festival school show features work by industrial design students from the Zurich University of the Arts, including a deceptive VR experience and a handbook that addresses waste in design. Read more View the full article

VDF products fair: Murano is a tile collection by Italian designer Giovanni Barbieri that has a raised three-dimensional pattern inlaid with coloured Murano glass. Read more View the full article

Dezeen promotion: last week, Dezeen attended an architectural tour of Basel and Zurich organised by Swiss bathroom brand Laufen that included a trip to their concrete showroom designed by Nissen Wentzlaff Architects. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This week on Dezeen: Apple opened a new store in Brussels this week (pictured) – the first since Jonathan Ive became the company's chief design officer – and Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec spoke exclusively to Dezeen about their Serif television for Samsung. (more…) View the full article

Open House London takes place this weekend, giving members of the public access to 750 buildings. Dezeen editor Anna Winston picks 10 of the best houses and apartments that will open their doors to nosy visitors and architecture enthusiasts. (more…) View the full article

The soles and uppers of these shoes separate easily so you can repair them yourself. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article