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The London 2012 Paralympics begin tonight and over the coming days we’ll be featuring a selection of cutting-edge sportswear designed for the competing athletes, starting with the Nike Spike Pad as worn by “Blade Runner” Oscar Pistorius. (more…) View the full article

The latest issue of Dezeen Mail leads with our coverage of the World Architecture Festival in Singapore this week, including the award winners from the first day, plus all the latest news, jobs, competitions and reader comments from Dezeen. Read Dezeen Mail issue 121 | Subscribe to Dezeen Mail View the full article

This bone-like tower of concrete by Swiss studio Christ & Gantenbein is one of nine architectural interventions along La Ruta del Peregrino, a 72-mile pilgrimage through the mountain landscape of Jalisco, Mexico (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Design Miami: Dezeen is in Miami Beach this week for Design Miami 2012, which opens to the public today and runs until 9 December. See our photos from the press day on Facebook or see all our stories about this year’s edition of the design fair, including artist and architect Vito Acconci’s plans for a playground in the Miami Design District after receiving the Designer of the Year Award. Above image: Glithero’s installation for Perrier-Jouët at Design Miami View the full article

Product news: despite its name, this chair by Dutch designer Reinier de Jong is made from old wooden broom handles. (more...) View the full article

We've added a calendar to our World Design Guide, which you can add to your own calendar to keep up with the best international architecture and design events throughout the year. Click here to add World Design Guide to your desktop calendar or copy and paste this link to subscribe: http://www.worlddesignguide.com/worlddesignguide.ics www.worlddesignguide.com View the full article

Chunks missing from the sloping roof of this house in Kagawa by Japanese architect Hironaka Ogawa reveal an open-air courtyard at the centre (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Dezeen and MINI World Tour: in this movie filmed in Milan earlier this month, leading designers and manufacturers discuss the phenomenon of copying and how they are responding. "It’s become an increasingly big problem for us," says Tom Dixon. "People can steal ideas and produce them almost faster than we can now." (more...) View the full article

Clerkenwell Design Week 2013: Zaha Hadid has opened a gallery in Clerkenwell, central London, to display her furniture and design to the public (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

A rainforest populated with orangutans, a giant chess board and floating jellyfish are sculpted from the snow and ice used to create the rooms inside this year's Icehotel in Jukkasjärvi, Sweden (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Peeling plasterwork exposes brick walls inside this small renovated house in Melbourne by Australian studio Edwards Moore. (more...) View the full article

Opinion: despite cultivating a public reputation as an industry of problem solvers, design is too focused on growth to face up to some of its biggest challenges, says Lucas Verweij. (more…) View the full article

German firm Archequipe has renovated a townhouse in Cologne's Deutz district with a gabled facade that steps back and forth to respect the boundaries of a neighbouring residence. (more...) View the full article

Following news that British graphic designer Peter Saville has won this year's London Design Medal and that he's working on a visual identity for Kanye West, here are some of his most iconic designs from the 1970s to today. (more...) View the full article

Portuguese studio Belém Lima Arquitectos has perched a pair of gabled cabins on the edge of a dam in northern Portugal to provide a public boathouse and cafe (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

London architect Daniel Widrig is presenting a collection of 3D-printed wearable sculptures during Design Miami this week, including one that looks like an exoskeleton. (more...) View the full article

News: car brand Nissan has unveiled a revised design for its new London taxi to replace the city's famous black cabs, having altered the look of the vehicle in an attempt "to better reflect the iconic nature of the traditional black cab" (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

French auto brand Renault has designed a concept car that launches its own drone from a hatch in the roof (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Dutch designer Dirk Vander Kooij made these vessels from scraps of plastic, melted down and built up in layers by a robotic arm. (more...) View the full article

Milan 2014: Dutch designer Hella Jongerius will introduce the latest product from her ongoing relationship with design giant Vitra in Milan this week – a chair that comes with a handle and optional wheels for easy relocation. (more...) View the full article

Dezeen Music Project: English electronic group Metronomy's latest single Reservoir is accompanied by an animated music video created with felt-tip pens by director Daniel Brereton. (more...) View the full article

Reiach and Hall Architects have used grey bricks to create a sombre, respectful facade for the Battle of Bannockburn Visitor Centre near the Scottish city of Stirling (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Brightly coloured signs adorned with words related to "love in all its forms" decorate this architectural installation that designers Morag Myerscough and Luke Morgan have created for a summer festival in London (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Translucent polycarbonate panels reveal the frame of this renovated house in Cambridge, Massachusetts, by Italian architects Alessandro Armando and Manfredo di Robilant, which also features giant shutters on wheels (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Portuguese architecture studio Virgula I has used local Iberian chestnut to introduce warmth and character into this hotel renovation in the town of Vila Nova de Cerveira (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article