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If you’ve always wanted to be photographed wearing a chocolate moustache, come along to the party Dezeen is co-hosting with Red, the association of Spanish design companies, in Berlin on Friday. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Photographer Montse Zamorano has sent us his photographs of Álvaro Siza’s recently-completed auditorium for the Universidad del País Vasco in Bilbao. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Bezalel Academy of Art and Design graduate Meydan Levy has developed five edible artificial fruits, which comprise printed cellulose skins filled with a cocktail of vitamins and minerals. Read more View the full article

Dezeen Wire: architect Frank Gehry has confirmed that he has submitted designs for projects in China and India as difficult economic conditions in the US have led to a decline in development - Bloomberg (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: in this next movie from our series filmed at the opening of OMA/Progress at the Barbican in London, OMA partner Iyad Alsaka explains how the firm charted the Libyan desert, having been asked how to best exploit it for tourism. Watch the movie » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Thailand International Furniture Fair 2011 takes place 16-20 March 2011 in Bangkok. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

German studio D’art have covered a wall in white paper boxes and spotty black lettering for the German Pulp and Paper Association at a Düsseldorf trade fair. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Black frames outline rows of olive oil bottles at this culinary shop in Toronto, while images of olive branches decorate the walls behind. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: car brand Nissan has unveiled its design for a new fleet of black cabs for London. (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

White membrane stretches over the curved rooftop of Jiunvfeng Study, a mountainside visitor centre built by Gad Line+ Studio above Dongximen Village in Shangdong, China. Read more View the full article

An exhibition of Norwegian design will return to the London Design Festival in September, with a new focus on the country's manufacturing industry (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

A row has broken out over architect Kunlé Adeyemi's award-winning Makoko Floating School following its collapse earlier this week, with a community leader in Lagos claiming pupils were evacuated three months ago over safety concerns and architecture critics questioning its credentials. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen Screen: this is another movie filmed by Gwenael Lewis for Canadian lighting company Bocci, showing Canadian craftsmen blowing glass for the 28 Series chandelier designed by Omer Arbel. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Wyoming architecture firm Carney Logan Burke has created a vacation estate for a New York family that is oriented to provide dramatic views (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

To coincide with Design Week Mexico, we've created a new Pinterest board that showcases the best architecture in Mexico City, including David Chipperfield's Nuevo Polanco and a concrete culinary school with board-marked walls. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest › View the full article

This adaptable shelter system is providing temporary housing for refugees displaced by conflict in their home countries. (more…) View the full article

Lance is a range of tubular wall lights, designed to highlight the details and textures of a building's surface, which Meteor Lighting is launching at the VDF products fair. Read more View the full article

Opinion: unbridled materialism, technology and design combine to challenge the meaning of personhood in William Gibson's latest sci-fi novel. The foundations for this future are already being laid in real life, says Justin McGuirk. (more…) View the full article

A bevelled cantilever contains the living room of this house in Nagoya, Japan, by architects Studio SKLIM. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Belgian studio Muller Van Severen will debut its latest pieces of furniture and lighting that "ooze a sort of fruitiness" at London gallery Viaduct next month (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Opinion: designers have a responsibility to help with the growing refugee crisis in Europe and beyond, says Richard van der Laken, founder of What Design Can Do. (more…) [url={url}]View the full article[/url]

Japanese fashion house Issey Miyake's Autumn Winter 2020 collection features bodysuits with origami folds, multi-person rainbow knitwear and zip-off puffer outfits designed by Satoshi Kondo. Read more View the full article

UNStudio founder Ben van Berkel says the architecture firm is researching "how design can support the sectors that are in need" after the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, in a video message for Virtual Design Festival. Read more View the full article

Swedish studio Atelier Alba has created a compact sofa for Fogia with a chunky wooden frame based on the furniture traditionally found in Swedish family kitchens. Read more View the full article