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Dezeen Wire: an exhibition of design for sports is on show at the Design Museum in London to coincide with the London 2012 Olympics. (more…) View the full article

Today's collaboration between Virtual Design Festival and filmmakers Laura Mark and Jim Stephenson sees the launch of their film Zaha Hadid: Words by Eva Jiřičná. Read 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

Japanese designers Nendo will present new additions to their 1% products in Milan this April, including this tea set where the lids double as spinning tops. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Clerkenwell Design Week in London has been postponed from May until July, as it becomes the latest architecture and design event to be impacted by the coronavirus outbreak. Read more View the full article

Royal College of Art students Sandeep Hoonjan and Xianzhi Zhang have designed a pair of devices that allow people to physically experience conversations while apart during the coronavirus lockdown. Read more View the full article

Gucci's creative director Alessandro Michele invited visitors backstage for the fashion brand's Autumn Winter 2020 show, which saw models stand like mannequins inside a rotating glass carousel. Read more View the full article

London interior architects Universal Design Studio have completed the interior of a new store in Manchester, UK, for fashion brand Mulberry. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Five years ago this week we chatted to Brazilian designers Fernando and Humberto Campana as they unveiled their chairs made from Disney cuddly toys in London. As Design Indaba drew to a close in Cape Town, a condom applicator designed to help prevent the spread of AIDS was named Most Beautiful Object in South Africa and we featured lighting made from salvaged plastic that had also been presented there. Designer Moritz Waldemeyer sent us backstage snapshots from Paris Fashion Week of mechanical dresses that play videos, plus we previewed the chairs that architects Kram Weisshaar planned to launch in Milan that spring. See all our stories from February 2007 » See al…

Royal College of Art student Joy Bonfield-Colombara has funded her way through art school by creating a hand-carved effigy of Lil Wayne in solid 18 carat gold with diamond tears, for the American rapper. Read more View the full article

When asked to represent Nordic identity, Norwegian studio Permafrost created wooden toys based on an oil rig and tanker. (more…) View the full article

If you’re not worried about where you go or how fast you get there, this enormous inflatable cloud is the mode of transport for you. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A tall and narrow entrance slopes down to a low and wide living space at this triangular house in Japan by Katsutoshi Sasaki + Associates. (more…) View the full article

Fashion designer Iris van Herpen explains how experimentation in haute couture can drive innovation in the fashion industry in this exclusive video interview filmed by Dezeen. Read more View the full article

Following the popularity of our story about a Starbucks designed by Kengo Kuma, here are some images of a concept store that the coffee-shop giant has completed inside a historic bank vault in Amsterdam. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The wood-lined terrace walls of this Australian house angle outwards to provide a shady spot for its owners to take in views of their vineyard (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Today, Virtual Design Festival has teamed up with CAMP, Prague's centre for architecture and urban planning, to present a day of talks, starting with a live lecture by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma from 10:00am UK time. Read more View the full article

Comments update: Apple's newly launched MacBook computer and Will.i.am's comments on 3D-printing human bodies were the most discussed stories this week. (more…) View the full article

Studio Seilern Architects has built two restaurants at the top of Mount Gütsch – The Gütsch by Markus Neff and The Japanese by The Chedi Andermatt – at the Andermatt ski resort in Switzerland. Read more View the full article

The world’s first 3D-printed bikini has gone on sale, created by designers Jenna Fizel and Mary Haung of Continuum Fashion. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Designers Big-Game of Lausanne have made a series of mirrors from car windscreens. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Designed in Hackney: this week’s first iconic project designed in the London borough of Hackney is Dirty House, a black-painted art studio and apartment building in Shoreditch with a brightly illuminated roof completed by architect David Adjaye in 2002. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Zaha Hadid Architects has revealed visuals for a multimodal Ülemiste terminal in Tallinn, Estonia, which will form part of the Rail Baltica high-speed rail network. Read more View the full article

Decorative tiles salvaged from different apartments are rearranged in stripes across the floor of this Barcelona residence by Spanish studio Bach Arquitectes (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Dezeen Wire: in her latest article for The New York Times design critic Alice Rawsthorn strikes a blow against the current trend for naming products with confusing, forgettable or misleading monikers. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article