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Designer Marc Newson has created a katana sword modelled on the traditional weapons used by Japanese samurai warriors (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Stones and shells from the seashore fill the walls of these eight contemporary British beach huts that London office Pedder & Scampton designed for the seaside town of Southend (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

ECAL graduate Kacper Hamilton has designed a luxury axe with carbon-fibre in its handle and interchangeable heads. (more…) View the full article

Board-marked concrete, cement plaster and glass form the facades of two student dormitories that Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has created for an expansive housing development at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Read more

Potted plants, bespoke light fixtures and Persian rugs are among the details in guest rooms at a residential hotel in the heart of Philadelphia, which was designed by Morris Adjmi Architects. Read more

Breaking news: Christo, the Bulgarian artist famous for wrapping buildings, has died of natural causes at the age of 84. Read more View the full article

Dezeen Screen: British designer Tom Price talks about his Meltdown series of furniture while he melts a big ball of nylon rope into a chair in this movie from the Tales of the Hunt interview series made by Brussels gallerist Victor Hunt. Watch the movie » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

News: French architect Marc Mimram has been selected to create a new train station in Montpellier – a building that will bridge over the railway line and feature an intricate pleated roof (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Dezeen Screen: in this time-lapse movie American furniture designer Matthias Pliessnig wraps an iconic Thonet chair with strips of steam-bent white oak to create a sculpture. Watch the movie » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen promotion: New World Development has added a greenery-filled clubhouse alongside its Fleur Pavilia residences in Hong Kong, to help inhabitants escape the bustle of urban life. Read more

Each of the 304 ribs of bamboo that make up this Buddhist temple represent a victim killed when a ferry sank off the coast of South Korea (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Inside awards: as part of our series of Dezeen Talks filmed at the Inside awards in Barcelona, Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs talks to Andy Walker from Nike Football and Sean Pearson from RUFproject about the Football Training Centre in Soweto, which won the culture and civic category. Watch the movie » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen and MINI World Tour: the penultimate stop on our Dezeen and MINI World tour is Eindhoven. In our first video report from the city, co-founder of Dutch Design Week Miriam van der Lubbe explains how the small industrial town has become one of the leading centres for design and technology in the world. (more...) View the full article

Henry Cobb, a partner of IM Pei and architect of Boston's John Hancock Tower, has died aged 93. Read more View the full article

Zaha Hadid has become the latest in a string of architects to design a car park for Miami Beach. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

JDS Architects have won a competition to design a youth centre for Lille, France. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The official logo of the U.S. Space Force, revealed by Donald Trump on Twitter, has proven controversial on social media with some calling it a Star Trek knock-off. Read more View the full article

America may no longer be home to the world's tallest building, but the country that invented skyscrapers is still pioneering their design with skinner, greener and more unusually shaped structures. We're celebrating this 4 July – US Independence Day – with a look back at some of the most recent examples, including Rafael Viñoly's already iconic 432 Park Avenue and Herzog & de Meuron's "Jenga tower" (pictured). See more US skyscrapers » View the full article

Our most popular story in April was a giant timber canopy by Architects J. Mayer. H in Spain. Scroll on for our roundup of the rest of the month. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

British luxury carmaker Aston Martin has made its first foray into nautical design with a powerboat (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Japanese firm Mount Fuji Architects Studio have squeezed a narrow gate house between two existing Tokyo residences, leading to a main house on the L-shaped site behind. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2014: Swedish collective Note Design Studio has designed glass lamps mounted on wooden frames that resemble mind-bending illustrations (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Canadian studio Odami has used wood from a 130-year-old red oak tree to design furniture and lighting. Read more 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

The first product from new erotic brand United Indecent Pleasures is an eight-inch chocolate penis that oozes fondant cream. (more…) View the full article