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Swedish interior designers Guise have inserted these tall black free-standing cabinets throughout a Stockholm apartment. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Designer James Laurie has cut the top of a drinking glass into a point so that it can be used to trap spiders in the corner of a room. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Chevron motifs taken from military uniforms are interspersed around this cafe at London's Royal Arsenal Riverside by Paul Crofts Studio (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

The interior for this clothing boutique in Japan designed by Kazutoyo Yamamoto of Japanese Studio Dessence is filled with stone partitions that have arched doorway openings. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Food design studio Bompas & Parr has created luminescent ice cream so cinema-goers can see their snacks in the dark. (more...) View the full article

Product news: French designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have added three new colours to their Corniches shelves for Vitra. (more...) View the full article

A cream-painted staircase connects the four floors of this London mews house, which has been renovated by architecture studio Alma-nac to create more light and space (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

A survey conducted by the Royal Institute of British Architects has found that 45 per cent of architects have lost income due to the coronavirus pandemic, while almost quarter are struggling mentally. Read more View the full article

The Covid-19 pandemic gives designers the chance to address global challenges instead of making "more meaningless stuff," designer Hella Jongerius says in this video message recorded for Virtual Design Festival. Read more View the full article

Designers, universities and industry events are taking their activities online as coronavirus forces the sector to consider replacing real-world interactions with virtual alternatives. Read more View the full article

Creative people thrive in difficult situations and can use the coronavirus pandemic to explore new ways to add value, says designer Lonneke Gordijn of Studio Drift in a video message recorded for Virtual Design Festival. Read more View the full article

The coronavirus epidemic will lead to "a global recession of a magnitude that has not been experienced before" but will eventually allow humanity to reset its values, according to trend forecaster Li Edelkoort. Read more View the full article

Loneliness, money worries and the stress of trying to juggle working from home with caring commitments has had a negative impact on architects' mental health, the RIBA has warned. Read more View the full article

The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the issues with housing in New York City that must be addressed following the crisis, according to architects in the city. Read more View the full article

A prefabricated hospital with capacity for 1,000 patients has been built in nine days in Wuhan, China, which is the epicentre of the deadly coronavirus outbreak. Read more View the full article

Decentralised local manufacturing could replace global supply chains as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, according to architects who collaborated on an open-source project to make face shields for hospital workers. Read more View the full article

The inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire has been paused because attendees would be at "unacceptable risk" from coronavirus. Read more View the full article

Jessica Walsh's creative agency &Walsh has designed emojis that detail life during the coronavirus pandemic, including hand sanitiser, a tin of beans and healthcare workers dressed as superheroes. Read more View the full article

Dutch architect Erick van Egeraat has unveiled his design for a corporate university campus to the west of Moscow for Sberbank Russia. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

News: concrete made with unprocessed sea sand has been found in at least 15 buildings under construction in Shenzhen – including what will be China's tallest building when completed – putting them at risk of collapse. (more...) View the full article

This shed-inspired house in rural Victoria, Australia, features a low-maintenance fire-resistant facade of corrugated steel that also helps to reflect heat, keeping the building cool in summer (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

London-based designers Tino Seubert and Theodora Alfredsdottir combined wavy, moulded plywood with off-the-shelf aluminium tubes to create this modular lighting collection. Read more View the full article

Paris architecture studio Ateliers O-S Architectes has added a concrete and weathering steel extension to a junior school in the village of Lugrin overlooking Lake Geneva. Read more View the full article

3D-printed casts for fractured bones could replace the usual bulky, itchy and smelly plaster or fibreglass ones in this conceptual project by Victoria University of Wellington graduate Jake Evill. (more...) View the full article

Fashion brand COS and furniture company Hay have updated their curated collection of furniture and homeware with a set of outdoor chairs, plant pots and accessories (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article