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Design studio Common Accounts imagines the funeral of the future, where liquefied bodies are used to fertilise plants and flowers, and social media accounts generate a virtual afterlife. Read more View the full article

David Adjaye has designed an exhibition of ceramicist Magdalene Odundo's work at the Norman Foster-designed Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts in Norwich. Read more

The colour of light emitted by this lamp can be controlled using syringes filled with red, green and blue ink (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

British designer Ben Thompson has combined the grandeur of a Georgian manor with the informality of a modern farmhouse for the interiors of a new hotel in Hampshire, England. Read more

Dezeen archive: one of our most controversial stories this week was a strikingly red psychiatric centre, so we’ve grouped together all of our stories about bright red architecture. See all the stories » See all our archive stories » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A brightly striped facade of colour-coated windows, mirrors and coloured panels encases this nursery in north Paris (photos by Julien Lanoo). (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

VDF products fair: Nine spindly portraits of imaginary characters feature on the Silhouette rugs that Jaime Hayon has designed for Nanimarquina. Read more View the full article

The latest edition of Dezeen Weekly includes Li Edelkoort's predictions for life post-coronavirus, Hyundai's all-black electric car and Dezeen's new Face to Face podcast series. Subscribe to Dezeen Weekly › View the full article

This guest house by Russian architect Peter Kostelov has a patchwork timber facade with perforated panels that look like paper doilies (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Homes in this week's roundup from different American states are in tiny Rhode Island, and include a cluster of barn-shaped volumes clad in wood and a black weekend retreat with pyramid-like skylights (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This rug by Barcelona designer Martín Azúa is woven like the soles of espadrille shoes. (more…) View the full article

From minimalism to maximalism, rugs to suit every taste are being presented at the first furniture fairs of 2020. Dezeen editor-at-large Amy Frearson picks out seven of the most eye-catching examples. Read more View the full article

This 60 metre-long metal bridge is a route for heating and power pipes, rather than people. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A mix of retail and cultural facilities will make up the Wollert Neighbourhood Centre, which OMA has proposed for the town of Whittlesey, Australia. Read 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

Orange or Red introduces Dashes, tapestries designed for multifunctional spaces, as part of the VDF x Ventura Project collaboration. Read more View the full article

New York bedding company Buffy has used natural dye made from a mix of plants, spices and fruits to colour its eucalyptus fabric sheets. Read more

Spanish architect José María Sánchez García has created a public square with a raised viewing platform, surrounding a Roman temple in Mérida, Spain. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Passaro Edizioni has designed a sustainable toy called Paesaggio con figure, which it is presenting for the VDF x Ventura Projects collaboration. Read more View the full article

Feminist collective Rebel Architette has created an interactive map of women-led architecture practices as a tool to "detox" architecture from its dependence on "boys' clubs". Read more View the full article

South Korean designer Jinil Park has created a range of furniture from intersecting wires that has the appearance of a two-dimensional sketch. (more...) View the full article

Dezeen Wire: The latest RIBA Future Trends Survey shows that the private housing sector is benefiting from all-time low interest rates but overall confidence about future workloads remains low. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Zaha Hadid’s London Aquatics Centre was one of our most popular stories this month, so we’ve compiled a list of our top ten stories about swimming pools. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This week a boat-shaped apartment washed up on the roof of the Southbank Centre in London, dRMM completed a shimmering golden wedding chapel in the British seaside town of Blackpool and we showed images of Renzo Piano’s new wing at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. Our most popular stories featured a precariously cantilevered museum in the Alps and a playground pavilion in Copenhagen with funhouse mirrors covering its gabled ends. Meanwhile fuseproject unveiled a tablet version of their One Laptop Per Child project, Nendo previewed the new work they’ll show during Maison & Objet in Paris next week and Konstantin Grcic unveiled his new school chair to …

Enrico Astori, an Italian art director and co-founder of design brand Driade, has passed away at the age of 83. Read more View the full article