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Nike's controversial Vaporfly shoe has been permitted for use in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics but the shoe Eliud Kipchoge wore to break the two-hour marathon record is banned. Read more View the full article

Rem Koolhaas' Countryside, The Future exhibition at Solomon R Guggenheim is more about the architect's shortcomings rather than the countryside, argues architecture critic Inga Saffron. Read more View the full article

VDF products fair: The undulating Fabrix acoustic panel system by AntiCAD is modelled on The Great Wave off Kanagawa woodblock print by Hokusai. Read more View the full article

From a tiny alcove featuring an oversized skylight to a glass shed that can be assembled in remote locations, this week we've rounded up the most-pinned bedrooms ever to be featured on Dezeen (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Employees are encouraged to take a breather at the expanded, Santa Monica headquarters for meditation company Headspace, which was designed by American firm Montalba Architects. Read more View the full article

Dezeen has teamed up with Sony to give away one of its Glass Sound wireless speakers. Read more View the full article

A faceted glass shroud cloaks these former shipbuilding warehouses in Elsinore, Denmark, which architects AART have converted into a cultural centre. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

American consumers who learned about design through Ikea are starting to appreciate other brands and are "very ready and ripe" for online retailers like Ahalife, according to Shauna Mei, founder of the e-commerce site that has just hired former Net-A-Porter director Christopher Colfer to drive the brand's global expansion (+ exclusive interview). (more…) View the full article

Clouds of folded fabric line the inside of this pop-up store, created by Snarkitecture during Milan design week to mark the 80th anniversary of Italian accessories brand Valextra. Read more View the full article

Ten fangs protrude from the sole of each of these shoes, worn by models at the Spring/Summer 2012 show of fashion designer Iris van Herpen. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: in this movie we filmed with Australian designer Marc Newson, he talks about his latest project, the K01 camera for Japanese brand Pentax. Watch the movie » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

In the third part of today's collaboration between Virtual Design Festival and Forward Festival, Freitag creative director Pascal Dulex explains how the Swiss accessories brand evolved from making bags out of truck tarpaulins to creating compostable clothes. Read more View the full article

Canadian firm Paul Bernier Architecte has extended a dental practice in Montreal with two floors of apartments covered in aluminium panels. Read more View the full article

Zaha Hadid has rejected claims that her architecture is self-indulgent and wilful, believing that she is "widely misunderstood" by the mainstream. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Tokyo Designers Week is calling for design professionals, young creators and design schools to enter the Asia Awards, which will be presented during this year's event from 26 October to 4 November. (more...) View the full article

To finish off 2011 we’re showcasing our five most popular stories from each month of the year. First up is January, when this mirrored treehouse hotel in Sweden was our most-clicked story. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Renderings of Takei Nabeshima Architects' inverted-pyramidal concrete holiday home and images of the temporary structures erected at this year's Burning Man festival feature in the latest edition of our weekly newsletter, Dezeen Mail. Subscribe to Dezeen Mail › View the full article

Nigerian designer Nifemi Marcus-Bello has designed a flat-pack desk that can store its own legs for easy transport. 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

A glass bridge connects a concrete house with wonky windows to an artist’s studio in Puebla, Mexico. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> 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

News: a research team in Zürich has created a flock of helicopter robots that can detect each others' positions and join together to create a larger flying machine. (more...) View the full article

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+Awards: this apartment in London, which won an Architizer A+Award last year, has a large window between its black kitchen and light-toned bedroom. Read more View the full article

Design studio Bravo! has exploited the textures and hues in rock from one of Chile's volcanos in this collection of 80 home accessories, featuring block colours, swirling patterns, mottled surfaces and thick veins. Read more View the full article