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Dezeenwire: clothing brand Gap have scrapped their new logo, launched last week, after customers objected to the design – BBC </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The Chart art and design fair in Copenhagen featured a range of designers creating furniture and homeware as if they were sculptures. Dezeen editor-at-large Amy Frearson picks out 10 of the most impressive. Read more

French duo Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec have made a chair for Finnish furniture brand Artek from a metal frame interlaced with a single length of marine rope that forms its back and armrests. Read more View the full article

Brooklyn studio SO-IL has stretched a thin layer of white film over the facade of the Storefront gallery in New York, giving the building a vacuum-packed appearance (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Beatrice Galilee has curated an online design symposium for Virtual Design Festival, which will be broadcast from 1:00pm UK time later today. In this video message, she questions the role of the creative industries during the coronavirus pandemic. Read more View the full article

Japanese architects Katsutoshi Sasaki + Associates have completed a four-winged house in Toyota. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Architecture studio Muf has refurbished built open-air playground, featuring a geometrical climbing structure and a stage for performances. Read more View the full article

The culture, climate and resources of Tanzania's Kilimanjaro region informed the design of this refuge for victims of domestic violence, made up of various yellow buildings arranged around a courtyard (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Takashi Yamaguchi & Associates has completed Topological Folding House, a home formed of a continuous white strip that wraps around to form floors, ceilings and balconies. Read more

Today VDF teams up with Ron Arad for the video launch of a new series of sculptural chairs – including one that commemorates Brexit – followed by a live interview with the designer at 2:00pm UK time. Read more View the full article

Stockholm 2015: Stockholm studio Claesson Koivisto Rune has set up a new company that will offer a selection of small household items (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Browse the best boutiques, bakeries, bookstores and florists from the pages of Dezeen in our latest new board on Pinterest that’s all about shops. And if that gets you in the mood for some retail therapy, head over to our very own Dezeen Watch Store online shop. We’ve got nearly 10,000 followers on Pinterest now and you can join in here. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest » See stories about shops on Dezeen » View the full article

News: Herzog & de Meuron, Zaha Hadid and Grimshaw are among the shortlisted architects in a competition to overhaul Melbourne's iconic nineteenth-century railway station at Flinders Street. (more...) View the full article

Students from the Collaborative and Industrial Design program at Helsinki's Aalto University have created five new concepts for coffee machines and other household products, aiming to "simplify and clarify" existing models (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Drivers crossing the coastal border between Turkey and Georgia will now pass below a knobbly observation tower by Berlin architect J. Mayer H. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This week high-profile architects have been making the news, as Frank Gehry completed two homes for hurricane victims (above) and Zaha Hadid revealed designs for a limited edition speedboat (below). (more…) View the full article

The rosy hues of a make-up palette partially informed the colour scheme of this pared-back fashion showroom in Copenhagen, which has been updated by Danish brand Reform. Read 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

British architecture studio Haverstock has added new facilities to a school on the historic Alexandra Road Estate in London's Camden, built by architect Neave Brown in the 1970s. Read more View the full article

Stacked concrete and timber boxes frame the rooms of this guesthouse near Australia's Great Ocean Road, by Melbourne studio Whiting Architects. (more...) View the full article

Dutch Design Week 2011: components for this furniture by Rotterdam designers Minale-Maeda can be downloaded, 3D-printed and assembled locally. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

British photographer Rod Edwards has combined 360-degree photography with videos, interviews and drawings to create an immersive tour of Mikhail Riches' Stirling Prize-winning Goldsmith Street housing project. Read more View the full article

This smart denim jacket, revealed at the 2017 SXSW conference by Dutch fashion designer Pauline van Dongen, strokes the wearer's back in response to touch. Read more View the full article

The jagged roof of this warehouse and office space in the Netherlands is designed to reference a 1950s weaving mill by Dutch architect and designer Gerrit Rietveld (+ slideshow). (more…)

The rippled timber core of this reindeer observation pavilion by architects Snøhetta mirrors the curves of the surrounding Dovre Mountains in Norway. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article