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Australian cycling accessories manufacturer Knog has designed an alternative to the traditional domed bike bell – a donut-shaped device that wraps around the handlebars (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Three-dimensional oak panelling covers the walls, ceiling and counter of this Aesop store interior in Oslo, designed by Norwegian architecture firm Snøhetta (+ slideshow). (more…) 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

Dezeen and MINI World Tour: designer Ron Arad launched a range of 3D printed eyewear in Milan earlier this month. In this movie he discusses his pioneering 3D printing experiments in 1999 and his views on the technology today. (more...) View the full article

Herman Miller has unveiled a new version of its best-selling Aeron chair, which has been fine-tuned to make it more responsive to different body types. Read more View the full article

Swiss-French photographer Hélène Binet has shot the recently completed port authority building in Antwerp by Zaha Hadid Architects, which features a huge glazed volume mounted on its roof. (more…) View the full article

Angled white walls will mark the entrance to underground contemplation spaces at Herzog & de Meuron's roadside Autobahnkirche chapel in Switzerland. Read more View the full article

A board-marked concrete chimney raises this house designed by US architecture firm Olson Kundig to "hover" above its surrounding in the Brazilian rainforest. Read more View the full article

Oklahoma artist Rachel Hayes stitched together colourful fabrics to create abstract representations of natural landscapes that hang in a Los Angeles gallery. Read more View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Italian flooring manufacturer Marazzi has released its Crogiolo ceramic and stoneware collection with four new series, including designs based on majolica pottery and tiles with a brush-stroke effect. Read more View the full article

Opinion: designers could offer beautiful, meaningful and lasting alternatives to the mass-produced souvenirs offered inside London's tourist shops, says Will Wiles. (more…) View the full article

Studio Tada is presenting a haptic fingernail during the VDF x Ventura Projects collaboration that allows users to experience touch virtually. Read more View the full article

Architecture firm Bryanoji Design Studio has wrapped aluminium shingles around this angular house in a Massachusetts woodland. Read more View the full article

Stefano Boeri has unveiled the design of a circular elevated walkway that will be built below Renzo Piano's replacement for the collapsed Morandi Bridge in Genoa, Italy. Read more

Inclusive design is the focus of Hello Humanity: Dutch Design for a Holistic World, a virtual exhibition forming part of the VDF x Ventura Projects collaboration. Read more View the full article

Designer Fabio Novembre questions the desire to return to normal after the coronavirus pandemic, claiming that "the virus is in the system we used to live in", in a video message recorded for Virtual Design Festival. Read more View the full article

Architect Filipe Balestra of Urban Nouveau has sent us his proposal for a series of towers built in the swamps surrounding Mumbai, sketched out on a napkin. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Facebook cofounder Mark Zuckerberg has built a wooden "sleep box" that emits a faint light in the early morning, to alert his wife when it's time to wake up without looking at her phone. Read more

Music: paper puppeteer and animator Winston Hacking has created a series of moving collages for the video to accompany Soupcans' Siamese Brutality track. (more…) View the full article

American arts administrator Bettina Korek has been appointed CEO of London's Serpentine Galleries following Yana Peel's resignation earlier this year. Read more View the full article

Japanese architects Eureka and Atelier Chocolate have completed a vet’s surgery and apartment behind a metal mesh cage in Kanagawa. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Photographer Vicente Depaulo has captured some of the most iconic buildings by Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer and has manipulated the results so that they come to life when seen through 3D glasses. (more…) View the full article

The auditorium of this Madrid cultural centre by Spanish studio Fündc is contained in a bulky concrete cantilever. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Competition: Dezeen and publishers Laurence King are offering readers the chance to win one of five copies of DIY Furniture: a step by step guide. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Five years ago, when Dezeen was still in its infancy, we travelled to Cape Town for the 10th Design Indaba conference. From here, we shared links to movies showing Swedish designers Front questioning whether or not design makes people happy, as well as some snapshots from the party where guests included Jaime Hayon, Jasper Morrison, Michael Young and Neville Brody. We gave readers a sneak preview of the furniture Rolf Sachs proceeded to show at the Milan furniture fair in April, as well as a look at the bathroom collection that Ross Lovegrove went on to launch in Frankfurt. Vases made from salvaged sherry glasses, plastic animals and PVC caught the attention of a few …