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Giant geometric display stands intersect with imposing steel archways in this newly-opened book shop in Hangzhou, China designed by Alberto Caiola. Read more View the full article

Traditional Dutch porcelain company Royal Delft have launched a new contemporary brand, Blue D1653, including this set by Arian Brekveld that looks as though the blue emblems have slipped down the rim of each dish. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The Consumer Electronics Show has returned the Innovations award it rescinded from female-led sex toy company Lora DiCarlo earlier this year, following accusations of gender bias in the tech industry. Read more

Japanese firm ONdesign have completed a wooden house in Fujisawa where two sliced halves are connected by a shared living area. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Net City will be a car-free urban district for Shenzhen masterplanned by architecture firm NBBJ for Chinese technology company Tencent, which owns social media and messaging company WeChat. Read more View the full article

Stacked volumes made of steel, concrete, wood and glass form this family home in California, which architecture firm Shubin Donaldson created for an industrial designer. Read more

Dezeen archive: following our stories on Burger King’s rustic refit in Singapore and McDonalds’ new look in France, here are some more designer interiors for restaurant chains including Little Chef, Pizza Express and Austrian chicken shops. See all the stories » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Italian practice Caret Studio has installed the StoDistante installation in an Italian square to encourage social-distancing as a temporary solution for reactivating public spaces after Covid-19 lockdown ends. Read more View the full article

New York designer Karim Rashid has defended the use of unpaid internships, saying interns can learn more at a firm than at a fee-paying university. Read more

New York architecture studio Worrell Yeung has brought new life to a former artist's studio in the city, stripping paint off wood pillars and adding a large kitchen island. Read more View the full article

London photography studio Hufton + Crow has revealed new photographs of downtown Miami's One Thousand Museum tower by Zaha Hadid Architects. Read more View the full article

Milan 2012: today’s edition of our daily TV show from Dezeen Studio at MOST is all about performance. First up Faye Toogood tells us how she’s curing visitors with clay in a soothing pavilion called La Cura, then Sheridan Coakley of London design brand SCP shows us round their stand where one chair is upholstered using traditional methods each day. Our guest journalist is Joseph Grima, editor-in-chief of Domus magazine, who stopped by to tell us about the more reflective mood he senses in Milan this year and the themes of collaboration, open design, crowd-sourcing and hacking that are emerging in exhibits around the city. Finally, there’s some good news about the weathe…

Scottish architect Gareth Hoskins, who was responsible for the redesign of Edinburgh's National Museum Scotland, has died following a short illness. (more…) View the full article

Brexit: the Royal Institute of British Architects has written to the UK's Brexit minister David Davis to warn that construction is facing a skills deficit. (more…) View the full article

Milan 2012: the front section of this shelf by London design duo Raw Edges slides down to create a work surface. (more…) View the full article

BMW's latest concept motorbike claims to make accidents "a thing of the past". Read more View the full article

Threads of plastic hang like hair from the ceiling of this dark beauty salon in Belgrade, Serbia. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: designer Paul Priestman of PriestmanGoode is one of the judges of the Inside awards. In this movie filmed by Dezeen he explains how his work on transportation design led to the Recovery Lounge, an innovative proposal for a new type of hospital ward. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

News: British graphic designer Peter Saville has tonight been named winner of this year's London Design Medal, and has declared: "Manchester is now the capital of the UK". (more...) View the full article

Japanese artist Kohei Nawa filled a dark room with billowing clouds of foam for this art exhibition in Aichi, Japan (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

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 street-facing elevation of this brick and steel extension to a 1920s Montreal property echoes the proportions of the original building, but at the rear a large angular outcrop projects over the back garden (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

London's Museum of the Home has launched a UK-wide project that calls for members of the public to submit photos and personal accounts of their living experience during the coronavirus pandemic. Read more View the full article

V&A curator Corinna Gardner spoke to designer Julian Payne and Dezeen Studio director Ben Hobson about the politics of passport design at the V&A museum in London. We streamed the talk live via our Facebook page. 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