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Dezeen promotion: Hong Kong studio Daydreamers Design has reinterpreted a traditional Chinese burning tower as a spiralling pavilion made from recycled plastic around a geometric flame sculpture. Read more 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 …

This country retreat by American firm Hariri & Hariri Architecture consists of interlocking volumes clad in ipe and stone and an infinity pool overlooking the verdant, rolling terrain. Read more View the full article

Beige tiles and pale pink window shutters cover the exterior of this concrete secondary school in Romanshorn, Switzerland. Read more View the full article

Austrian studio [tp3] architekten have completed a stark white house in northern Austria with translucent sliding walls around a grassy courtyard. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Architecture firm Snøhetta has designed a pair of ring-shaped platforms linked by a cable car, which will offer expansive views of the Alps to residents and visitors in Bolzano, Italy. (more…) View the full article

We've been in Singapore this week for the World Architecture Festival and Inside Festival, where the Auckland Art Gallery (pictured) was revealed as World Building of the Year earlier today. More of this week's best architecture and design content follows, plus our Dezeen Music Project track of the week. (more...) 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

VDF products fair: the In Situ Modular Sofa for Muuto "combines the grandeur of traditional Italian sofas with the refined simplicity of Scandinavian design," according to designers Anderssen & Voll. Read more View the full article

VDF products fair: Paradise is one of the bright floral patterns launched by New York design studio Superflower as part of its Florescence wallpaper collection. Read more View the full article

Opinion: following Dan Hill's column questioning whether driverless cars would really make our roads safer, Sam Jacob argues that "it's time to design transport in a way that incorporates intelligence as well as brute engineering". (more...) View the full article

Industrial designer Marc Newson has updated his clothing line for Dutch fashion brand G-Star RAW. (more...) View the full article

The American Institute of Architects has released a five-point action plan for climate change after announcing it a "critical issue" for the architecture profession. Read more

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

Dezeen Music Project: animator Daniela Sherer tells a Western-style tale through flowing graphics in this music video for British songwriter Tom Rosenthal. (more...) View the full article

The French government has announced plans for a sustainability law that will ensure all new public buildings are built from at least 50 per cent timber or other natural materials. Read more View the full article

A receptacle for gifting your best DNA, a tech-disabling glove for punishing cybercriminals and a device that harvests edible fungus from your own body are among the concepts presented by students of five Lebanese universities for the Speculative Needs exhibition. Read more View the full article

Movie: Joseph Grima and Tamar Shafrir of design research collaborative Space Caviar explain why they set up an algorithmic journalism machine to produce magazines on the fly at Palazzo Clerici in Milan. (more...) View the full article

Dezeen Screen: in the second part of this discussion we filmed at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, Milan designer Fabio Novembre talks about changes in the Italian design scene and compares his ethos to those of other Italian designers. Watch the movie » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Architecture firm Gensler has completed an office, and hotel with interiors by Yabu Pushelberg, in Kuwait City with facades that recall traditional Arabic screens. Read more View the full article

Rotated wings connected by a central volume make up this hilltop mansion by Los Angeles studio Walker Workshop, which features a cinema, an infinity pool and a spacious "party deck". Read more

Dezeen promotion: British designer Jasper Morrison has created a collection of furniture for Danish brand Fredericia, which will launch during this year's Stockholm Furniture Fair (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Construction has begun on the new headquarters for fashion brand G-Star RAW in Amsterdam, designed by architects OMA. (more…) View the full article

Milan 2013: London design duo Raw Edges came up with a bookcase shaped like a weaving loom to display novels by young British writers. (more...) View the full article

The stem of this task lamp designed by Bao-Nghi Droste forms an exaggerated loop behind the conical shade (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article