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London Design Festival 2016: skeletons and three-dimensional patterns feature in Studio Job's new parquet, the first wood products to be released by Italian mosaic brand Bisazza (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

The official logo of the U.S. Space Force, revealed by Donald Trump on Twitter, has proven controversial on social media with some calling it a Star Trek knock-off. Read more View the full article

VDF products fair: Croatian-Austrian design collective Numen/For Use has created the Absent sofa for furniture brand Prostoria, which is designed to create a sitting position somewhere between upright and lying down. Read more View the full article

Opinion: following yesterday's column on how disruptive technology for emerging markets will affect the high-end tech giants, Justin McGuirk asks why contemporary design critics are obsessed with analysing technology. (more...) View the full article

Light floods into this Kyoto house by Japanese studio FORM/Kouichi Kimura Architects through a light well in its enormous chimney. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A mosaic rainbow of glazed ceramic tiles lines an egg-shaped dome at the heart of a library in Pécs, Hungary. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A clay-based black paint forms a protective layer across the facade of this woodland cabin in Finland, designed by Playa Architects as the second home for a Finnish family living abroad (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Dutch studio Ector Hoogstad Architecten have converted a former Rotterdam steel plant into offices filled with plastic bridges, potted trees and picnic benches. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Cologne 2012: this range of seating by product designer Karoline Fesser can be extended by attaching extra components between the segments of the cushions. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen and MINI World Tour: Google Creative Lab creative director Alexander Chen explains how he created a digital string you can pluck like a viola and discusses Google Glass and the future of user interface design in this movie we filmed at Design Indaba in Cape Town last month. (more...) View the full article

Dezeen Screen: this timelapse movie shows how a group of Oporto University architecture graduates, who call themselves Dose, constructed a spiky temporary bar for a student festival using blue plastic tubes and cable ties. Watch the movie » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Here’s a selection of projects by Dutch architect Herman Hertzberger, who was named as this year’s Royal Gold Medal recipient this morning. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Peter Zumthor's Secular Retreat, an eco-friendly mews house and a concrete residence informed by Tadao Ando's work are among the 20 homes vying to be RIBA House of the Year 2019. Read more

Watches by Japanese studio Nendo and Dutch designer Piet Hein Eek are among those just added to Dezeen Watch Store's biggest ever mid-season sale. Read more View the full article

New York designer Joe Doucet has launched a solid birch chair with a silicone tubular backrest that flexes to the shape of the sitter. (more...) View the full article

Dezeen and MINI World Tour: in this movie filmed in Milan earlier this month, leading designers and manufacturers discuss the phenomenon of copying and how they are responding. "It’s become an increasingly big problem for us," says Tom Dixon. "People can steal ideas and produce them almost faster than we can now." (more...) View the full article

The raised corner of this house in Hiroshima by Japanese architects Suppose Design Office allows light to creep into the interior. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Paris 2012: Brussels designer Alain Berteau presents a series of oak products including this simple iPad dock at Maison & Objet in Paris this week. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Paulo Mendes da Rocha and Metro Associated Architects teamed up to design Aesop's first outpost in Latin America store, pairing exposed concrete with handmade tiles (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen promotions: Textiles made using traditional Eastern European weaving techniques, and coffee tables inspired by a film from French director JL Godard, featured in this year's BiznesUp! design made in Poland forum. Read more View the full article

BIG has completed a circular enclosure at a zoo in Denmark to house two giant pandas that have been relocated from Chengdu, China. Read more View the full article

Dezeen Wire: the Royal Institute of British Architects has published two new guides aimed at encouraging architects to help improve local communities through urban planning and cooperation with residents. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2014: a teaspoon that follows a cup around a table and a clock that mimics the actions of the person in front of it were among projects presented by students from Swiss university ECAL in Milan last week. (more...) View the full article

The owners of this brick house in the Netherlands, by Reitsema & Partners, can drive their car up a shallow ramp into a sheltered parking area that frames a view of the low-lying landscape. (more…) View the full article

Most Loved: Finnish designer Harri Koskinen explains how he came up with the idea of encasing a lightbulb in a glass box to create his iconic Block Lamp in the next movie in our exclusive video series. Read more View the full article