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Ikea is inviting consumers in Belgium to recycle their old catalogues into stuffing for a geometrically patterned cushion designed by Charles Kaisin. (more…) View the full article

Finnish graduate Mikko Hannula based the design of this faceted metal chair on a 3D scan of a traditional wooden seat called a Windsor chair (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Japanese architect Hiroyuki Tanaka added diagonal walls and blue lights to this Tokyo apartment. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Trend forecasting service WGSN has revealed that a pastel shade of green, coined "neo mint", will dominate the worlds of fashion and interiors in 2020. Read more View the full article

Readers can't decide if a proposed Californian desert home made up of splayed white shipping containers should be classified as architecture or art in this week's comments update. Read more View the full article

VDF teams up with reSITE today, with the Prague conference sharing five lectures from its 2019 conference starting with Design Indaba founder Ravi Naidoo's talk about the South African design platform he founded in 1995. Read more View the full article

Daily coronavirus briefing: today's architecture and design coronavirus briefing includes hacks for hands-free door opening, the Serpentine Pavilion postponement and the widths of New York's sidewalks. Read more View the full article

Google has made a push for Apple's significant share of the smartphone market with the launch of its self-branded Pixel and Pixel XL (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

With the news that little-known Catalan studio RCR Arquitectes has won this year's Pritzker Prize, here's a look at some of the firm's most important projects. Read more View the full article

There are only three days left to enter Dezeen Awards 2020. For the project categories, judges are looking for entries that best fit the three judging criteria. Here's a reminder of what they are. Read more View the full article

Architecture studio Kientruc O built the Bó Mon preschool with a shady veranda for children living in Vietnam's mountainous Son La Province. Read more View the full article

Bartlett architecture graduate Nick Elias has reimagined the post-war town of 1920s Slough, England, as the happiest place on earth by overlaying its industrial landscape with scenes from Winnie-the-Pooh (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Istanbul studio Zift Design is launching its latest product collections as part of VDF's collaboration with Ventura Projects. Read more View the full article

Slideshow: one huge window stretches across the black facade of this house overlooking the bay in Osaka. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Slovenian brand Folds is exhibiting a range of products that are made from a single piece of folded steel at VDF x Ventura Projects. Read more View the full article

Dutch practice Mecanoo is putting the finishing touches to an arts centre in the Taiwanese port city of Kaohsiung, which plays host to a selection of opera houses, concert halls and an open-air theatre set into its bulging roof. Read more View the full article

This retirement home near Antwerp was designed by Belgian studio Areal Architecten around a pair of courtyards to avoid creating identical rooms along endless rows of corridors. (more...) View the full article

Milan 2014: part bookend and part light source, the Ludovica by Italian design studio Zanocchi & Starke combines two pieces of desktop furniture in one minimal package (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

A subterranean museum in Poland with a huge public space on its roof has won the title World Building of the Year 2016 at the World Architecture Festival. Read more View the full article

A natural finish made from tree sap covers this compact summer house on Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, which has plenty of hammocks for relaxing in the shade. Read more View the full article

Dezeen in Israel: these high-heeled shoes that look like inflatable sex dolls are part of a collection of footwear by Tel Aviv designer Kobi Levi. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Foster + Partners have won a competition to design a high-speed rail station for the city of Ourense in northwest Spain. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

These tree house-like cabins by Thai designer Worapong Manupipatpong are built up around the column of a building rather than over the branches of a tree. (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

Architecture studio Ghezzi Novak has completed this house on Peru's coast with weathered concrete blocks it describes as like "fibres weaved into a fabric". Read more View the full article