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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

Chair of the UK government's Building Better Building Beautiful Commission Roger Scruton has been fired for calling Chinese people "robots" and claiming Islamaphobia was "invented by the Muslim Brotherhood". Read more

London-based practice Studio Micat has built this outdoor bakery in a forest in New England, which uses a bicycle to grind up flour for making loaves of sourdough. Read more

A roof terrace, balconies and an external staircase maximise outdoor space for this overlooked house in Tokyo designed by Japanese studio Front Office. Read more View the full article

Minotti's art director Rodolfo Dordoni describes how the brand is working with a diverse range of international designers to develop its identity in this movie shot by Dezeen for the Italian furniture manufacturer during Milan design week. Read more

Dezeen Wire: fifteen international design teams are in with a chance of redesigning one of three sites on Washington’s National Mall following the announcement of the shortlist for the National Mall Design Competition. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A faux leather top made from pig's blood and shoes made from repurposed lederhosen are among 15 contemporary Austrian accessories and fashion designs being shown at VDF's products fair by the Austrianfashion.net initiative. Read more View the full article

Designers Anna Rosinke and Maciej Chmara of Kollectiv Stadtpark have been touring Austria, making friends with locals in the street at their mobile kitchen table. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

As the Belgian town of Mons starts its year as European Capital of Culture, architect Daniel Libeskind has completed a convention centre with a golden metal exterior and a sharply pointed prow (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: the newest watch added to our collection is the 3012 Series by Finnish designer Mats Lönngren. The watch features two disks layered on top of each other that mark the time instead of traditional watch hands. (more...) View the full article

Architectural designer John Pawson has transformed a pair of second world war telecommunication bunkers into an art and furniture museum in Berlin's Kreuzberg neighbourhood. Read more 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

The Sprzeczna 4 apartment building in Warsaw, designed by local practice BBGK, is one of the first major prefabricated residential blocks built in Poland since the communist era. Read more

Japanese studio 403architecture laid the patchwork floor of this bedroom using timber stripped from the ceiling. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Slideshow: Zurich designers Atelier Volvox rescued these unloved plush toys and gave them a new lease of life by turning them inside out – eyes and all. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

We've rounded up 10 houses from across the globe with rooms dedicated to yoga and meditation – including a beachfront spot in Mexico and a plywood-covered nook in Canada. Read 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

An elevator that facilitates awkwardness and an urban-farming capsule hotel are among the projects presented in this Virtual Design Festival school show by interior design graduates from New York's Pratt Institute. Read more View the full article

Demand for touchless products such as toilets and faucets is soaring as architects look to prevent the spread coronavirus in their buildings, according to Paul Flowers, chief design officer at water technology brand LIXIL. Read more View the full article

NASA will use the Danne & Blackburn-designed "worm" logo for the first time since 1992, while its astronauts will wear SpaceX spacesuits for the first time when the Demo-2 flight to the International Space Station launches tomorrow. Read more View the full article

Dutch designer Dik Scheepers mixed discarded paper with cement to cast this series of furniture. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Naive sketches are transformed into three-dimensional brass furniture in the latest collection from Dutch designer Maarten Baas. Read more View the full article

Architecture photographer Marc Goodwin has shared photos of architecture studios in Madrid taken just before the country went into lockdown along with messages from the studios now. Read more View the full article

For his own residence, California architect Dan Brunn has designed a long, slender home that stretches over a brook on a wooded property in Los Angeles. Read more View the full article

Flowers for Slovakia is presenting three travelling exhibitions during the VDF x Ventura Projects collaboration to spotlight emerging Slovak talent. Read more View the full article