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Tchaikovsky Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre by wHy Architecture will be built on the bank of the Kama River in Perm, Russia, near the Ural mountains. Read more View the full article

Wood and wool feature alongside silicone in the Rituals of Sexual Pleasure series of sex toys, designed by Coby Huang as explorative tools rather than solely for penetration and vibration. Read more View the full article

London creative agency Justified wanted to create a "rallying symbol" when developing the visual identity for the Museum for the United Nations, which is designed to engage the younger generation. Read more View the full article

Architects and designers have been using seesaws, usually found in children's playgrounds, to create installations and make political statements. Here are six of the most engaging. Read more View the full article

David Adjaye has created a "provocation or a question" for the public with an exhibition on his monuments and memorials at the Design Museum in London. Read more

Elevation, Dezeen's documentary about how drones will transform cities, has received two accolades at the Lovie Awards 2018, which celebrates the best content on the internet. Read more View the full article

This series of images by architectural rendering studio Hayes Davidson envisages how London's skyline might look in 20 years time. (more...) View the full article

New York studio Snarkitecture has filled a Manhattan gallery with 168 white spherical orbs that light up in a blue hue when touched. Read more

A sculpture made from iron and yarn that mimics the human body is being exhibited by Cristina Lisot as part of the VDF x Ventura Projects collaboration. Read more View the full article

The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam has named Dutch curator Rein Wolfs as its new director, following the departure of Beatrix Ruf. Read more

This photoset by Australian photographer Tom Ross captures a geometric, concrete research laboratory in Boulder, Colorado, which was designed by architect IM Pei who passed away this week. Read more

Viivi Lehto is introducing a range of playful glass sculptures entitled Garden Series during VDF's collaboration with Ventura Projects. Read more View the full article

Brexit: British inventor James Dyson is "delighted" at the EU referendum result and believes Brexit should be triggered sooner rather than later. (more…) View the full article

Bartlett School of Architecture graduate Viktor Westerdahl has devised a fantasy scenario where the discovery of a new liquid energy cues construction of a remote city in the middle of the Indian Ocean. (more...) View the full article

Photographer Roberto Conte has captured the geometric shapes of Le Corbusier's weathered concrete buildings at Chandigarh's in his latest series. Read more View the full article

Japanese car brand Nissan has filed a trademark application for a flat monochrome logo that would see it join other brands opting for minimalist rebrands. Read more View the full article

Chilean architecture duo Pezo von Ellrichshausen has installed a mirrored structure within Milan's Palazzo Litta, creating disorientating reflections of its baroque architecture. Read more

Dezeen promotion: creases are stitched into the cushions of this sofa, designed by Italian architect Antonio Citterio for furniture brand Flexform, to emphasise the natural folds created by sitting. Read more View the full article

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

Cologne 2012: closing one drawer of Lee Sanghyeok‘s table causes another to shoot out at random. The project won second prize at the [D3] Contest at imm cologne this week. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Grimshaw has revealed the design for an arts complex on the Santa Monica College campus that will comprise three volumes linked by open-air plazas. Read more View the full article

This time last year Kengo Kuma was announced as the architect of the V&A’s new museum in Dundee and Foster + Partners Corten-clad Faustino winery rose from the earth in Spain. A skyscraper with a zig-zag channel running through it by Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas won a competition for an office building in Shenzhen and a proposal for a dance and music centre in the Netherlands drew praise from our readers for its realistic rainy renders. We launched our online Dezeen Watch Store and rounded up all our stories about bridges, and our top ten crazy cantilevers. We also featured a surreal miniature world featuring a caravan made of bread, a strange range of t-shir…

Visitors are invited to make their mark on the cafe walls of London’s Design Museum by ticking boxes on this stripy wallpaper by Dutch designer Richard Hutten. (more…) View the full article

Architecture office Arquitectura-G has slotted a new house within the aged stone walls of a ruin in the medieval village of Palau-Sator, Spain. Read more

Dutch architecture studio OMA has unveiled the School of Science and Sports at a historic college in Brighton, which merges academic and athletic facilities in one building. Read more View the full article