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These new photographs by Hufton + Crow show Herzog & de Meuron's extension to the Messe Basel exhibition centre now that the three new halls are in use (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Architect Leticia Saá has woven historical features such as exposed brickwork and wooden pillars into the minimal interior of this open-plan apartment in Madrid. Read more View the full article

Opinion: despite cultivating a public reputation as an industry of problem solvers, design is too focused on growth to face up to some of its biggest challenges, says Lucas Verweij. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: designer Antoni Arola has designed a lighting system for Spanish brand Santa & Cole, in which strips of light are shaded by curved metal sheets. Read more View the full article

Ghostly images of building facades decorate hanging fabric screens in a beauty salon in Omiya, Japan. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Hospitals "desperately need designers" to improve everything from the way they tackle coronavirus to the layout of operating theatres and the design of medical charts, according to a senior US doctor. Read more View the full article

The Temporium 2011: we’re now accepting applications to take part in The Temporium, our pop-up design store in London this Christmas. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Within the intricately moulded interiors of this Parisian office block, architect Estelle Vincent has inserted a trio of boxy timber meeting spaces – one of which is can be exited down a pale blue slide (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This modular chair collection by Thai design studio Kaoi takes cues from the 1980s Memphis Group, featuring four graphic armrests that can be mixed and matched to offer different aesthetic "personalities". Read more View the full article

Dezeen Wire: in his latest article for The Guardian, architecture and design critic Rowan Moore interviews Terence Conran ahead of an exhibition dedicated to his career at the Design Museum, which opens on 16 November. In the article Moore suggest that Conran’s greatest successes have been the businesses he’s founded rather than the products or interiors he’s designed, which Moore adds are “a little too managed, manipulated, packaged and don’t quite communicate the fun he has got out of life, as if constrained by some invisible boundary.” </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The UK's first commercial spaceports could be developed with the introduction of the Modern Transport Bill, revealed during the Queen's Speech today. (more…) View the full article

Our story on street ads that double as benches and canopies were popular this week, so our latest Pinterest board is packed full of street furniture with a difference. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest » See all our stories about street furniture » View the full article

London designer Adam Nathanial Furman's Democratic Monument is a proposal for town halls around the UK that would feature bright tiles and a diverse mix of architectural styles. Read more View the full article

Pastel-hued surfaces and colourful onyx feature in a hybrid office, store and cafe in Amsterdam, designed by Anne Claus Interiors. Read more View the full article

EWE Studio has opened its Mexico City showroom inside a former dance hall from the 1950s, filled with fixtures and furniture by the local design studio. Read more View the full article

Milan 2015: Spanish designer Jaime Hayón has created a range of wooden tables that are shaped to look like the curved structural elements of iconic buildings by Le Corbusier. (more…)

German studio Architektur3 has added a triangular tower and public viewpoint to the St Georg church in Bleibach, situated at the intersection of three valleys within the Black Forest. Read more View the full article

Pieces of rubbish are displayed as artefacts in the Museum of Modern Waste, which Design School Kolding is exhibiting as part of VDF x Ventura Projects. Read more View the full article

Danish design company Skagerak has partnered with design duo Included Middle on an outdoor furniture collection called Gerda, inspired by traditional red and white tablecloths. Read more View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: GO is the latest watch by Japanese industrial designer Naoto Fukasawa for fashion brand Issey Miyake and it’s now available at Dezeen Watch Store. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

As part of the VDF x Sight Unseen collaboration, Los Angeles studio BZippy & Co. is debuting a collection of ceramic objects that measure up to half a meter tall. Read more View the full article

Japanese studio Nendo has designed a collection of white metal furniture with folded, bent and curved details for Italian brand Desalto (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Brightly coloured and patterned panels chosen by different groups in the local community adorn a new library and learning centre in Melbourne, Australia. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Music Project: Katia Mezentseva used time-lapse photography to capture the process of flowers and pine cones drying out to make this music video for Russian artist Cetranger. (more...) View the full article

Attorney Kristen Pennessi has designed this boutique hotel in Greenport Village, Long Island, as a modern reference to the area's fishing and whaling heritage. Read more