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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

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

Opinion: designers can't save the world, but even the smallest intervention could help improve the conditions faced by the unprecedented number of refugees flooding Europe, says Richard van der Laken. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen promotion:a newly published report on the cross-laminated timber supply chain demonstrates the material's sustainable credentials as it becomes more mainstream in the US. Read more View the full article

A "breached monolith" hides a giant light-filled atrium at the heart of this Indian house, which Anagram Architects has completed on a busy street in New Delhi. Read more

Dezeen promotion: this year's Dutch Design Week will focus on makers and the creative process, and will include exhibitions, lectures, prize ceremonies, networking events and debates. Read more View the full article

Daily data visualisations created by John Burn-Murdoch for the Financial Times have provided one of the most reliable pictures of the global coronavirus pandemic. He spoke to Dezeen about how his charts allow people to stay informed independent of politicians and other influences. Read more View the full article

Van Staeyen Interieur Architecten has used built-in furniture and bright colours to create both fun and functionality in a house renovation in Antwerp. Read more

As part of VDF's partnership with Stockholm Design Week, designer Monica Förster takes us on a tour of the exhibition Hyper Human at the Museum of Science and Technology in Stockholm. Read more View the full article

Five slim white volumes linked by glass corridors, open patios and a pool form this retreat on the Spanish island of Ibiza, designed by architecture studio Marià Castelló. Read more View the full article

Taxi service Uber has launched a new identity designed by the company's CEO that presents users in different countries with customised colours and patterns, and which has already been compared to an "asshole". (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

Australian cycling accessories manufacturer Knog has designed an alternative to the traditional domed bike bell – a donut-shaped device that wraps around the handlebars (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Freelance writers and journalists can work for as long as they want without being pestered by waiting staff at this black and white Parisian cafe by local design studio POOL. (more…) View the full article

News: furniture designer Charles Pollock has died in a house fire in New York, aged 83. (more...) View the full article

An overhanging canopy shades the cascading exhibition spaces and outdoor terraces that make up Shigeru Ban's gallery at the Tainan Art Museum. Read more View the full article

Austrian designer Clemens Auer has created a pair of tweezers made from a single loop of metal. (more...) View the full article

Italian studio LDA.iMdA Architects converted this former warehouse in northern Italy into a design showroom and then concealed it behind gauzy black curtains. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Later this week visitors to the Hong Kong Arts Centre will be able to stick their heads through the ceiling of one gallery to find themselves in a paper winter wonderland. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Slideshow: Lisbon architects ARX Portugal and Stefano Riva have completed a top-heavy house in the village of Aldeia de Juso with a concrete upper storey settled over the glazed walls below. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

VDF products fair: the Oslo Counter & Bar Stool for Muuto has been designed to be both "inviting and sculptural", say its designers Anderssen & Voll. Read more View the full article

Industrial outdoor lamps hang over the tables of a restaurant in Tel Aviv by Israeli architects Baranowitz Kronenberg. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Movie: in our final exclusive video interview with Alberto Alessi, the president of the Italian design brand recalls the controversy surrounding Philippe Starck's stylish but impractical lemon squeezer, saying he considers it to be "a big joke". (more...) View the full article

News: Apple was named best design studio and best brand of the past 50 years at a special ceremony marking the 50th birthday of D&AD this week and Apple’s entire design team, including senior vice president of industrial design Jonathan Ive (above), flew to London to collect the awards. (more…) View the full article

Canadian studio Naturehumaine has extended a house in Montreal to create a family living area and an elevated master bedroom, which are all encased in a large grey frame that offers privacy from neighbours. Read more View the full article