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Swiss studio Atelier Oï used oak lattice screens to recreate Pringle of Scotland's signature argyle pattern inside the knitwear brand's flagship Asian store, which has just opened in Chengdu, China (+ slideshow). (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

Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for a CAD technician with Stella McCartney, who teamed up with Adidas to design the uniforms for Team GB at the 2016 Rio Olympics (pictured). Read more stories about Stella McCartney or browse more architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

Spools of scarlet thread and huge sheets of steel make an unconventional pairing inside this store in Chongqing, China, which Joy Season Studio has created for independent fashion label Annakiki. Read more

Milan 2013: German designer Stefan Diez unveiled a trio of chairs for German furniture brand e15 at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile last week. (more...) View the full article

Suzanne Livingston, curator of the recent Barbican Centre exhibition about artificial intelligence, will speak about the impact of technology on cities at Dezeen Day on 30 October. Read more

Japanese studio PANDA gave this house in Tokyo a glazed ground floor, then enclosed it in a high concrete-block wall. (more...) View the full article

Unusual, innovative and avant-garde approaches to seating were among the highlights of Dutch design fair Object Rotterdam, which took place earlier this month. Anna Winston picks six of the most intriguing chairs from the annual event's crop of up-and-coming talent. Read more View the full article

London Design Festival 2014: architect Zaha Hadid has installed a shimmering "bridge" to cross a reflecting pool in the V&A museum's John Madejski Garden (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Dezeen Screen: designer Jólan van der Wiel has sent us this movie of his machine for shaping stools using gravity and magnets, on display as part of the [D3] Contest for young designers at imm cologne in Germany this week. Watch the movie » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen promotion: entries are now being accepted for this year’s A’ Design Award. Here are some of the winning projects from last year, including this Belgian water tower converted into a residence by Mauro Brigham. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Movable egg-shaped huts on a beach in South Korea were popular with readers this week, so we've collected together 13 strange and beautiful examples of mobile residences, refuges and retreats from the pages of Dezeen – including a tiny house delivered via helicopter. (more…) View the full article

A tiny mobile performance venue based on sixteenth century market stalls and Roman fortune tellers will be appearing around the Lower Marsh area of Waterloo in London this summer. (more...) View the full article

Residents plunging into the swimming pool of this Stockholm house may feel like they’re in an aquarium. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Airy pavilion-like structures make up this holiday home in Sydney, which CM Studio has designed to optimise views of its luscious green surroundings. Read more View the full article

New York 2016: Chinese designer Zhoujie Zhang has created a series of mirrors, using the results of computer algorithms based on the natural movements of water (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for a Part-II architectural assistant to join London-based studio Cousins & Cousins, whose recent extension to a house in Hackney features a spiralling steel-wrapped staircase. More › View the full article

Alphabet subsidiary Sidewalk Labs has abandoned its ambition to create a smart neighbourhood in Toronto amid "unprecedented economic uncertainty" caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Read more View the full article

Creative duo Artem Trigubchak and Lera Brumina used concrete slabs, sand and paving stones to fashion the furnishings and partition walls inside this office in Kyiv. Read more View the full article

British designer Es Devlin and U2's creative director Willie Williams have transformed Bono into a giant avatar version of himself using augmented reality for the band's latest tour. Read more View the full article

News: Italian architecture and design magazine Abitare is to end the publication of its monthly print edition. (more...) View the full article

Thai architect Kulapat Yantrasast speaks to Dezeen in this live Screentime conversation sponsored by Enscape as part of Virtual Design Festival. Watch the broadcast from 5:00pm UK time. Read more View the full article

Dezeen Wire: plans to develop the London 2012 Olympic Park after the Games end in September were unveiled by mayor of London Boris Johnson yesterday, including the transformation of the press centre into a technology, design and research centre, and the creation of up to 8000 new homes in addition to the athletes’ village (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

A major plan to reduce air pollution in Madrid may be repealed, because incoming politicians want to bring back traffic back into the city. Read more

Our new Pinterest board is full of highlights from 2017's World Architecture Festival and Inside events, which both took place in Berlin this week. It features the shortlist for best architecture photograph of 2017, as well as the World Building of the Year and Interior of the Year award winners. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest › View the full article