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The organisers of Milan's Salone del Mobile furniture fair are discussing how to respond to Italy's coronavirus outbreak, as fashion and eyewear events in the city were impacted by the virus. Read more View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Czech glass and lighting brand Lasvit has created a responsive installation made up of 328 star-shaped light bulbs, which hangs from the ceiling of a university auditorium in Thailand. Read more View the full article

Swiss firm Christ & Gantenbein has added a new gallery building to the Kunstmuseum Basel, featuring a graduated grey-brick facade and a monumental marble staircase (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Movie: Dutch designer Hella Jongerius explains why she moved to Berlin and discusses her latest projects in the first of a series of exclusive video interviews Dezeen filmed at her studio in the German capital. (more...) View the full article

In our latest competition, we've teamed up with The Distillery hotel in London to offer readers the chance to win a two-night stay and a meal for two, as well as the chance to make their own gin. Read more

Since the fire devastated Notre-Dame Cathedral and the French prime minister announced a competition to replace its spire, a flurry of designers have offered alternative proposals. Here are eight of the best. Read more

Dezeen in Israel: devices that spy, measure, dance and eavesdrop have been added to an exhibition of digital and interactive design that has travelled to the Design Museum Holon. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Promotion: entries are now being accepted for the Wood Awards 2012. (more…) View the full article

Atlanta architect Alexander Wu chose one of the city's smallest properties to build this home for his family. Read more

Movie: in the first of four movies filmed by Dezeen at the Royal College of Art graduate exhibition in London, leader of the Design Products course Tord Boontje talks about selected projects including food containers made of radioactive soil and suits for living in someone else’s skin. (more…) View the full article

Dark hues are paired with decadent materials in this Sydney apartment, designed by local studio Amber Road to suit a sociable, well-travelled owner. Read more

Infographics that reporter Harry Stevens created to explain how coronavirus spreads have become the most-viewed story ever published on The Washington Post. Read more View the full article

Artists Studio Job customised a Land Rover Defender by adding a golden horn, a tongue and a stained glass window in celebration of the iconic vehicle's sixty-fifth birthday. (more...) View the full article

The Dezeen and MINI World Tour team landed in New York this week - check out our first movie report with designer Stephen Burks talking about how the city is evolving and watch out for more movies from our trip soon. Meanwhile here are the week's highlights in architecture and design plus track of the week from Dezeen Music Project. (more...) View the full article

Tell us what you think about Dezeen! Take part in our audience survey and you could win one of three Urbanears speakers. Read more View the full article

Milan 2014: part bookend and part light source, the Ludovica by Italian design studio Zanocchi & Starke combines two pieces of desktop furniture in one minimal package (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Brazilian firm Studio Arthur Casas has worked with a startup to create a highly flexible, prefabricated home that avoids the "negative surprises" typical in conventional projects. Read more View the full article

A grid of 24 red brick arches frames the interior of this Vietnam coffee shop by Wangstudio, which sits between a garden and a reflective pool of water (+ slideshow). (more…)

Dezeen is in Venice this week for the preview of the 13th Venice Architecture Biennale, which opens to the public on Wednesday and runs until 25 November. See our photos from the first day on Facebook, see all our preview stories here and watch our interview with director of the biennale David Chipperfield here, in which he urges the profession to address “the 99.99% of the rest of the world which architects are not dealing with” in order to avoid becoming merely “urban decorators.” Above image: Vessel by O’Donnell + Tuomey Architects in the Arsenale View the full article

Architect Rizvi Hassan used bamboo to build a community centre for Rohingya women and girls living in a refugee camp, where they can bathe and access counselling. Read more View the full article

Street artist Banksy has created two new works to mark the London 2012 Olympics. (more…) View the full article

Photographer Edmund Sumner has sent us these photographs of a university library in Tokyo by Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto that has an exterior of timber shelves covered by planes of glass. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Chicago Architecture Biennial 2015: US firm Aranda\Lasch has unveiled plans for an art park for a Chinese-Indonesian philanthropist, proposed on terraced rice paddies in the Bali countryside (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Brexit Design Manifesto: the list of leading design industry figures backing Dezeen's Brexit Design Manifesto has more than doubled, with David Adjaye, Terry Farrell, Es Devlin and David Shrigley among those adding their support. (more…) 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