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The Temporium: this series of knotted collar pieces made of rope by London-based designer Helena Westerlind is today’s entry to our Advent calendar. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This week we reported on the shortlisted designs for London's latest bridge across the River Thames, Egypt's masterplan for a new privately funded capital city (pictured), and an ongoing legal dispute between Nike and its former designers. Read on to catch up with the latest architecture and design news, plus our track of the week. (more…)

Milan 2014: Dutch designer Hella Jongerius will introduce the latest product from her ongoing relationship with design giant Vitra in Milan this week – a chair that comes with a handle and optional wheels for easy relocation. (more...) View the full article

In the next movie we filmed at our Designed in Hackney Day, Gurmeet Sian of Office Sian explains how an emphasis on building relationships with his clients makes him more like a midwife than an architect. (more...) View the full article

This week's job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for an assistant/associate professor of furniture design at Rhode Island School of Design, whose campus waterfront is pictured. Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. 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

News: this week marks the opening of the High Line at the Rail Yards, the third and final phase of New York's popular elevated park on a disused railway line (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Although it looks like a real woman, the ultra-lifelike figure in this music video is actually a digital model created using high-resolution 3D scans. Read more View the full article

Design studio SBGA Blengini Ghirardelli has created a concept for social distancing within parks, plus today's other design-related coronavirus news. Read more View the full article

At 5:00pm UK time today VDF goes live to Milan, where Bar Basso owner Maurizio Stocchetto will tell the story of the design world's favourite drinking spot and show how to mix the bar's signature cocktail. Read more View the full article

Product news: London designer Paul Crofts has put the series of lamps he designed for a crêperie in west London into production, in response to readers' encouraging comments about them on our story. (more...) View the full article

Students don't need to take creative subjects at school as they are already exposed to creative processes thanks to mobile phones, according to the author of a new government-commissioned report on the UK's creative sector. Read more View the full article

A slide and bright yellow ladder are among the playful interventions employed by Alter & Company in its modernisation of a farm in Surrey, England. Read more View the full article

Following their Eurovision Song Contest win last summer, Azerbaijan rushed to commission German firm GMP Architekten to design a new stadium that will be complete in time to host this year’s competition. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

As Lego launches its Rebuild the World campaign, Matthew Ashton, the toy company's VP of design, explains how it is embracing digital technology and licensing agreements to encourage children to play. Read more

British architecture studio Grimshaw and Dutch manufacturers Concrete Valley are developing Modular Water Dwellings that could be built in places at risk from climate change. Read more View the full article

Scroll on for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with us at Dezeen, fashion brand Paul Smith, and design brand SCP, plus this is the last chance to apply for roles with BIG, B&B Italia, Wilkinson Eyre and more… (more…) View the full article

We continue our high-tech architecture series by looking at Norman Foster, the architect of high-tech highlights for five decades including Reliance Controls in the 1960s, the Sainsbury Centre in the 1970s, HSBC in the 1980s, Stanstead Airport in the 1990s and the Gherkin in the 2000s. Read more View the full article

As China recorded its first day with no new coronavirus cases, architecture and design studios in the country have said they are gradually returning to normality. Read more View the full article

You can’t miss this bright red psychiatric centre in Spain, where the differently pitched roofs are meant to reveal how much mental activity takes place in each room. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

In this week's comments update, readers are debating if Sheppard Robson building Europe's largest living wall is merely greenwashing. Read more View the full article

Hola Studio is introducing three 3D-printed lamps at VDF's collaboration with Ventura Projects that are designed to be playful and emotive. Read more View the full article

The latest menswear collection by fashion designer Sruli Recht of Iceland features leather made from dolphin skin, fabric woven from horse hair and silk extracted from a spider’s gland implanted in a goat. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A skin of chestnut shingles covers the facade of this multipurpose building at a school in the French town of Hostens by Dauphins (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Indian architecture studio Nudes has designed the meandering BookWorm pavilion to encourage reading among children and adults. Read more View the full article