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Swedish car manufacturer Volvo has created a light-reflective spray designed to enhance the visibility of cyclists on city streets after dark (+ movie). (more…)

Our pick of the best architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs this week include positions with architecture firms Büro Ole Scheeren in Hong Kong and KAAN Architecten in Rotterdam. Read more View the full article

Concrete blocks, mountain rocks and reddish cement are among the materials used to build these five Peruvian residences in natural surrounds. Read more View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Czech glass brand Lasvit has restored four chandeliers crafted from Bohemian crystal which hang in the historic Palazzo Serbelloni in Milan (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

London Design Festival 2013: Lebanese designer Najla El Zein has sent us this movie showing her 5000 spinning paper windmills being installed in a doorway at the V&A museum in London (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

IKEA has announced plans to start renting its furniture, as part of a move towards a circular economy that includes refurbishing and re-selling products. Read more

Moving walls and decked terraces connect the four interlinked pavilions of a holiday home in Point Lonsdale on Australia's southern coast by Edition Office – Dezeen's Emerging architect of the year. Read more View the full article

US technology giant Google has scrapped one of its most ambitious ventures, Project Ara, according to insider sources. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: a warehouse-turned-hotel in Singapore and a Maldivian guest suite perched above the ocean are among the winners of this year's Awards for Hospitality Experience and Design Asias. Read more View the full article

Elevation, Dezeen's documentary about how drones will transform cities, has received two accolades at the Lovie Awards 2018, which celebrates the best content on the internet. Read more View the full article

This time last year an orchestral academy designed by Frank Gehry opened in Florida, while architects Scott Brownrigg completed the London offices for internet giant Google. Meanwhile, Black Eyed Peas frontman Will.i.am was appointed director of creative innovation at technology company Intel, OMA published a report claiming the world could be free from fossil fuels by 2050 and a restaurant designed by Tom Dixon opened at London’s Royal Academy of Arts. Dezeen readers debated whether designs for a power plant that will blow smoke rings and double up as a ski slope were bonkers or brilliant, but questioned the sustainable credentials of a chair carved from a tree trun…

Christien Meindertsma: Beyond the Surface, at the Vitra Design Museum in Basel examines the designer's work with wool, flax, incinerator ash and recycled wool. Read more View the full article

Swedish architects Claesson Koivisto Rune have completed a house on the coast of a Baltic island, with grey sealant drawing graphic lines across the white concrete facade. (more…) View the full article

Gucci's creative director Alessandro Michele has announced that the Italian brand will be disregarding the fashion calendar's "stale" deadlines, holding shows just twice a year instead to reduce waste. Read more View the full article

Dezeen archive: after publishing a photography studio with herringbone parquet walls and flooring this morning, we’ve decided to compile all of our stories that feature herringbone patterns. See all all the stories » See all the archive stories » View the full article

To mark the 25th anniversary of 100% Design, Dezeen is partnering with Daa to offer readers the chance to win one of its Rock chairs designed by Marc Sadler. Read more

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

Resting a broom on its bristles can damage them so graduate designer Joseph Guerra has made one with a pivoting head. (more…) View the full article

Five years ago this week, after just four months online, Dezeen already had a quarter of a million readers. We published our first story about a sex toy, as well as a globular building that Zaha Hadid had just designed for a square in Budapest. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Caroline Baumann has "abruptly stepped down" from her position as director of the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, the New York Times has reported. Read more View the full article

The square windows and mansard roof silhouette of this Bavarian townhouse by German architects SoHo Architektur are an echo of the building that formerly occupied the site (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dutch practice Mecanoo is putting the finishing touches to an arts centre in the Taiwanese port city of Kaohsiung, which plays host to a selection of opera houses, concert halls and an open-air theatre set into its bulging roof. Read more View the full article

Competition: we’ve teamed up with publishers Brusselssprout to give readers the chance to win five copies of their new Dubai Graphic Encyclopedia. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Scroll on for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeenjobs, including positions at Heatherwick Studio in London and UXUS in Amsterdam, plus the last chance to apply for roles at Herzog & de Meuron, Lee Broom, OMA and more… (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Ethical design brand Mater has launched a chair with a woven rattan seat inspired by Bauhaus founder Walter Gropius, and a stool featuring a seat made from recycled materials, both designed by architect Eva Karlou. Read more View the full article