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Glassware brand Nude's new collections include a bird-shaped carafe designed by Tomas Kral to "put a smile on the user's face". Read more View the full article

This beachfront house designed by Jeff Jordan Architects for a Manhattan-based couple comprises boxy, cedar-clad volumes that create expansive outdoor spaces overlooking the New Jersey coastline. Read more View the full article

Architecture studio Family New York has completed this Brooklyn store for record label Fool's Gold, which features polycarbonate screens that frame a gold mirror and form niches that include a DJ booth. Read more View the full article

Construction has halted on the skinny supertall skyscraper designed by SHoP Architects in Manhattan due to ballooning costs. Read more View the full article

Dezeen promotion: press and industry professionals can register to attend the preview days of this year's Chicago Architecture Biennial on 14 and 15 September, for a first look at the exhibitions. Read more View the full article

Japanese fashion brand Comme des Garçons is opening the fourth branch of its Dover Street Market store in an old Singaporean army barrack. Read more View the full article

A mockup of the cladding system blamed for the catastrophic scale of the Grenfell Tower blaze has failed its government-ordered fire safety check. Read more View the full article

Concrete ribs extend across the brick walls of this house on the outskirts of Brasília, Brazil, which Bloco Arquitetos has designed as two pavilion-like structures linked by an outdoor path. Read more View the full article

IKEA, Habitat and Heal's are among the brands named in PETA's first Vegan Homeware Awards, which recognise the best cruelty-free designs for the home. Read more View the full article

Philippe Starck's divisible Paris 2024 Olympics medals and Jim Olson's recently updated cabin in Washington are both in the latest edition of Dezeen Mail, our weekly newsletter. Subscribe to Dezeen Mail › View the full article

London Design Biennale director Christopher Turner has been appointed to lead the architecture and design department at the V&A museum. Read more View the full article

There are barely any clothes in this minimal fashion boutique in São Paulo, which local firm MNMA Studio has expanded with a glass-fronted corridor to join its two sides. Read more View the full article

The impact that the High Line had on New York real estate can teach architects "a really good lesson" on the need to manage gentrification, says Elizabeth Diller in the second part of our exclusive video interview at the RIBA International Conference. Read more View the full article

Design graduate Ailsa Inglis has created a menstrual cup aimed specifically at young girls, with the aim of normalising alternative period products. Read more View the full article

Jasper Morrison's first interior design project in Japan is a Tokyo shop that mimics the layout of a typical house and garden. Read more View the full article

These new images by British photographer Paul Raftery reveal the post-Soviet-era architecture that can be found in Kazakhstani capital Astana, which is hosting the world expo this year. Read more View the full article

Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for a digital content and social media editor to join London's Serpentine Galleries, which commissioned architect Diébédo Francis Kéré to create this year's summer pavilion. More › View the full article

A proposal to construct self-sufficient cities that would operate outside of national borders sparked a discussion between readers around governance and regulation in this weeks comments update. Read more View the full article

Wisconsin company Three Square Market is offering microchip implants to all of its workers, enabling them to make purchases and log into computers with the wave of a hand. Read more View the full article

Dezeen has teamed up with Oak Publishing to give away five copies of The Red Thread: Nordic Design – a comprehensive look at objects designed "for a practical lifestyle" from Scandinavia and Finland. Read more View the full article

A Kickstarter campaign is raising money to rerelease a set of influential manuals that offer precise guides to designing for human comfort. Read more View the full article

Architects should be more proactive in driving forward development proposals, says architect Elizabeth Diller in this exclusive video interview Dezeen filmed at the RIBA International Conference in London. Read more View the full article

One of Sydney's only examples of brutalist architecture has been given a second chance, after a court ruled against the government decision not to heritage list it. Read more View the full article

These medals designed by Philippe Starck split into four, allowing winning Olympic athletes to share their success with their families. Read more View the full article

Dezeen promotion: ahead of the launch of the V&A's new design museum in Dundee next year, the organisation has created an online platform to showcase the work of emerging Scottish designers. Read more View the full article