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A brick wall conceals the majority of this two-storey house that Phillips Tracey Architects has slotted between a pair of heritage-listed buildings in south London (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This mirror with blurry edges reflects a rather dreamy image of its surroundings. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

French designer Jean-Sébastien Lagrange has created a cross between a poster and a lamp. (more...) View the full article

In this week's comments update, readers disagree with Vivienne Westwood that there should be a ban on private land ownership. Read more

New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art has created a virtual version of its About Time: Fashion and Duration exhibition, which has been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Read more View the full article

After his 3D rendering of a cloud-like armchair went viral on social media last year, Argentinian designer Andrés Reisinger has made the Hortensia chair a reality with the help of 20,000 fabric petals. Read more View the full article

Car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover has released its near-future Project Vector concept for an autonomous and electric multi-use vehicle, which is designed to contribute to safer and less polluted urban environments. Read more View the full article

An inflatable pavilion that looks like a soap bubble, by architects Plastique Fantastique, has been popping up around Copenhagen this month (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

A rhomboid-shaped roof creates sheltered terraces around the edges of this Australian house, which is arranged over three parallel terraces on a hillside in a nature reserve near Melbourne (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Room dividers composed of hollow terracotta bricks frame the products within this home decor showroom in the northwestern Indian city of Amritsar. Read more View the full article

Rhode Island School of Design student Yangyang Ding has created a series of metal instruments to help Mandarin speakers pronounce difficult English sounds. Read more View the full article

Rainlight founder Yorgo Lykouria explains how a modular furniture system called BoxLife allows users to organise their living spaces, in a video produced by Dezeen for Scavolini as part of Virtual Design Festival. Read more View the full article

If for some reason you’d like to draw pictures with the bottom of your cup, Japanese designer Fumiaki Goto has made these little vessels with the same combination of ceramic and graphite used to make pencil lead. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Sports brand Adidas has accused fashion designer Marc Jacobs of producing "confusingly similar imitations" of its iconic three-stripe motif with sweatshirts bearing four stripes down each sleeve. (more…) View the full article

The best escape route from a meeting at the Denmark office of toy brand Lego is down a metal slide. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Luxury clothes brand Tommy Hilfiger has released a range of "smart clothing", containing inbuilt Bluetooth chips that allow the item's movements to be tracked and users to be rewarded for wearing them. Read more View the full article

Mexican Dream is an exhibition of work by students and professors of the Tecnológico de Monterrey, which is being presented at VDF x Ventura Projects. Read more View the full article

Opinion: when the Tour Montparnasse was built in Paris, its residents were so appalled they banned all high-rises. Londoners should do something similar in the wake of Rafael Viñoly's walkie talkie, says Owen Hatherley. (more…) View the full article

Home rentals website Airbnb has created a multipurpose office space based on traditional Japanese interiors and neighbourhoods for its Tokyo employees (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

In response to increasing electrical waste, design graduate Kasey Hou has developed a flat-pack toaster that can be easily repaired if it breaks down. Read more View the full article

Frida Escobedo, Michel Rojkind and Tatiana Bilbao are among the Mexico City-based architects who have opened their studios to photographer Marc Goodwin for his latest set of images. Read more

Competition: we're now stocking the Minuteman timepieces with bioplastic cases by Hong Kong brand squarestreet at Dezeen Watch Store, and we have five for readers to win. (more...) View the full article

Orange-hued panels of weathering steel encase the upper storey of this house in South Korea, which is elevated above the treetops of its mountain forest setting (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

London architects Gundry & Ducker have added a blackened larch extension onto the rear of a Victorian terrace in south London. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

News that the world’s tallest building is to be constructed in just 90 days leads the latest issue of our weekly newsletter, which also features a 3D photo booth, an indoor cloud and all the latest news, jobs, competitions and reader comments from Dezeen. Read Dezeen Mail issue 129 | Subscribe to Dezeen Mail View the full article