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The pink seesaws installed across the US-Mexico border last summer by architect Rael San Fratello were smuggled into place, partner Virginia San Fratello has revealed. Read more View the full article

A feud that has previously seen Anish Kapoor banned from using the "world's pinkest pink" continues, with its creator Stuart Semple now prohibiting the artist from using his new colour-changing paint. Read more View the full article

Major development spurred on by the 2020 Tokyo Olympics has greatly reduced opportunities for smaller architecture studios in the city, according to Atelier Bow-Wow. 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

This week, commenters are divided over whether it's time for production to start again in Italy after factories closed in a bid to fight Covid-19. Read more View the full article

French graffiti artist Tilt has swamped one half of a Marseille hotel room in decoration, while the other half remains completely blank. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Citroën has released Ami, an electric car that will be available on a subscription service to city-dwellers as young as 14 years old as it doesn't require a driving license. Read more View the full article

A zigzag elevated walkway and a pavilion wrapped in bamboo by West-Line Studio in the province of Guizhou, China, has been revealed in new photos. Read more

Our job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is a call for senior landscape architects at Martha Schwartz Partners in London, whose projects include an artificial dune landscape for the Qatar Petroleum headquarters in Doha (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

In this movie made as part of our collaboration with print-on-demand publisher Blurb, we visit three of the world's leading 3D-printing companies and explain how we produced Print Shift, the 60-page magazine about 3D printing that we launched earlier today. (more...) View the full article

British studio Bennetts Associates has completed a house in a historic English town that is partly set into its sloping site and features a material palette chosen to complement the surrounding architecture (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Bubbling forms of silicone foam cover the furniture pieces in Chinese studio Lewu's Borrowing for Birth collection, which was launched at Design Shanghai this month. Read more

Movie: in the second of four movies filmed by Dezeen at the Royal College of Art graduate exhibition in London, leader of the Design Interactions course Tony Dunne talks about selected projects including mice with the DNA of Elvis and a prototype for a biological factory. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen Wire: here are the first images of the London 2012 Olympic Cauldron designed by Thomas Heatherwick, unveiled at the opening ceremony of the games tonight. (more…) View the full article

London Design Festival 2016: architect David Adjaye has won this year's London Design Medal, while industrial designer Kenneth Grange has been given an award for lifetime achievement. (more…) View the full article

Plants will be used to greenwash developments until landscape architecture is given a bigger role in urban planning says French landscape architect Céline Baumann. Read more View the full article

A single-storey studio at the bottom of the garden of a semi-detached house in London creates a separation between work and domestic life for its residents. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> 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

Architecture studio Kohn Pedersen Fox has completed the 190-metre-tall Scalpel skyscraper alongside the Lloyd's building at 52 Lime Street in the City of London. Read more View the full article

Milan 2012: Hackney-based organisation Technology Will Save Us believe everyone should understand how simple devices work, so at the Hacked Lab in Milan they hosted workshops that included a lesson in building an electronic musical instrument. (more…) View the full article

Digital platforms and AI could be the future of customising prefabricated modular housing if we are less wary of technology, says Patrik Schumacher. Read 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

News: London architect Zaha Hadid has unveiled plans for an 11-storey apartment block that will be constructed beside New York's popular High Line park. (more...) View the full article

Scroll on for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with Marcel Wanders, Matteo Thun & Partners and Starbucks, plus this is the last chance to apply for roles with Tom Dixon, Universal Design Studio, Heatherwick Studio and more… (more…) View the full article

Architecture practice Mutuus Studio used rustic materials and earth tones to create a "sense of timelessness and comfort" within a Seattle farm-to-table restaurant. Read more View the full article