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Benjamin Hubert's design agency Layer has created a new ergonomically-shaped change box with a tilted head for UK cancer charity Maggie's. (more…) View the full article

Aamodt Plumb Architects divided this prefabricated house in Texas into two wings to avoid felling a group of trees, covering one half in black-charred timber and the other in bright white stucco. (more…) View the full article

Kengo Kuma has rubbished claims by Zaha Hadid that his replacement design for her scrapped Tokyo Olympic stadium has "remarkable similarities". (more…) View the full article

This week on Dezeen: the automotive industry flocked to the Geneva Motor Show this week, where French manufacturer Bugatti unveiled what it described as the world's most powerful and fastest car. Meanwhile in California, Google's self-driving vehicle collided with a bus at walking pace. (more…) View the full article

London's Aram Gallery has put together an exhibition of conceptual products that highlight visitors' dependance on digital communication, including a selfie-taking robot and a plugin that reports on internet usage patterns (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Our US job of the week on the new and improved Dezeen Jobs website is for an architect/designer at Design, Bitches in Los Angeles, whose recent projects include Button Mash – an Asian-fusion restaurant and video arcade (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: Aileen Sage Architects has installed a swimming pool inside Australia's Biennale pavilion to symbolise the importance of this type of public space to the nation's cultural identity (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Our US job of the week on the new and improved Dezeen Jobs website is for an architect to work on affordable housing projects at New York-based Dattner Architects, which designed the mixed-use 425 Grand Concourse residential development in The Bronx (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

Argentinian architect Marcelo Del Torto has arranged a family home around a group of mature trees in a gated community in Buenos Aires Province (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Fashion brand Milly's logo freezes, grows flowers and is applied like body paint in this campaign by New York design studio Sagmeister & Walsh (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

US firm Chen + Suchart Studio has renovated and expanded a 1930s dwelling in Phoenix, Arizona, adding a metal-clad volume with a window wall and a pointy roof (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

BMW's latest concept motorbike claims to make accidents "a thing of the past". Read more View the full article

Hillary Clinton's plans to improve infrastructure in the USA weren't ambitious enough, but at least she had plans, says Aaron Betsky in this Opinion column. Read more View the full article

Researchers at Harvard University have designed a soft 3D-printed robot that can move on its own, powered by a chemical reaction, instead of electricity or batteries. Read more View the full article

A bright white canopy undulates above the glazed walls of this chapel outside Cape Town, framing views right through it to scenic mountains, vineyards and pomegranate orchards. Read more View the full article

To celebrate the long weekend, Dezeen Watch Store is giving readers 10 per cent off any watch on the website. Read 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

Electronics companies like Apple need to make their hardware easy for anyone to open up and take apart, according to design duo Formafantasma, who are pushing designers to prioritise recyclability following a two-year research project into e-waste. Read more View the full article

The headquarters of Facebook, Apple and Google feature in this series of relief sculptures by artists Ben Langlands and Nikki Bell. Read more View the full article

Skull-shaped vases and horse candleholders feature in a collection of ornate accessories designed for IKEA by Swedish ceramic and glass artist Per B Sundberg. Read more View the full article

Our updated Pinterest board showcases inventive shed design, including a converted 1930s outhouse and a shed-cum-painting studio in the Netherlands. Read more View the full article

Tower of Bricks is an art centre on the site of a former brickworks near Hengshui, China, featuring a brick-clad observation tower and vaulted exhibition spaces. Read more

German design studio BNAG encourages us to celebrate our flaws with a collection of lumpy nose vases and pink nipple clocks, exhibited as part of this year's Nomad collectible design fair. Read more

Code Concept subtly overhauled this old steam engine shop just outside Stockholm to create a showroom for Swedish furniture brand Fogia, adding a series of deconstructable display fixtures to its interiors. Read more

This set of highly realistic renderings unveil a cabin that American studio WOJR has designed for a forest clearing in Massachusetts, featuring a large pyramidal metal roof set on concrete block walls. Read more