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This week's Dezeen Mail includes monks levitating over a Mailītis Architects-designed wind tunnel in China and a performance-tracking smart condom. Subscribe to Dezeen Mail › View the full article

Passengers flying on US airline Delta will be able to eat their in-flight meals from tableware by designers Patricia Urquiola, Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, and Humberto and Fernando Campana from next month. Read more View the full article

Dezeen is giving away five copies of Where They Create: Japan, a book documenting the workspaces of some of Japan's leading creatives, including Kengo Kuma, Nendo, Tadao Ando and Toyo Ito. Read more View the full article

OMA has used sprayed concrete, polycarbonate and movable walls to transform four warehouses on Dubai's Alserkal Avenue into a cultural centre. Read more View the full article

A modular sofa called Homework, a recycled wombat, and a bedside table that doubles as a drinks trolley feature in Alexander Lotersztain's new furniture brand targeting the millennial generation. Read more View the full article

In the next movie in our Bolon at Heart video series, Cappellini director Giulio Cappellini reveals how the Italian brand is experimenting with a new material by Swedish flooring company Bolon to upholster furniture. Read more View the full article

The Conran Shop has partnered with Vitra to produce a limited-edition Eames Lounge Chair with an updated shell and upholstery. Read more View the full article

American firm Modal Design has created a studio building for a video art collector in California, which features an angular roof and multi-tonal zinc cladding. Read more View the full article

Boston architecture firm NADAAA has remodelled a 1920s Virginia residence by extending the attic, adding large windows, and using plywood sheets to arrange the internal layout. Read more View the full article

This renovated Manhattan apartment by Russian architect Peter Kostelov features tucked-away furniture that pulls out to suit the needs of its user. Read more View the full article

The Dubai Frame is due to open later this year – even though an ongoing lawsuit filed by its architect, Fernando Donis, alleges the design is stolen. Read more View the full article

Tel Aviv brand Iota will make its Milan Design Week debut next month with a collection of petal-like poufs, stools and rugs crocheted from bespoke yarns. Read more View the full article

The developer behind plans for New York's tallest timber-framed building, designed by SHoP Architects, has axed the project. Read more View the full article

International architecture firm Kohn Pedersen Fox has revealed plans for a supertall skyscraper in Miami, which will match Foster + Partners' twin towers at the city's maximum height limit. Read more View the full article

Estonia's e-residency programme suggests how passports could more accurately reflect the rich and complex nature of identity, says Dan Hill, following the launch of our Brexit passport design competition. Read more View the full article

Boxy volumes with blue undersides shelter terraces in this deep-ocean research centre in Shenzhen, China, designed by Open Architecture to have sea-like features. Read more View the full article

Six radical designs for the Moscow skyline – proposed in the wake of the October Revolution, but never built – are showcased in an exhibition opening today at London's Design Museum. Read more View the full article

British designer Lee Broom is celebrating his studio's 10th anniversary with a brutalism-inspired grandfather clock, which he will launch during this year's Milan design week. Read more View the full article

KC Design Studio has updated a 3.7-metre-wide house in Taiwan with a perforated facade and lightwell to combat the lack of daylight in the island's dense neighbourhoods. Read more View the full article

Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for a London-based industrial designer to work with Marc Newson, whose recent designs include a pair of limited-edition Air Max trainers that celebrated the shoe's 30th birthday. More › View the full article

Hungarian designer Krisztina Czika's cups might resemble familiar IKEA mugs but they're actually made from human hair embedded in wax. Read more View the full article

American firm Un.Box Studio has used low-maintenance materials to create a simple, lakeside cabin in Texas surrounded by cypress trees and a verdant lawn. Read more View the full article

Architect, photographer and artist Dan Hogman has chosen 12 favourites from his collection of ink sketches depicting buildings and streetscapes. Read more View the full article

A series of gallery spaces will open in and around Zaha Hadid Architects' High Line-adjacent 520 West 28th residential building in New York. Read more View the full article

Chinese brand Nio has announced it will bring a fully autonomous electric car to the market in the next three years, but has offered a preview of its plans with a concept vehicle on show at the SXSW event in Texas. Read more View the full article