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Three design students have created a purposefully awkward chair that encourages sitters into a slump to highlight the long-term effects of slouching. (more…) View the full article

Opinion: when it comes to headline-grabbing proposals, Bjarke Ingels and BIG are becoming increasingly hard to beat – and increasingly divisive among critics. Aaron Betsky explains why he's part of the BIG fan club. (more…) View the full article

Foster + Partners, BIG and Grimshaw Architects have won a competition to design a trio of pavilions for the 2020 Expo, which will be held in Dubai. (more…) View the full article

The interior of this former council-owned house in north London has been given a modern makeover by local studio Archmongers to create brighter spaces with colourful accents (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Brooklyn has seen a sharp jump in the number of architecture and design jobs, according to new figures that show creative employment has almost doubled in the borough over four years. (more…) View the full article

German Airbus subsidiary APWorks has unveiled a 3D-printed motorbike that features an "organic exoskeleton" based on natural growth (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Visualisation artist Forbes Massie has exhibited a series of architectural renderings with a painterly rather than photorealistic aesthetic at the Protein Studios gallery in east London (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

World Heritage Corb: one of the most important buildings by architect Le Corbusier from the 17 that have been to UNESCO's World Heritage List is Villa Savoye, the top-heavy weekend retreat created as a Modernist version of the French country house (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

The PK6 and PK7 chair and sofa designed by Brazilian architect Paulo Kobylka are made from industrial metal screens (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Arkansas studio deMx Architecture took cues from historic architecture while designing this two-storey modern addition to a local house. Read more View the full article

Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for a retail interior designer for Paul Smith, who previously commissioned 6a Architects to create a cast-iron facade for a London store (pictured). Read more stories about Paul Smith or browse more architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

A+Awards: designed as a series of interconnected voids, this house in Singapore by local firm Park+Associates Architects won a 2016 Architizer A+Award. Read more View the full article

This smart denim jacket, revealed at the 2017 SXSW conference by Dutch fashion designer Pauline van Dongen, strokes the wearer's back in response to touch. Read more View the full article

Dutch designer Jólan van der Wiel has created a water-filled seat made of dozens of pipes that store and circulate raindrops. Read more View the full article

This flat-packed light by Nendo is made from a single piece of conductive paper, which can be rolled up to create a handheld torch in emergency situations. Read more View the full article

Dezeen is hiring! We are recruiting for a number of positions at our award-winning team in London, including a managing editor and a design editor on our editorial team, plus two interns and a sales rep. Read on for more details... Read more View the full article

Tall shoots of bamboo rise through the central atrium of a new Apple Store completed by Foster + Partners in Chinese city Macau. Read more View the full article

Studio Ryte's Catssup collection can be attached to shelves or furniture to provide a world for cats to explore without compromising the human living space. Read more View the full article

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has announced the winners of its 2019 Honor Awards, which include David Adjaye's African American history museum, a preserved university building in Virginia, and BIG's adaptive reuse of a second-world-war bunker. Read more

Colorado firm Studio B has created a dwelling in the Rocky Mountains that features black wooden cladding, sharply pointed roofs and cosy rooms awash in natural light. Read more

Architects have an urgent mission, says Chris Precht, to bring food production back into the centre of our cities. Read more

Amsterdam-based duo Formafantasma and architectural materials brand Dzek collected volcanic ash from Mount Etna in Italy to glaze this "totally 1970s" collection of surface tiles. Read more

Wood-lined rooms, shaded corridors and water walkways are just some of the features that Hilarchitects has incorporated into this meditation space in north eastern China. Read more

London design studio Wallace Sewell will reissue the blanket originally designed by the Bauhaus's head of weaving Gunta Stölzl for its Dessau dormitories. Read more

This slideshow of images by photographer Ste Murray offers a closer look at the rocky canopy that forms this year's Serpentine Pavilion by Japanese architect Junya Ishigami. Read more