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Modernist designer Enzo Mari has given Berlin-based CUCULA the rights to redesign and sell his Autoprogettazione furniture to raise funds for its refugee support programme (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

The owner of a construction company in Houston has collaborated with Seattle architects Suyama Peterson Deguchi to create a Japanese-influenced home that she built for herself. Read more View the full article

The cave-like stone interior of this former stable on Tinos Island, Greece, has been renovated by architect Ioannis Exarchou to create a small holiday house (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

The three pieces in the Samt Rau collection by Hamburg-based designer Natalie Weinmann are made from natural stone and solid oak with their potential uses left open to interpretation by the individual (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

In the first in a series of Dezeen movies about the 2013 World Architecture Festival and Inside Festival, programme director Paul Finch introduces the events and gives a recap of last year's winning projects. (more...) View the full article

British designer Vivienne Westwood has said that "we haven't got time to talk about fashion" in light of the climate crisis, and is instead calling for a ban on private land ownership with her One World Rent campaign. Read more

Design gallery The Future Perfect is exhibiting weird and wonderful ceramic homeware and accessories across its locations in Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco. Read more View the full article

Dezeen promotion: the Wood Awards: Excellence in Architecture and Product Design is inviting architects and designers in the UK to submit entries for this year's competition. (more…)

A darkened brick tower and a glass volume form this extension by Gundry & Ducker, added to the rear of a north London residence to create a kitchen and living room with garden views. Read more View the full article

This simple armchair with a wooden base and upholstered body by Italian designer Emilio Nanni will debut in Milan next month. (more…)

Mexican firm Santos Bolivar Architects has given the red-block buildings that form this inn reflective bottoms to make it seem like they are floating above the arid landscape in Valle de Guadalupe. Read more

The architect of this Portuguese residence describes it as a grey house with a black backpack (photos by Fernando Guerra). (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Platform: in this movie Royal College of Art graduate Sarah Colson presents her Portrait Machine, an interactive tool that allows her to create layered portraits using a sheet of glass, acetate and a distortion lens. Watch the movie » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Thinking about making your next career move? Here are five promising architecture and design job opportunities, including positions at Soho House and India Mahdavi. Read more View the full article

Central Saint Martins graduate Keyi Chen has reinterpreted everyday desk accessories as stress-relieving devices called Inte-rest-ing that encourage people who work long hours to play at their desks. Read more

Opinion: now we buy everything from Amazon, where does that leave the counterculture? A new attempt to revive the spirit of the Whole Earth Catalog is "about as counter-cultural as a Happy Meal," argues Justin McGuirk. (more...) View the full article

Marcus Field spent six years in an off-grid home. With architecture's contribution to carbon emissions in the spotlight and children striking against climate change, he asks if climate activists are prepared for the sacrifices needed to live sustainably. Read more

London Design Festival 2013: Royal College of Art graduate Bilge Nur Saltik has designed a collection of minimal white plates, bowls and cups that tip backwards and forwards, revealing a flash of fluorescent pink on their undersides (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for a middleweight industrial designer at Industrial Facility, which created a modular seating system for US furniture brand Herman Miller (pictured). Read more stories about Industrial Facility or browse more architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

Steven Holl Architects has completed a concrete public library in New York's Long Island City featuring large irregular windows that offer views of the waterfront and Manhattan. Read more

The American Institute of Architects has expressed "deep concern" that US president Donald Trump's travel restrictions are damaging the country's architecture and construction industries. Read more View the full article

In the second of our three exclusive video interviews with Iris van Herpen for Virtual Design Festival, the Dutch fashion designer explains how working with architects has informed her approach to textile design and led to her working on a full-scale museum extension last year. Read more View the full article

Orange-tinted acrylic tubes and tree bark are among the objects that Sam Jacob Studio has piled up on the shelves inside this London office. Read more View the full article

New York design studio Snarkitecture is celebrating a decade of projects with an exhibition at the National Building Museum in Washington DC, which includes a white gabled house and a kidney-shaped ball pit. Read more View the full article

New York designer Bec Brittain has created lights with candy-coloured stands, ivory glass shades and decorative strips of suede for her latest collection. Read more View the full article