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Ace Hotel has revealed the first photos of its new venue in Kyoto, designed by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma and Los Angeles-based design studio Commune. Read more View the full article

Haberdashery introduces its contemporary lighting collection, Poetic Narratives, as part of VDF's collaboration with Ventura Projects. Read more View the full article

Influential design exhibitions platform Ventura Projects is to cease operating after ten years of organising exhibitions in Milan and other cities due to the impact of coronavirus. Read more View the full article

In our next movie focussing on the work of Richard Rogers, the British architect talks exclusively to Dezeen about the challenges of designing an interesting office building and explains how the new Leadenhall building in London, dubbed "the Cheesegrater", got its distinctive shape. (more...) View the full article

Unable to put on a graduate or end-of-year show this year? Partner with Virtual Design Festival to host a digital showcase of student work. Read more View the full article

Chinese architecture studio LLLab has designed a hotel on the outskirts of Beijing as a village-style complex of buildings made from local brick and slate. Read more View the full article

Milan 2016: rotating arms complete loops of copper to switch on these lights, which were designed by Odd Matter Studio to resemble electrical diagrams (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Studio Appétit has designed a range of chocolates for hotel goers to enjoy, including bars engraved with guests' initials and blocks that could be used to stage a treasure hunt. Read more View the full article

Lengths of delicately woven fabric were draped over metal skewers at this Tokyo exhibition about the tradition of hemp textiles in Japan (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Design studio Superflux has built a vision of a typical Singapore home in 2219, with features including homemade hunting tools, snorkelling equipment and a mini hydroponic farm. Read more View the full article

Chocolate appears to be dripping down the walls at this cafe in Opole, Poland, by interior designers Bro.Kat. (more…) View the full article

The first of a series of waterfront buildings that New York firm SHoP Architects is creating at the former Domino Sugar Factory in Williamsburg has opened. Read more View the full article

Rodman Paul Architects has overhauled a single-storey home on New York's Fire Island, opening up views from the living space to the swimming pool and bay beyond. Read more

Plans to overhaul the area surrounding Copenhagen's Bella Center – the location of biannual design fair Northmodern – aim to turn the neighbourhood into a year-round creative hub (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Japanese designer Yuta Takahashi created the pared-back packaging for these natural chocolate bars to reflect their simple ingredients (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen Screen: this movie by photographer Cristobal Palma shows a project installed by Clavel Arquitectos in a Shenzhen public square, where children playing on roundabouts generate electrical power for three spinning parasols. Watch the movie » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Swiss company Micro has released a retro-style electric car, motorcycle and scooter as part of its vision for near-future micro-transport in cities. Read more View the full article

The latest episode of Dezeen's Face to Face podcast features architectural designer John Pawson, who recounts his brief spell as a Buddhist monk, how Calvin Klein changed his life and explains how minimalism helps calm his "untidy mind". Read more View the full article

Dutch designer Richard Hutten and CEO of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation Andrew Morlet discuss the circular economy at Dezeen Day, about how designs can harness natural resources instead of jeopardising them. Read more View the full article

This desk lamp by Berlin studio Böttcher+Henssler for Slovenian lighting brand Vertigo Bird can be adjusted by sliding the aluminium tube through a hole in the maple base and kept in place by gravity alone. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2012: end-user collaboration and open-source production were hot topics in Milan this year. In this movie filmed at Dezeen Studio powered by Jambox at MOST, editor-in-chief of Domus magazine Joseph Grima discuses their influence on the design industry and how these themes played out in the Future in the Making exhibition that the magazine hosted in an eighteenth century Italian palazzo. (more…) View the full article

This teardrop shaped portable printer from Israeli studio Zuta Labs wirelessly prints documents from tablets, smartphones or desktop computers. (more...) View the full article

Dutch designer Dave Hakkens has devised a wind-powered oil press for making nuts and seeds into homemade oils (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Italian fashion house Giorgio Armani has staged its women's Autumn/Winter 2020 show in Milan without an audience for public health reasons as the coronavirus outbreak hit Italy. Read more View the full article

Icelandic fashion designer Sruli Recht has used translucent lambskin, stripy skunk fur, an ancient meteorite and fabric that can withstand mortar attacks in his latest menswear collection (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article