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Interview: in this exclusive interview designer Tom Dixon tells us why he decided to design his first watch - and how he wanted to make it easy to read the time (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

Female architects should "just wait a second" for pay equality according to Santiago Calatrava, who entertained an audience in London by drawing naked women and explaining how his wife had supported his career. Read more View the full article

Movie: in our final video interview with Hella Jongerius, the Dutch designer explains why she prefers to work with a small group of clients and says that building a long-term relationship with a company is a more sustainable way of working than designing collections for different brands each year. (more...) View the full article

Workspaces are differentiated from circulation space by sections of contrasting monochrome paintwork in this Perth studio designed and occupied by Australian firm Post- (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

An industrial robot has tattooed a person's leg for what the designers claim is the first time in history (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

This flat-packed delivery truck is designed to be easily disassembled and packed away in under 12 hours (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Bblur Architecture has won approval to wrap a giant slide around the Anish Kapoor-designed ArcelorMittal Orbit sculpture in London's Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. (more…) View the full article

A giant glass and steel doughnut that will transport passengers up and down a 162-metre-high pole is undergoing final tests ahead of its opening later this summer, according to designer Marks Barfield Architects. (more…) View the full article

This week, readers have been won over by a fire station in Antwerp which looks exactly like a fire station. Read more View the full article

Opinion: municipal architects helped create some of 20th-century Europe's best cityscapes and buildings, says Owen Hatherley. It's time for them to return. (more…) View the full article

Rapper Kanye West has declared his ambitions to design for Ikea and called for the Swedish company to collaborate with him on a furniture range. (more…) View the full article

Comments update: Pritzker Prize-winning architect Philip Johnson was an impassioned supporter of Nazism, according to a new book, but should this change our appreciation of his architecture? (more…) View the full article

We don't all need to become vegan to create a sustainable and biodiverse future, in fact quite the opposite, argues designer Sebastian Cox, in response to Erez Nevi Pana's suggestion that vegan design can limit climate change. Read more

In this exclusive interview, British fashion designer Paul Smith shows Dezeen his new exhibition at London's Design Museum, which contains a room "nicknamed the paracetamol room, because by the time you come out you'll probably need an aspirin" (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

Opinion: it's time for designers to start thinking more like businesspeople, says Bradford Shellhammer, creator of new design e-commerce site Bezar and co-founder of Fab. (more…) View the full article

British designer Tom Dixon discusses how the digitalisation of manufacturing processes is enabling young designers to take production into their own hands in this movie Dezeen filmed at MOST in Milan. (more...) View the full article

Gaetano Pesce implores young designers to consider how to address social issues through their work, which he says has a greater capacity to communicate with people than art, in our latest collaboration with Friedman Benda for VDF. Watch from 11:00am UK time. Read more View the full article

Are the designs for a "restrained" Beijing skyscraper a step in the right direction for Zaha Hadid Architects? In this week's comments update, readers are claiming the firm is better when it tones down the curves. Read more View the full article

Zaha Hadid 1950-2016: Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs followed the career of the late Zaha Hadid for almost 20 years. Here, he gives a personal tribute. (more…) View the full article

Zaha Hadid 1950-2016: Zaha Hadid was "part of a mini-rebellion" as a student at London's Architectural Association, setting the tone for the career that followed, says Nicholas Boyarsky, son of former AA director Alvin Boyarsky. In this exclusive interview, he shares some of the drawings from his father's collection, and remembers growing up under Hadid's influence. (more…) View the full article

Opinion: Zaha Hadid, who died unexpectedly this week, deserves to be recognised as one of architecture's greats. But she was also difficult, even when you were on her side, remembers Amanda Baillieu. (more…) View the full article

Comments update: readers are reflecting on the life and work of Zaha Hadid after the Pritzker Prize-winning architect died suddenly aged 65 last week. (more…) View the full article

Dezeenwire: 321,320 people visited the 50th Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan last week, an 8% increase on last year, according to organisers Cosmit. See the full figures below. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: as the September 11 Memorial nears completion in New York, architecture critic Rowan Moore examines the political and professional infighting that continues to dominate the rebuilding of the World Trade Centre site - The Observer </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: Alice Rawsthorn interviews humanitarian architect Nathaniel Corum, who designed the cabin of the Plastiki boat made of plastic bottles (see our earlier story) - New York Times </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article