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Paola Antonelli, senior curator of architecture and design at The Museum of Modern Art in New York, will give a keynote speech at Dezeen Day, our new international architecture and design conference taking place in London on 30 October. Read more

South African designer Porky Hefer has extended his collection of hanging chairs at this year's Design Miami with a series of leathery seats that each represent a different molecular compound. Read more View the full article

To celebrate the beginning of spring and warmer weather, we have updated our plant-covered buildings Pinterest board with images from recent projects where botany is considered alongside architecture. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest or visit our updated board to see more. Read more View the full article

Architects including Junya Ishigami, Elizabeth Diller and Shohei Shigematsu are speaking at the inaugural The World Around architecture forum today. Watch the conference live from 10:30am New York time. Read more View the full article

Japanese studio Hibinosekkei has added a small wooden playhouse to a kindergarten in the city of Saga to encourage independent domestic role play. Read more View the full article

This library by London architects Studio Egret West looks like a row of books (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Danish firms Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects and Gottlieb Paludan Architects have won a competition to design the world's largest waste-to-energy power plant in China (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Norwegian architects Snøhetta have submitted plans for a Maggie’s Centre to provide cancer care facilities in Aberdeen, Scotland. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Architecture firm Scott Brownrigg has developed a concept for a pod with a transparent divider to allow people to meet vulnerable relatives safely, plus today's other design-related coronavirus news. Read more View the full article

Design studio Space Popular will speak to Dezeen in a live Screentime conversation sponsored by Enscape as part of Virtual Design Festival. Read more View the full article

The late Zaha Hadid's first building in the Arab world, Iran's largest pedestrian bridge and a floating school in Nigeria are among the 19 projects competing to win $1 million in the 2016 Aga Khan Award for Architecture (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

US President Donald Trump has suggested that his controversial wall proposed for the country's border with Mexico could be covered with solar panels, to provide cheap energy and help foot the bill. Read more View the full article

Japanese fashion label Issey Miyake has released its second collection featuring graphics created by influential designer Ikko Tanaka. Read more View the full article

This cross-shaped chapel in Brazil was designed by architect Gustavo Penna (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

With new restaurants opening in London all the time, Dezeen editor-at-large Amy Frearson picks out eight where the interior design is just as interesting as what's on the menu. Read more View the full article

Visitors to a former church in the Italian city of Spoleto will encounter a mirror that uses artificial intelligence and facial recognition to build an otherworldly image of themselves. Read more

VDF products fair: Social Factor is a graphic carpet collection designed by Milliken to support physical distancing in the workplace in light of the coronavirus pandemic. Read more View the full article

Design studio Mira has invented an automated camera system for museums, sports arenas and other public venues that enables visitors to get the perfect shot for social media without the use of their personal devices. Read more View the full article

In a rare interview, German designer Dieter Rams has called for a return to well-made, long-lasting products, even if it comes at the expense of design innovation. Read more View the full article

The overhaul of the brutalist Park Hill housing estate in Sheffield, England, is another of the six projects nominated for the 2013 Stirling Prize (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Daily coronavirus briefing: today's architecture and design coronavirus briefing includes quarantine trains, engineering challenges for children and a fundraising auction for a Milan hospital. Read more View the full article

Movie: Dezeen takes a tour of the inaugural West End Design District during this year's London Design Festival, taking in highlights including the Sanderson hotel, shoe designer Tracey Neuls' store and the Republic of Fritz Hansen showroom. (more...) View the full article

Dezeen and MINI World Tour: in our first movie from the German capital, DMY Berlin founder Joerg Suermann shows us around his favourite neighbourhood of Kreuzberg and tells us why he believes the relaxed atmosphere and low cost of living that attracts many designers to the city can also trap them there. (more...) View the full article

There are only four days left to enter Dezeen Awards 2020. To help you with your entry, we've asked some of our judges what they’ll be looking for in this year's submissions. Read more View the full article

An iron staircase reminiscent of structural trusses connects the two floors of this house in Milan by Italian architects Roberto Murgia and Valentina Ravara (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article