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Chiselled, sawed and blackened wood, and hand-carved green marble and volcanic stone feature in Mexico City design studio EWE's latest furniture and homeware collection. Read more

Dezeen in Israel: designer Chanan de Lange exhibits two circular library bookshelves made from recycled school desks at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Lani Devine of Australian accessories label Her Royal Flyness has designed a colour-coordinated kit for jilted women, containing all the tools they need to take revenge on their ex-boyfriends in style. (more...) View the full article

Two ex-Samsung engineers from tech company CoreDAR have designed a tiny LiDAR device called Glamos that can turn any screen into an interactive, but touchless, touchscreen. Read more View the full article

Converting convention centres into coronavirus hospitals is the most efficient way to increase intensive-care capacity, according to James Hepburn of architect BDP, which helped convert London's ExCel centre into the 4,000-bed NHS Nightingale. Read more View the full article

British architects Grimshaw have completed an extension to the ExCeL convention centre in London with a bright yellow e-shaped entrance. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

As part of VDF's partnership with Stockholm Design Week, designer Monica Förster takes us on a tour of the exhibition Hyper Human at the Museum of Science and Technology in Stockholm. Read more View the full article

Music: artist Chloe Early contrasts concrete urbanism with lush landscapes to create a coming of age story in this music video for the song Iris (Hold Me Close) – one of 11 being premiered simultaneously for U2's latest album Songs of Innocence today. (more…) View the full article

Parasitic dwellings for homeless people would cling to the sides of lamp posts in this concept by British architecture graduate Milo Ayden De Luca (+ slideshow + movie). (more...) View the full article

Patrik Schumacher's court documents reveal the executors of Zaha Hadid's estate tried to have her name removed from the eponymous practice. Read more

Rio 2016: if you've been inspired to get active after watching this summer's Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, check out our new Pinterest board full of innovative sportswear designs including athletics apparel created from the same material as condoms and trainers made out of recycled ocean plastic. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest | See more sportswear in our archive View the full article

British architect Alison Brooks has won a competition to design a new quadrangle for a college at the University of Oxford. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen promotion: designers can now apply to exhibit their ideas for hotel rooms as part of Sleepotel at The Sleep Event in London this November. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A current show at New York's Center for Architecture reveals how several sub-Saharan African countries used modernist architecture to assert their identities, following a break from colonial rule in the 20th century. Read more View the full article

Heading to Miami next week? We've compiled a list of exhibitions to check out during the city's annual art week, alongside the major Art Basel and Design Miami events. Read more

Dezeen promotion: designjunction has announced a list of exhibitors for EDIT, taking place in the Brera design district of Milan next month. (more...) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Dutch company Organisation in Design has announced the designers and brands that will exhibit at Ventura Lambrate 2013 during the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan next month. (more...) View the full article

Hospitality entrepreneur Oliver Peyton has teamed up with Transit Studio to create a design-focused funeral parlour in west London, which aims to make clients more comfortable with the concept of death. Read more View the full article

Puerto Rican start-up Instarz has revealed plans for a compact self-sustainable lunar habitat that would allow astronauts to live and work on the moon for up to a year. Read more

Metal mittens, plates made from spoons and foraged clay bowls are among more than 500 pieces of cutlery and crockery created for the latest in a series of Experimental Gastronomy banquets. Read more View the full article

Tatiana Bilbao, Frida Escobedo and Fernanda Canales are among 32 architects and studios that have created low-cost housing designs as part of an innovative community development in Hidalgo, Mexico. Read more

Danish architects CEBRA have revealed their proposals for a science and technology centre within a former mineral water bottling plant in Copenhagen. (more…) View the full article

Over 1,000 architecture and heritage experts have called on France's president to reconsider plans to rebuild Notre-Dame before the Olympic Games in 2024, saying the reconstruction should be carried out "without haste". Read more

Architectural Association student Yvonne Weng has won the 2012 Foster + Partners Prize with designs that would allow scientists to live in the treetops of the Amazon rainforest. (more…) View the full article

This week we're showcasing a range of materials on our Pinterest account, including concrete, coloured glass and polycarbonate plastic. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›