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Extra Moooi: in our next movie for Moooi, co-founder Marcel Wanders introduces the new floor-standing version of Raimond Puts' classic lamp featuring hundreds of LEDs sandwiched between stainless steel strips. (more…) View the full article

This towering Seoul residence created by South Korean architect Moon Hoon for a photographer and his mother, features a relief-patterned facade punctured by small windows. Read more View the full article

Surfaces appear to be stitched together with thick black thread in this fantasy bar and restaurant interior by Polish designer Karina Wiciak. (more...) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: a concrete grocery store converted into a boutique hotel and a series of remote timber-frame cabins on the Namibian coast are some of the projects shortlisted in the 2019 AHEAD MEA awards. Read more

The UK's National Heath Service has put a call out to find and fund "innovators who can support the elderly, vulnerable and self-isolating" during the coronavirus outbreak. Read more View the full article

A Stockholm apartment once owned by Abba's manager has been dressed with all-new furniture and used to stage an intimate theatrical performance. Read more View the full article

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

Benjamin Hubert and his studio Layer have designed Bang & Olufsen's sculptural Beosound Balance speaker, which has a two-part structure made from wood and textile. Read more View the full article

Spanish architecture studio Lucas y Hernández-Gill used powdery walls and pastel-hued fixtures to reflect the sweet treats on offer in this cafe in Madrid. Read more View the full article

Designed in Hackney: the Pigeon Light by Ed Carpenter is next up in our Designed in Hackney showcase of design talent from the London borough that Dezeen calls home. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Adjaye Associates has unveiled plans to transform a collection of post-war buildings opposite The Ritz hotel in central London into a hotel and apartment complex. (more…)

Movie: Dezeen goes behind the scenes at the factory where the fibreglass blocks that comprise BIG's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion were made in this exclusive video produced for material manufacturer Fiberline. (more…) View the full article

American firm LOHA has unveiled plans for an affordable housing complex in Los Angeles, comprising stacks of shipping containers arranged on a triangular site near a busy highway interchange. Read more View the full article

Dezeen in Israel: we’ve noticed a big increase in interesting design coming out of Israel in recent years, so last week we visited Tel Aviv to see recent projects from both established local designers and recent graduates of schools in this up-coming design nation. We’ll publish our pick of the best projects over the next few days, but in the meantime we’ve grouped together all our stories about furniture and products designed in Israel. See all the stories » You can also watch Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs and Tel Aviv-born designer Shay Alkalay discussing the rise of design in Israel in a movie we filmed in Cologne earlier this year. Watch the movie » </img…

A steel framework covered in white mesh provides shading and privacy to the street frontage of this office building in Deinze, Belgium by CAAN Architects (+ slideshow). (more…)

Diners can climb into wooden booths modelled on railway carriages in the second Fabbrica pizzeria completed by Dutch design studio Tjep. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A barrel-vaulted roof sits atop this family holiday home, completed by architect Mats Fahlander over the rocky terrain of a Swedish national park (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Layer has developed a concept for an autonomous ride-sharing service based on airplane cabins, that avoids the guilt of booking single passenger journeys without compromising on privacy. Read more View the full article

The president of the Royal Institute of British Architects has temporarily stepped down from his role due to personal reasons. Read more View the full article

Video sharing app Snapchat has made its first foray into hardware with a pair of glasses that allow users to wirelessly send clips without touching their phone (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Grey upholstery helped architecture studio Precht bring a "human touch" to the interior of this data office in Beijing, which features black walls and white zigzag desks. Read more View the full article

Dezeen promotion: design studio Nadadora has created a swivelling lounge chair for Spanish brand Sancal featuring a deep concave seat based on the shell of a tortoise. Read more View the full article

Dezeen Screen: this movie shows how French studio FREAKS freearchitects stuck huge dimension arrows onto the facade of a building by architects Oscar Niemeyer and Jean Prouvé in Paris in a bid to educate the general public about the importance of architecture. Watch the movie » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Vittorio Gregotti, the Italian architect who designed Palermo's ZEN neighbourhood and the Barcelona Olympic Stadium, has passed away at the age of 92 from coronavirus. Read more View the full article

Organisers of Milan's Salone del Mobile will meet this afternoon to decide whether to proceed with this year's furniture fair, cancel it or postpone it due to Italy's coronavirus outbreak. Read more View the full article