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Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all our readers! Here's a photograph our editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs took of snowy La Plagne in France. Love from the Dezeen team x View the full article

This kit by Royal College of Art graduate Heeju Kim uses sweets to recreate the tongue-tying experience of living with autism. Read more View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Satellite Architects has designed a gridded structure filled with mirrors and vegetation for the entrance to designjunction's event during this year's London Design Festival. (more…) View the full article

This short movie by Danish animator Thallis Vestergaard traces the history of the bicycle from its invention in the eighteenth century up to the present day (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

Hidden at the bottom of a London garden, this glowing shed by British studio Weston, Surman & Deane was designed as a writing retreat for an author (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Wooden boxes on wheels fold open to reveal beds inside this minimal apartment in Bolzano, Italy, by Harry Thaler Studio (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

IKEA, Habitat and Heal's are among the brands named in PETA's first Vegan Homeware Awards, which recognise the best cruelty-free designs for the home. Read more View the full article

It's the time of year for graduate shows and summer workshops, and our World Design Guide update picks out the New Designers exhibition in London and Domaine des Boisbuchet classes in rural France. (more...) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: the winners of this year's AHEAD Asia awards include a Four Seasons spa in Seoul, a hotel lobby that acts as a learning hub for mixologists, and a modern interpretation of a traditional Japanese guest house. Read more View the full article

Milan 2012: Dutch designers Scholten & Baijings showed a varied service based on the archives of hand-painted porcelain company 1616 Arita Japan at Spazio Rossana Orlandi in Milan last week. (more…) View the full article

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

The loft space of an art nouveau building in Strasbourg, France has been converted into this light-filled two-storey apartment. Read more View the full article

Architect Rob Mills has built a weekend retreat beside Australia's Great Ocean Road, with a simple interior that allows the view to take centre stage. Read more View the full article

Milan 2012: in Milan earlier this month Zaha Hadid paid a surprise visit to Dezeen Studio at MOST to chat to us about her Secret Garden installation, some of the other projects she has in the pipeline and her impression of this year’s furniture fair. (more…) View the full article

Ilse Crawford, Gitta Gschwendtner and Roksanda Ilinčić are among six female designers that have created artworks for an exhibition at 2 Willow Road, the London house that belonged to architect Ernö Goldfinger. Read more View the full article

A glazed building by Kohn Pedersen Fox that swoops upward on one side has been revealed for a proposed tech campus in Detroit, Michigan. Read more View the full article

Furniture by designers including Joyce Wang and Mario Tsai is on show at this Shanghai exhibition organised by contemporary art and design platform The Artling. Read more View the full article

New photos reveal the glassy exterior and thin sculpted form of Madison Square Park Tower, a 65-storey apartment building by US firm Kohn Pedersen Fox that is slated to open this year. Read more View the full article

Daily coronavirus briefing: today's architecture and design coronavirus briefing includes converting buildings into hospitals, a public health artwork campaign and an Elon Musk donation. Read more View the full article

Bangkok designer Apiwat Chitapanya has created a collection for specialist brass furniture brand Masaya that emulates Chinese ink paintings through the process of lost-wax casting. Read more

News: Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic passenger spacecraft broke the sound barrier during its first rocket-powered flight in California yesterday. (more...) View the full article

Dark woodwork, navy-blue upholstered wall panels and plaid concrete flooring feature at this restaurant in Atlanta, which design studio Workstead completed for lifestyle magazine Garden & Gun to capture an "elegant mix of old and new". Read more View the full article

Los Angeles studio Commune has used plaster walls, wood built-ins and terracotta tile floors to create a rustic feel inside this bakery in Santa Monica. Read more View the full article

Apartments in this raw concrete block in Tokyo by architects Key Operation feature indoor balconies that look over both the street and internal stairwells, so neighbours can see who’s coming and going. (more…) View the full article

For his graduate collection at the London College of Fashion, menswear designer Harikrishnan has matched cropped tailored jackets with billowing latex trousers to create exaggerated silhouettes. Read more View the full article