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Opinion: Mythbusters may not have been obviously about design, but its high-octane science experiments made viewers think more about the material world than any other TV show, says Will Wiles. (more…) View the full article

Fashion designer Raf Simons has announced that he is becoming co-creative director of Italian label Prada, where he will work alongside Miuccia Prada. Read more View the full article

There are 207 interior-design projects on the longlist for the inaugural Dezeen Awards, including a revamp of a house built by Frank Gehry, a loft apartment in a former tank station and the offices of IKEA's creative team. Read more View the full article

Designer Neri Oxman has apologised to her students at MIT Media Lab for accepting funds from the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Read more

This week on Dezeen, Dyson crafted 44 engineering challenges for children during the coronavirus lockdown and Frank Lloyd Wright residences opened their doors for virtual tours. Read more View the full article

New York firms Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Rockwell Group have completed The Shed, a cultural centre in Manhattan's Hudson Yards, featuring a retractable roof that can be moved to form a performance area. Read more

Six students from the Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey in Mexico have designed low-cost solar lamps made from mud, beans and cactus slime for people living in isolated rural areas with limited electricity. Read more View the full article

A stainless steel wall with rose-tinted windows sits at the centre of the Wellsky store in Hangzhou, China, designed by Xian Xiang Design. Read more

Dutch architects MVRDV have unveiled plans for an 18-storey tower in Poznań, Poland, with staggered floors like a giant staircase. (more…) View the full article

Venice Architecture Biennale 2014: this year's biennale avoids contemporary architecture and has "nothing to do with design," curator Rem Koolhaas said yesterday while conducting a preview tour.(more...) View the full article

We've reached 500,000 followers on Twitter, which happens to be the first social-media platform we ever joined! To celebrate, London-based designer Jack Bedford has created this illustration for us. If you don't already, follow us here for all the latest breaking news, projects and reader comments from Dezeen. View the full article

To coincide with this year's London Design Festival, we've selected the top architecture and design vacancies based in London on Dezeen Jobs, including roles at Tom Dixon and White Arkitekter. Read more

Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto has released images of a conceptual masterplan for an anonymous Middle Eastern city comprising tapering towers of stacked arches cooled by waterfalls (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Tbilisi designer Max Machaidze and writer Zurab Jishkariani have produced animated videos to accompany nine music tracks by KayaKata, the hip-hop band they lead. Read more View the full article

Stray balls aren’t a problem on the rooftop tennis court of this sports centre in western Poland by PL.architekci, thanks to the cage that covers the building (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Berlin-based architect Sigurd Larsen designed these two larch-clad homes as a sustainable and affordable model for an "organic" housing development in Hvalsø, Denmark. Read more View the full article

Our selection of the most promising visualisation positions on Dezeen Jobs includes vacancies at architecture studios Adjaye Associates and Foster + Partners. Read more View the full article

We've selected five interior design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs this week, including vacancies at London interior design studio Joyce Wang and French architecture firm Nicolas Laisné Architectes. Read more View the full article

London design duo Doshi Levien built a series of interconnected spaces filled with scaled-up versions of the models made in its studio for this year's Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair. Read more View the full article

Our new Pinterest board is dedicated to houses built predominantly from glass, including the new Mecanoo house that is partially submerged in a lake and a house framed by a red steel structure. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›

S/LAB has placed an office with mismatched interiors for property development company Mantab behind a golden folding facade on a quiet street in Kuala Lumpur. Read more

Dezeen Watch Store: the latest version of the VOID V03 watch by David Ericsson features an alarm and date function and comes with a leather strap. The watch is available in two colours: white (above) and black. Get yours online for £220 with free shipping worldwide. (more…) View the full article

Opinion: in this week's column, Sam Jacob investigates how flip flops from a street market have taken their place alongside placards and banners as objects of protest in the recent Bangkok election demonstrations. (more...) View the full article

We continue or high-tech architecture series by looking at Foster Associates' Willis Faber & Dumas building, a revolutionary office block in Ipswich, which was completed in 1975. Read more View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Fentress Architects is inviting entries to its annual Fentress Global Challenge – a competition that tasks students with designing an airport terminal for the year 2100. Read more View the full article