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An ancient Chinese courtyard garden tucked away in the hutongs of Beijing provides the setting for seasonal installations at curated design shop WUHAO. (more…) View the full article

Brexit design summit: the UK's creative industries should come together to produce a manifesto explaining the benefits they bring the whole country, designers have suggested. (more…) View the full article

This week on Dezeen: Apple's Jonathan Ive (pictured) accused contemporary designers of losing interest in how things are made this week, while the United Arab Emirates revealed plans for a manmade mountain in an attempt to increase the country's rainfall. (more…) View the full article

Barcelona graphic design company Lo Siento has created a set of sculptural letters that can be read from all sides (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

New York City has released a report detailing a proposal to redesign the "vulnerable" shoreline of the city's Lower Manhattan neighbourhoods, in order to make it more resilient to rising sea levels caused by climate change. Read more

The bell tower of this monastery on the outskirts of Valencia features a ridged surface and darker tone that helps it stand out from the adjoining buildings (+ slideshow). (more…)

News: Frank Gehry's arts centre for a cultural foundation established by fashion brand Louis Vuitton is nearing completion in the Jardin d'Acclimatation, Paris. (more...) View the full article

Art-activist group The Illuminator has protested the US government's response to the coronavirus pandemic by projecting calls to action onto a New York skyscraper. Read more View the full article

The Venice Biennale manifesto of Grafton Architects is proof that vapid commentary can diminish great architecture, says Owen Hatherley. Read more View the full article

Comments update: is Richard Rogers right to gift his seminal Wimbledon home to the Harvard Graduate School of Design? Read on for more on this and other most-commented Dezeen stories this week. (more…) View the full article

Architecture studio Chybik + Kristof has revealed its design for a pavilion on the site of the greenhouse in the Czech Republic where Gregor Mendel discovered genetics. Read more View the full article

Chile and Cuba's contributions to the London Design Biennale suggest that, while the Global South is expected to copy the design of the north, it could offer a more radical future, argues Owen Hatherley in his latest Opinion column. Read more View the full article

Spanish architecture studio SelgasCano has unveiled its first commission in France – a vast pavilion of translucent waves that fills the courtyard of the Fondation d'entreprise Martell in Cognac. Read more View the full article

Museums should use the disruption caused by coronavirus to fundamentally rethink how they operate and what their purpose is, says Owen Hopkins. Read more View the full article

Sexual health technology for women is finally gaining acceptance according to founder of sextech startup Lora DiCarlo, who returned to CES this year with two new robotic massagers after its Osé product was banned in 2019 for being "immoral". Read more View the full article

We've expanded our Pinterest board on cabins with images from projects including a remote chalet in a Canadian regional park and a branch-covered hideout by a lake in Norway. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest or visit our updated cabins board to see more. Read more View the full article

The interaction between light and the architecture of John Pawson's Oxfordshire home influenced this collection of graphic blankets for Danish homeware brand Tekla Fabrics. Read more

A Dutch artist has captured a fluffy white cloud in a beaux-arts style room in San Francisco for the latest in his photography series of indoor clouds (+ slideshow + interview). (more...) View the full article

Chilean architect Alberto Moletto has created a concrete-framed educational facility at a Catholic university that is designed to go "unnoticed for those who walk through the campus". Read more View the full article

An oval museum filled with robots and other technological inventions has been scheduled for construction in Dubai (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Virtual Design Festival starts tomorrow! Here is the schedule of the cultural programme of talks, interviews, movies and collaborations that have been confirmed so far. Read more View the full article

A copper-clad "light scoop" sweeps through the interior of this home in Dublin, wrapping back on itself to cover a rooftop room overlooking a terrace. Read more View the full article

Thai architects Architectkidd built an outdoor shower room behind wooden screens on the balcony of this renovated apartment in Bangkok (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Is design education broken? Dezeen editors Augusta Pownall and India Block will be taking to Twitter on 4 July at 4pm UK time to discuss the reality of design education with Dezeen readers. Join in using the hashtag #dezeenchat. Not able to make it? Share your thoughts using the comments below and we'll Tweet on your behalf during the chat.

Opinion: in response to Joseph Rykwert's Royal Gold Medal lecture this week, where the critic stressed that all design has political implications, Kieran Long rejects Zaha Hadid's assertion that architects have "nothing to do with the workers" who die on construction sites. (more...) View the full article