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Milan 2013: Foster + Partners has designed a coffee table made by stretching a perforated disk of steel upwards to form a metal-mesh base. (more...) View the full article

Plump pastel silicone garments moulded from knitwear feature in this collection by Royal College of Art graduate Xiao Li. (more...) View the full article

This plastic maternity vest by design graduate Alice Kim allows people to carry young plants like babies (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with publishers Nai010 to give readers the chance to win one of five books full of the most innovative new architecture projects in the Netherlands. (more…) View the full article

Dutch studio Personal Architecture has renovated one of Piet Bloms' iconic Cube Houses in Rotterdam to create a residence for delinquents in their final stages of detention (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Kanye West's plans to move into architecture, the RIBA Stirling Prize announcement and the opening of Zaha Hadid's Serpentine Sackler Gallery (pictured) made for a busy week on Dezeen. Keep reading for more architecture and design news from the past seven days and our Dezeen Music Project track of the week. (more...) View the full article

Swiss designer Florian Hauswirth has designed a collection of bedroom furniture including an ash shelving unit with components made by a bookbinder. (more...) View the full article

Faceted concrete blocks protrude from one side of this sports hall in Croatia, while its bumpy southern and western walls were made by casting concrete panels over a bed of stones (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

This small wooden pavilion was modelled on the design of a rural shed and added to an old museum in Germany by architects Von M (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Chilean architect Smiljan Radic was named as the designer of this year's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion last week, so we've collected together stunning examples of Chilean architecture on our new Pinterest board. See our new Pinterest board» Follow Dezeen on Pinterest» View the full article

We've been reporting from Milan all this week, where highlights included Lasvit's sculptural glass lamps and Studio Job's illustrated wallpaper. Philippe Starck named this year's "only acceptable" trend as "choice" and Marcel Wanders complained about how computer-rendered concepts are making products "look extremely boring". Read on for more news, plus our Dezeen Music Project featured track. (more...) View the full article

Here's the design that didn't win: architect David Adjaye and designer Ron Arad have revealed their shortlisted entry for Canada's National Holocaust Monument competition, which was beaten by a star-shaped design from Daniel Libeskind (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

Pulsing rings of light traced the movement of visitors to this installation in Federation Square, Melbourne, by architect Asif Khan – who this week became the first architect to pick up a Grand Prix at the Cannes Lions awards (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

A visitor centre designed by local firm Maber Architects in Leicester, England, includes a glass floor that provides views of a 3D-printed replica of the remains of notorious English king Richard III on the spot where his bones were discovered (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

London Design Festival 2014: design boutique Darkroom looked to grid patterns used in the 1960s and 70s by radical Italian architecture firm Superstudio to inform its latest collection of products and in-store installations (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

The permeable fabric skin of this inhabitable installation by graduates from Germany's Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design allowed moisture into the space, designed to make visitors feel like they were inside a cloud (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Moving on to J, the next design in our festive alphabetical countdown is the Jam Chair created by Italian studio Archirivolto for Calligaris. (more…) View the full article

This family home near Milan features a partially exposed steel and timber frame modelled on the historical rural farm buildings in the surrounding area. (more…)

NeoCon 2015: Swedish studio Claesson Koivisto Rune has unveiled a new line of chairs and tables for Teknion that unites elements of lounge and office furniture (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Rooms in this Bangalore house are arranged around a large indoor pool that occupies a double-height atrium below a glazed roof (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

China's rush to build thousands of new museums is leading to cultural buildings "with no vision and mediocre collections", according to architects and curators in the country (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

The concrete structure of an old printing factory in Paris has been exposed by DAS Studio as part of the building's transformation into a studio for spinning classes (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Apple co-founder Steven Wozniak has criticised the company for its smart watch, which he says has taken Apple "into the jewellery market". (more…) View the full article

Milan 2016: designers swarmed on Milan's iconic Bar Basso last night for Dezeen's party with Lee Broom, and visitors posted their images of Nendo's popular 50 Manga Chairs installation. Click through to see more popular images from our #milanogram2016 tag on Instagram. (more…) View the full article

Danish design brand Hay has redesigned Ikea's iconic blue and yellow bag as part of a newly announced collaboration with the Swedish furniture giant. (more…) View the full article