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News: Apple is to bring its hardware and software design teams closer together as part of a major shake-up of its management team. The move follows claims that the company is “a little bit behind” in integrating industrial and digital design. (more…) View the full article

We've selected four of the top architect jobs available on Dezeen Jobs this week, including vacancies at WilkinsonEyre and Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands. Read more

This week the Olympic torch by BarberOsbery won the top prize at the Design Museum’s Designs of the Year awards, a decision that divided Dezeen readers and provoked some design critics to question the validity of the awards. A restoration of historic ship the Cutty Sark in London by Grimhaw architects also proved controversial, with one reader describing it as “stunning”, while another said: “They have skewered the ship like a kebab. Thoroughly disrespectful.” See reaction from architecture critics to this project here. In other architecture news, OMA presented designs for a Moscow gallery to be housed in a converted 1960s restaurant, New York architect Steven Holl reve…

Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for a project editor at architecture and design book publisher Phaidon, whose catalogue includes a monograph on late British designer James Irvine. Read more stories about Phaidon or browse more architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

Earlier today we featured objects made of tarmac. Now here’s some furniture made of bricks by designers Rachel Griffin of Earnest Studio in Rotterdam and Emilie Pallard of Eindhoven. (more…) View the full article

Decentralised local manufacturing could replace global supply chains as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, according to architects who collaborated on an open-source project to make face shields for hospital workers. Read more View the full article

Snarkitecture is set to create an immersive installation for fashion brand COS in Seoul, which will see thousands of glass marbles travelling around a gallery. Read more View the full article

This mobile pavilion for a travelling chef by Barcelona studio Rodero Beggiao Architects will comprise two wedge-shaped modules that can be reconfigured to suit each new home. (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

Stockholm studio Halleroed has paired carpet floors, dropped ceilings and wood panelling for a New York office evocative of a David Lynch movie. Read more View the full article

Design critic Stephen Bayley has attacked architect Zaha Hadid, describing her as aggressive, intractable and bitter. (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

Business news: Elon Musk is moving closer to his vision for a "one-stop solar and storage experience", with the announcement that his company Tesla is set to buy solar panel manufacturer SolarCity. (more…) View the full article

Movie: jury member Tobias Lutz explains why a folding boat and a mini greenhouse were among winners of the Unique Youngstar outdoor product design competition, in our second movie from garden trade show Spoga+Gafa. (more...) View the full article

Dutch designer Daan Roosegaarde has turned a group of wind turbines into a light installation by connecting the structures with moving laser beams (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

New York firm Desai Chia Architects has built a home on Lake Michigan with blackened timber walls and a roof that extends out to shelter an outdoor seating area. Read more View the full article

Kanye West's prefabricated affordable Yeezy Home units take inspiration from the Star Wars films and might be used as underground homeless housing. Read more

A group of engineers has created this exoskeleton that allows elderly users to enjoy activities like fishing, commuting and golfing for extended periods. Read more View the full article

Designer Faye Toogood talks through her installation of 49 workers' coats hanging above the street in the first of this series of movies we filmed about the Seven Designers for Seven Dials aerial installations curated by Dezeen. (more...) View the full article

US studio Jendretzki Design has revealed designs for a boutique eco-resort on a tiny island within greater New York City. Read more

Speaking at the launch of his first major built project in the UK – a gin distillery in Hampshire – London designer Thomas Heatherwick said he was "lucky" to be a British designer, but added that projects that promoted industry in the UK were "rare" (+ interview). (more...) View the full article

In this week's comments update, readers are confused about the shape of a prototype Hyperloop capsule, and blown away by plans for the Wuxi Show Theatre in China. Read more View the full article

ÉCAL graduate Sebastian Maluska has created a simple rooftop tent that can be fitted to the roof of any car. Read more View the full article

This year had its fair share of provocative stories, from the backlash against concrete to a chair that prevents "manspreading". For our review of the year, digital editor Karen Anderson looks at the 10 of the most polarising. Read more View the full article

Our US job of the week on the new and improved Dezeen Jobs website is for an experienced project leader at Studio Link-Arc in New York, which designed the bamboo cladding for the roof of China's Milan Expo 2015 (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article