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Dezeen Wire: a meals-on-wheels service that brings home cooked food to elderly residents is one of three projects that will share £100,000 awarded by the UK government’s Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) to the winners of a competition that called for innovative ideas to help elderly citizens live more independent lives. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

News: craft skills contribute £3.4 billion to the economy, according to research that for the first time measures the economic impact of thousands of small craft businesses in the UK. (more...) View the full article

Clerkenwell Design Week 2013: this wall mounted shelving unit by London designer Michael Marriott is now being produced by design brand Very Good & Proper (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Paris designer Guillaume Delvigne has created a lamp with a single bulb dangling on the end of a flex, which is draped over a stand. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Marble details offset the traditional features of this 19th-century house near Paris, which has been renovated by Spanish studio 05 AM Arquitectura. Read more View the full article

The 1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge in New York was designed to bring the surrounding park into the building, says architect Jonathan Marvel in this movie Dezeen filmed for the AHEAD hospitality awards. Read more View the full article

Architectural structures by seven architects including Terunobu Fujimori (above), Rintala Eggertsson and Sou Fujimoto open to the public today in the galleries of the V&A museum in London. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Venice Architecture Biennale 2010: visitors to the Romanian Pavilion in the Giardini di Castello at the Venice Architecture Biennale are invited to experience the population density of Bucharest, one at a time. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This furniture collection by designer Silva Lovasová is based on tiny toy products that have been 3D-scanned and enlarged to full scale. (more...) View the full article

Here’s another project by Royal College of Art graduate Ki Hyun Kim: a wooden dining chair that’s even lighter than the famed Superleggera designed by Gio Ponti in 1957. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Japanese designers Nendo will present new additions to their 1% products in Milan this April, including this tea set where the lids double as spinning tops. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Japanese designers Nendo will present new additions to their 1% products in Milan this April, including this tea set where the lids double as spinning tops. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Foster + Partners has designed a succession of Apple Stores that implement the tech giant's retail vision. From Paris to Istanbul, here are 10 of its best designs. Read more

British architect Norman Foster joined Instagram recently, revealing candid pictures of his day-to-day activities. But he's not the only big name on the photo-sharing platform – here's our pick of the 10 architect Instagram accounts worth following. Read more View the full article

With Instagram becoming an increasingly influential tool within architecture, we've selected 10 of the best architectural photographers who will freshen up your feed with their stunning images of projects from around the world. Read more View the full article

Our 10 must-see exhibitions opening around the world in 2015 include showcases of African architecture, Postmodern design and "definitive" bicycles. (more…) View the full article

The body of Tesla's radical Cybertruck is made up of straight-edged facets. Here are some other examples of faceted architecture and design. Read more View the full article

Open House New York 2019 kicks off today, with designer and architects' studios across the city opening their doors to offer a glimpse inside. We roundup 10 not to miss. Read more View the full article

Blackened wood is an ever-popular choice of material for architects in recent times. Here are 10 of the most eye-catching examples, including a nine-square-metre Muji Hut and a tar-coated Californian ski chalet. Read more View the full article

Naming your studio after the directors' surnames is so last century. Today's architects go under weird and wonderful monikers such as Design, Bitches, 5468796 Architecture and G///bang. We asked some of the most oddly named studios how they got their names. Read more View the full article

Kulapat Yantrasast has become the go-to architect for contemporary art galleries and museums in the US. Here are 10 of his major projects that differ from typical white-box exhibition spaces, with warm materials, unusual layouts and custom furniture. Read more

We've selected 10 of the most unusual and far-fetched proposals for Mars housing submitted as part of NASA's 3D Printed Habitat Challenge. (more…) View the full article

From waterfront properties with uninterrupted views to gabled homes nestled among pine trees, we've rounded up 10 black cabins that provide hideaways in unique places around the world. Read more View the full article

Japanese houses come in all shapes and sizes, but privacy is always a big concern. Here are 10 that offer their residents complete seclusion, from an angular concrete bunker to a seemingly windowless box. Read more

On International Women's Day, here's a look at some of the individuals, collectives and organisations that are working hard to raise the profile of female architects and designers around the world. Read more