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Our coverage of the Royal College of Art graduate show begins with these food storage jars made of radioactive earth from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster area in Japan. (more…) View the full article

An appeal has been launched for the 305.3-metre-high Tulip tower designed by Foster + Partners, which was blocked by London's mayor Sadiq Khan last year. Read more View the full article

French designer Olivier Vadrot has created an open-air playground made of geometric structures that encourage children to socialise, in the northeastern suburbs of Paris. Read more

Designer Iker Gil and Luftwerk have projected a grid of red lasers across Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House to highlight the building's geometric form and its history. Read more View the full article

Glass walls slides and fold open to completely reveal the living spaces of this house in Brazil by Studio Arthur Casas, allowing residents to look out on their swimming pool and over the golf course beyond (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Circular economy champion Ellen MacArthur has called on designers to help transform the global economy along sustainable lines. Read more

The industrial landscape of Hong Kong informed the design of this concrete and steel side table by Italian designer Andrea Ponti (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

News: British bicycle brand Empire Cycles has collaborated with additive manufacturing company Renishaw to build the world's first 3D-printed metal bike frame. (more...) View the full article

A landscape of stepped boxes covered in sisal displays products at this Barcelona boutique by local firm Arquitectura-G. (more...) View the full article

Italian studio Carlo Ratti Associati has designed a concept for a battery-powered wardrobe purifier that uses ozone to remove bacteria and viruses from the user's clothes. Read more View the full article

To coincide with Stockholm Design Week, the city's 19th century Gamla Riksarkivet played host to The Archive exhibition exploring the "shared aesthetics and values" of Japanese and Scandinavian design. Read more View the full article

Royal College of Art graduate Eunhee Jo has designed a tactile speaker with a fabric control panel and a speaker that moves to the music (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

News: advances in 3D printing could allow people to “print ammunition for an army”, according to Ronen Kadushin (pictured above), one of the pioneers of the open design movement. (more…) View the full article

Lebanese design duo Bokja have created embroidered maps of the Arab world that present a tapestry of changing politics and traditions. (more…) View the full article

Photo essay: keen to embark on career in architecture, young German student Paul Eis has been documenting the buildings of Berlin and Hamburg, but adapting them with bright colours (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Our US job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for a junior store planner at international clothing retailer GUESS?. Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

Competition: we’ve teamed up with architecture critic Alexandra Lange to give readers the chance to win one of five copies of her new book, Writing About Architecture: mastering the language of buildings and cities. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

In the next movie we filmed during Dezeen Live at 100% Design, designer Asif Khan explains how soap bubbles, rubbish bins and a neighbour’s flower bed have all provided inspiration for his work. (more…) View the full article

The number of towers that have failed fire safety checks in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire has risen to 60, as the government urges councils to submit cladding samples for testing. Read more View the full article

Comments update: the editor of one of Italy's leading design magazines told Dezeen that Milan was still the "international capital of design", adding fresh fuel to the fiery debate about Italy's significance in the design industry. (more...) View the full article

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

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

Bands of light shine through the perforated metal facade of this sports hall by French studio Ateliers O-S Architectes in north-west Paris (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Zaha Hadid died three years ago this Sunday. In this exclusive interview, Zaha Hadid Architects principal Patrik Schumacher talks about the impact her passing had on the studio, how it has grown, and its plans for the future. Read more

A cluster of irregularly stacked boxes forms a house for a village official in Talangpor, India, designed by Gujarat-based practice Neogenesis+Studi0261. Read more View the full article