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Visitors to Canada's Poisson Blanc regional park can rent this wooden cabin designed and built by Montreal architecture studio Atelier l'Abri, which has a triangular profile that takes cues from A-frame cottages. Read more View the full article

Chinese furniture design is looking back to its cultural roots and reinvigorating past techniques, materials and forms, say authors Charlotte and Peter Fiell. Here they pick six items from their latest book that show how. Read more View the full article

Apple has filed a patent for a desktop computer that would integrate both its keyboard and screen into a single pane of bent glass. Read more View the full article

Companies from across the architecture, engineering and construction industries have collaborated to create a free digital embodied carbon calculator that they hope will reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Read more View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Japanese brand Muji has created a range of storage furniture and containers for organised spaces that are based on the basic unit of construction for Japanese homes. Read 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

While converting existing buildings into fully functioning hospitals is unfeasible, high schools and large hotels can be used as care space for coronavirus patients, says Jason Schroer, who is director of health at HKS's firm in Dallas. Here he explains how. Read more View the full article

Coronavirus will lead to a rise in escapist restaurant interiors, while physical menus, cash payments and buffets will largely be abandoned, according to a trends report by Dubai-based studio Roar. Read more View the full article

Swedish designer and Dezeen Awards 2020 judge Emma Olbers will be looking for "more sustainable projects with a low carbon footprint". Read more View the full article

Barcelona company Dream and Fly have designed a series of miniature hotel rooms for busy places like airports and train stations. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A century-old tree soars up through the roof of this restaurant in Beijing, which C+ Architects has decked out with rammed-earth tiles, travertine and timber. Read more View the full article

Barcelona studio The Emotion Lab have designed a watch that displays the phases of the moon. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Viennese designer Marco Dessí created these stacking chairs milled from plywood to reveal the material’s multiple layers. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

In anticipation of next month’s launch of www.dezeenwatchstore.com, we’re presenting two pop-up watch stores in London during the London Design Festival featuring products including the new navy Uniform Wares watch (above). (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Here’s a roundup of the latest from our recruitment site Dezeenjobs, including positions with Design Miami/, Priestmangoode and Universal Design Studio, plus this is the last chance to apply to work with John McAslan + Partners, Cinimod Studio and more… (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

We’ve teamed up with publishers Gestalten to offer readers the chance to win one of three copies of The Story of Eames Furniture by Marilyn Neuhart and John Neuhart, worth £140 each. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Here are some photos of the recently-completed mixed-use urban block Le Monolith in Lyon, France, masterplanned by Dutch studio MVRDV and designed by five different architects. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Designer David Taylor of Stockholm has created a series of candle holders made from layers of silver, steel and beech for Stockholm craft collective Konsthantverkarna. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2011: Eindhoven designers BCXSY present a collection of rugs woven by Bedouin women in Israel at Spazio Rossana Orlandi in Milan this week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The chequered facade of this Bangkok showroom by architects Sansiri and landscape architects Shma is half glass and half living plants. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Vienna Design Week 2011: a rotating arm deposits spirals of quartz sand on the showroom floor at crystal company Lobmeyr in Vienna this week, thanks to Canadian designer Philippe Malouin. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: an architect from one of the firms that collaborated with Foster + Partners on the design of the Beijing Capital International Airport Terminal in China says that recent damage caused by wind had nothing to do with the quality of the design – The Washington Post Shao Weiping of the Beijing Architectural Design and Research Institute said he was “very confident that the design was perfect and involved no mistakes or flaws.” China state media say passengers reported seeing roofing material from Terminal 3 blowing across the runway and through the three-year-old terminal building. It is the second time in a year that wind has reportedly affected the structure.…

Scroll on for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with design brand Hulger and London designer Lee Broom. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Five years ago, when Dezeen was still in its infancy, we travelled to Cape Town for the 10th Design Indaba conference. From here, we shared links to movies showing Swedish designers Front questioning whether or not design makes people happy, as well as some snapshots from the party where guests included Jaime Hayon, Jasper Morrison, Michael Young and Neville Brody. We gave readers a sneak preview of the furniture Rolf Sachs proceeded to show at the Milan furniture fair in April, as well as a look at the bathroom collection that Ross Lovegrove went on to launch in Frankfurt. Vases made from salvaged sherry glasses, plastic animals and PVC caught the attention of a few …

Scroll on for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, Universal Design Studio and Barber Osgerby, plus this is the last chance to apply for roles with Tom Dixon, AL_A and more… (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article