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A women's athletic shop in Seattle by local firm GoCstudio features a display system that can be elevated with a hand crank to make way for in-store events (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

German design graduate Meike Harde has designed a range of upholstered benches and stools simply by folding foam mats and fixing them to wooden frames with elastic bands. (more…) View the full article

UNStudio has presented its vision for a series of adaptable and modular "stations of the future" for a future European hyperloop network. Read more View the full article

New York architect Steven Holl describes how he designed the mixed-use Sliced Porosity Block complex in Chengdu, China, as a container for public space in the first of two movies by architectural filmmakers Spirit of Space. (more...) View the full article

Walls with the texture of scrunched-up paper feature on this residential and office building that architecture studio DROO has completed in east London. Read more View the full article

This community centre in Vietnam, designed by 1+1>2 Architects, features a bamboo framework and a thatched roof that wraps a concrete amphitheatre. Read more

This week's roundup from Pinterest focuses on playful ways to relax at home, featuring a Mexican guesthouse with hammocks instead of beds and a Taiwan home with a swing in the family kitchen. Read more View the full article

New York architect Marc Thorpe has developed a prototype house made from earth bricks, to house the makers of Moroso's M'Afrique furniture collection. Read more View the full article

Japanese designer Ryuji Nakamura used crayons to draw thin lines of colour along the rods of these gridded benches (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

This first article in a series on technology and design supported by computing brand Intel takes us inside university workshops and studios to investigate how digital technology is radically transforming design education. (more…) View the full article

Swedish design studio Claesson Koivisto Rune will present a modular table system with plug sockets within the structure during Stockholm Design Week next month (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Concrete blocks with triangular apertures allow light to filter into the rooms and courtyards of this house in Vietnam's Central Highlands, designed by local architects office Khuôn Studio (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Slideshow: Spain’s economy may be in tatters but that hasn’t stopped it opening a raft of impressive public buildings in towns, cities and even remote villages over the past year. Amid bailouts and claims that extravagant architectural projects have helped cause the problems, here’s a look back at the amazing Spanish museums, town halls, markets, auditoriums, bridges and even railway control centres featured on Dezeen recently. (more…) View the full article

Milan 2016: Italian design studio Tipic has created a smart kitchen countertop that integrates various interactive functions including a sink that appears out of the surface with a simple gesture (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

This installation by Leo Lindroos from Finnish architecture firm MOOK mimics the warm orange glow of a sunset to send viewers into a relaxed and sleepy state by boosting their melatonin levels. (more…) View the full article

These pastel-toned cabinet handles may look like solid marble, but they are actually made from recycled ocean plastic. Read more View the full article

Dezeen Jobs has a variety of job opportunities available in London right now, including roles at Design Haus Liberty and Tom Dixon's studio. Read more View the full article

News: London architecture firm Foster + Partners has redesigned the first-class cabins for Hong Kong airline Cathay Pacific. (more...) View the full article

London Design Festival: we’re hosting the last in our series of live shows at 100% Design today from 2:45pm, including talks with designer Clemens Weisshaar, restaurant founder Shamil Thakrar and trend forcaster Li Edelkoort (above). (more…) View the full article

An affordable micro home that takes less than a day to build has just launched in the UK, so we're taking a look at 10 properties around the world that have been completed to an extremely tight budget and offer some solutions to widespread housing shortages. Read more View the full article

Scottish studio Konishi Gaffney has constructed a huge dormer window to convert the loft of a terraced house in Edinburgh into an extra bedroom. (more...) View the full article

Bicycle thieves will need a stomach of steel to thwart the SkunkLock, which makes anyone who attempts to cut through it throw up. Read more View the full article

Opinion: Kieran Long responds to the recent closure of ten London fire stations, arguing that architecture built for a specific purpose and location is far more valuable to a city's sense of place than generic, pragmatic solutions. (more...) View the full article

Architect William Tozer applied Adolf Loos' Raumplan concept to this London house extension, which features several stepped levels that are all visually connected. (more…) View the full article

London Design Festival: construction workers made this furniture on show at London’s Gallery Fumi, but Brazilian architect Marcio Kogan of Studio MK27 has added small details to embellish each piece. (more…) View the full article