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VDF products fair: design brand Fritz Hansen has reissued its stacking Vico Duo chair to celebrate 100 years since the birth of its designer Vico Magistretti. Read more View the full article

In the freezing winter months this wooden sauna on a Finnish island can be towed like a sledge over a frozen lake to find the right spot for a plunge pool. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer has created a collection of sneakers and slip-ons for American shoe company Converse, featuring a handwritten poem celebrating the “sensual curve” for which his architecture is famous (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Curtains glide along tracks on the ceiling to constantly reconfigure the space inside the Dutch Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale. (more…) View the full article

Benjamin Hubert has created an injection-moulded Apple Watch strap, which negates the need for buckles with its self-gripping fastening. Read more View the full article

French design studio Superpoly looked to the Mediterranean summertime to craft the Postcard collection of "sun-tinted" furniture and homeware for Copenhagen gallery Etage Projects. Read more

Hotelier Ian Schrager has joined forces with British architect and designer John Pawson to create the West Hollywood Edition in Los Angeles. Read more View the full article

The Royal College of Art in London has announced plans to expand its science and technology programme, and revealed that student applications from within the European Union have risen in the past year. Read more

Eight intersecting arches give a towering symmetry to this copper-coated mausoleum erected in the English countryside for a revered Iranian philosopher (photography by Edmund Sumner). (more...) View the full article

David Adjaye has revealed visuals of The Abrahamic Family House, an interfaith complex in Abu Dhabi that will contain a church, mosque and synagogue. Read more

An exhibition about the problems faced by international architects working in China is on display as part of Beijing Design Week, exploring the issues at play through the stories of twelve projects that never made it. (more…) View the full article

Beijing architecture studio MAD has designed an artificial island with an art museum set in caves in its three dune-like forms. (more...) View the full article

Earthy colours such as muted turquoise, sage green and brick red feature in this gastropub in California that was designed by Project M Plus to "stimulate the appetite and the senses". Read more View the full article

Scroll on for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with C. F. Møller Architects, Moooi and Swatch, whose headquarters in Biel, Switzerland is set for completion in the summer of 2015 (pictured). Plus this is the last chance to apply for roles with Troika, KPF Shanghai, Foster + Partners and more... (more...) View the full article

Sports brand Adidas has unveiled its latest running shoes with springy blades sticking out of the soles (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

This week on Dezeen: Elon Musk, the founder of electric car company Tesla, mocked Apple's plans to move into the electric-car market, while industrial designer Marc Newson created controversy with a tea set that features handles made from mammoth tusks (pictured). (more…) View the full article

Slideshow: here are some photos by Julien Lanoo of this year’s Serpentine Gallery Pavilion by Herzog & de Meuron and Ai Weiwei, including more pictures of the cork-covered interior plus dusky night shots. (more…) View the full article

Chinese designer Sheng-Hung Lee has created a concept for a new kind of sea defence that also functions as a set of giant plant pots. Read more View the full article

This week's roundup from Pinterest features industrial-style loft apartments and warehouse conversions that take design inspiration from their past lives as factories or barns. Read more View the full article

This week on Dezeen, designers created face shields, mask holders and an emergency hospital to help combat the coronavirus pandemic. Read more View the full article

Ahead of today's VDF collaboration with Beatie Wolfe, the musician says that the coronavirus lockdown is a chance to celebrate "the little things that are so often overlooked" in this video message for Virtual Design Festival. Read more View the full article

London studio Doshi Levien has created two contrasting textiles for Danish brand Kvadrat – an opaque upholstery fabric with a tactile pattern and a lightweight translucent curtain. Read more View the full article

Sarajevo fashion designer Ljiljana Majkić presents her Autumn/Winter 2011-2012 collection of garments with exaggerated geometric silhouettes. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

We've updated our Pinterest board dedicated to the best uses of rammed earth in architecture, including a Chinese art museum with clay-heavy earth walls and a small shelter on the desert campus of Frank Lloyd Wright's School of Architecture. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›

Opinion: a Le Corbusier design for a customisable house inspired by the devastation of Flanders during the First World War has haunted architecture ever since, says Justin McGuirk. (more...) View the full article