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Alphabet subsidiary Sidewalk Labs has abandoned its ambition to create a smart neighbourhood in Toronto amid "unprecedented economic uncertainty" caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Read more View the full article

Sportswear company Adidas has released Face Cover, a reusable face mask made from a breathable recycled material for people to wear as coronavirus lockdowns ease. Read more View the full article

We’ve teamed up with Organisation in Design to give away a 25 sq m exhibition space in the heart of the new Ventura Lambrate design district in Milan during the Salone del Mobile next month. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Readers are debating Herzog & de Meuron and Quadrangle's plans for a super-skinny skyscraper in Toronto and sharing their thoughts on other top stories in this week's comments update. Read more View the full article

Milan 2010: Studio Formafantasma of Eindhoven present a collection of tools, vessels and foods made of cereal in Milan this week. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Industrial designer Asaf Weinbroom has created a range of lighting made entirely of wood, including the joints and connector clamps. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This fluffy children’s playsuit by Royal College of Art graduate Helge Fischer sounds an alarm if the child is touched inappropriately. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: architect Ole Scheeren has announced his new firm, Büro Ole Scheeren. See press release below. See also: Ole Scheeren to leave OMA (March 2010) (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Here are some photographs from the exhibition Future Beauty: 30 Years of Japanese Fashion, designed by Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto and currently on show at the Barbican gallery in London. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

We’ve just sent the latest issue of Dezeenmail – take a look at it here. Dezeenmail contains a selection of Dezeen’s best stories and comments, along with all our latest competitions and jobs. You can subscribe here. </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

We’ve teamed up with It’s Nice That magazine to give away five copies of Issue #5 of their bi-annual printed publication. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2011: Berlin designer Jerszy Seymour presents this chair made from two continuous metal wires at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan this week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Japanese designers Torafu Architects have designed a set of paper hooks that like curled pieces of adhesive tape. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Architects Foster + Partners and engineers Halcrow have unveiled proposals for an airport and transport hub on the Thames estuary, 55 kilometres from central London. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: Quentin Blake, the man responsible for illustrating many of author Roald Dahl‘s famous novels, has been announced as the winner of this year’s Prince Philip Designers Prize. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This desk lamp resembling bent blades of grass is by American designer Victor Vetterlein. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Japanese studio 403architecture laid the patchwork floor of this bedroom using timber stripped from the ceiling. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London architect Lynton Pepper of 00:/ designed these open-source spectacle frames in 18mm plywood to be made from the offcuts of his studio’s WikiHouse project. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen promotion: here’s a roundup of Furniture from Greece that will be on show at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan from 17 to 22 April. (more…) View the full article

Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake has created a range of LED lamps for Italian lighting company Artemide that unfold from flat 2D shapes into 3D shades. (more…) View the full article

The latest issue of our weekly Dezeen Mail newsletter leads with dreamy hotel cabins overlooking a Mexican valley (above). There’re also new jobs, competitions, interviews and music plus details of our new pop-up shop Dezeen Super Store. Read Dezeen Mail issue 108 | Subscribe to Dezeen Mail View the full article

This cross-shaped chapel in Brazil was designed by architect Gustavo Penna (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

In the final movie we filmed with Reinier de Graaf of OMA at the Venice Architecture Biennale, he discusses the firm’s fascination with architecture of the late 1960s and how there is an “inherent paradox between the brutal appearance of these buildings and the social mission that they were part of.” (more…) View the full article

East London design brand Hulger has contributed a chandelier made from its new Baby Plumen light bulbs to the Stepney Green Design Collection curated by Dezeen. (more…) View the full article

Italian designer Guido Garotti worked with traditional ceramicists to create a vase hand-painted with a stereoscopic image and a pair of road signs that look like decorative plates (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article