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The latest version of the affordable XO tablet, designed by Yves Behar for the One Laptop Per Child Association, goes on sale this week (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

Following the opening of an exhibition showcasing conceptual and completed buildings by BIG, we've collected together the best projects by Bjarke Ingels' firm from the pages of Dezeen and pinned them to a new Pinterest board. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest | See more BIG projects View the full article

Royal College of Art graduate Lauren Davies has designed a range of copper, maple and glass tools to make scented oils, creams and cosmetics at home (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

News: furniture retail giant Ikea has announced plans to sell flat-packed solar panels. (more...) View the full article

These shoes by Australian design studio Sibling allow the wearer to instantly erect a temporary shelter by unfurling a tent from round their ankles and pulling it over their head. (more...) View the full article

Alchemist Lauren Bowker has embedded ink that changes colour depending on different climatic conditions into a feathered garment (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

A sequence of arches creates topsy-turvy openings and curvy doorways through the spaces of this art gallery in Beijing by design collective Penda (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Australian studio BLOXAS adopted elements from Japanese architecture to reorganise the spaces of this Melbourne residence around a courtyard then added a new timber-clad extension shaped like a periscope (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

News: Google has unveiled an operating system designed specifically for wearable devices called Android Wear, plus details of the first smartwatches to incorporate the technology. (more...) View the full article

Scroll on for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with UNStudio, Kurt Geiger and Tom Dixon, whose interior for Paris restaurant Éclectic is pictured. This is also the last chance to apply for roles with Christopher Jenner, David Chipperfield Architects, Soho House Group and more... (more...) View the full article

Fashion house Maison Martin Margiela has created its first wallcovering collection: a range of five wallpapers for Belgian brand Omexco. (more...) View the full article

American furniture brand Knoll has put a 1960s armchair by designer Charles Pollock back into production, following his death last year. (more...) View the full article

Brutalism: a 27-storey slab block is next up in our Brutalist buildings series. As the precursor to the larger and more famous Trellick Tower, Ernö Goldfinger's Balfron Tower in east London was a testbed for the architect's utopian housing ideals (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

News: Japanese architect Arata Isozaki has hit out at the redesign of Zaha Hadid's Tokyo 2020 Olympic stadium, branding it "a monumental mistake" that has left him "in despair". (more...) View the full article

Interview: Dutch sculptor Theo Jansen has spent the last 24 years developing a series of wind-powered machines called Strandbeests that he describes as "a new species on Earth". Dezeen caught up with him on Miami Beach last week, where he explained how his creations are now evolving without his help (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Powerhouse Company and De Zwarte Hond teamed up to complete this new student centre for Erasmus University in Rotterdam, which features a transparent exterior and a curving oak interior (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with London's Design Museum to give readers the chance to win five pairs of tickets for the Designs of the Year 2015 exhibition. (more…)

Ampe Trybou Architecten added a crinkled roofline to this terrace in Belgium, marking the boundaries between the five homes inside whilst also referencing the buildings that stood on the site before (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Our most visited story last week was about an installation of 100,000 white balloons at Covent Garden in London. Stories about the child-friendly inflatables are always popular on Dezeen so we've assembled our all-time top ten balloon posts, including a bridge, an airship and a levitating bench. (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

Beijing studio MAD has completed an opera house in the Chinese city of Harbin, featuring an undulating form that wraps two concert halls and a huge public plaza (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Stockholm 2016: Swedish design brand Swedese has launched a set of square seating modules that can be mixed with backrests, tables and planters (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

American company Under Armour has joined the list of sportswear brands incorporating 3D printing into shoes with the launch of lattice-soled trainers designed to be suitable for any sport (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

British-American branding firm Wolff Olins has created a shapeshifting logo for South African telecoms company Oi that changes colour and form in response to people's voices (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Architect Rafael Viñoly has sent Dezeen a public letter apologising for comments he made about the interior design of his supertall New York skyscraper. (more…) View the full article