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VDF products fair: Social Factor is a graphic carpet collection designed by Milliken to support physical distancing in the workplace in light of the coronavirus pandemic. Read more View the full article

Dezeenwire: Justin McGuirk, editor of icon magazine, launches his new blog for The Guardian with an attack on designer Ron Arad, whose Ron Arad: Restless exhibition opened at the Barbican recently – The Guardian Related stories: see our special Ron Arad issue of Dezeenwire. </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Five interior design students from Regent's University London present proposals for the overhaul of a once-vacant Woolworths department store in Margate, UK, in this VDF school show. Read more View the full article

Czech studio H3T architects have hung a sauna beneath a bridge over the river Elbe. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Japanese architect Tomohiro Hata has completed a house in Kyoto, Japan, with a wooden core built through the centre. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This shelving with integral steel box-files by London designer Benjamin Hubert has been created to celebrate the 200th anniversary of British design brand Heals. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London designer Charlotte Kingsnorth will present a collection of fat chairs at Designersblock in London next week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A diagonal wall clad in copper plates partially hides the interior of this boutique in Tenjin Fukuoka, Japan, by Japanese architect Toru Shimokawa of STAD. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Stockholm 2011: Swedish designer Jonas Wagell presents this tea set for Danish brand Muuto at Stockholm Furniture Fair this week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2011: industrial designer Konstantin Grcic launched this armchair inspired by windsurfing and paragliding equipment for design brand Vitra at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Archive: as the Training Dresser by Peter Bristol (top left) was one of our most debated recent stories, we have gathered all our stories from the Dezeen archives about children’s furniture. See all the stories » See all our archive stories » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Clouds of mist erupt from the base of two trees in this London water feature designed by Japanese architect Tadao Ando. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

British industrial design brand Dyson have unveiled their latest product: a fan heater. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

German studio TULP Design have designed new loos for Munich based advertising agency Webguerillas that encourage doodlers, narcissists and greedy toilet-roll users. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Construction is about to commence in Algiers on the third largest mosque in the world, which will only be smaller than the pilgrimage sites of Mecca and Medina. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The jagged glass edges of this restaurant by Norwegian studio Reiulf Ramstad Architects point up towards a sheer cliff face. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Art and design studio CTRLZAK have launched a collection of tableware where half of each piece resembles traditional Chinese porcelain and the other side features a European design. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Designers Gabriella Gustafson & Mattias Ståhlbom of TAF have created a collection of storage cabinets and tables for new brand Pieces with large interchangeable feet made from wood, marble or porcelain. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

We’ve got a another track with a twist for you on Dezeen Music Project today. Teardream by Kid Suda starts off with a simple but catchy looped piano chord sequence, before a screaming electric guitar riff kicks in half way through. If you like what you hear, you can keep up to date with all of Kid Suda’s latest tracks and other goings-on here. About Dezeen Music Project | More tracks | Submit your track View the full article

This week Google opened a campus for startups in east London, Yves Bahar launched a bigger and louder version of his Jambox wireless speaker and BIG unveiled designs for a tower block shaped like a hashtag. Meanwhile we’ve been busy editing the interviews we filmed at Dezeen Studio in Milan and you can now watch the full-length movies on Dezeen Screen, including Zaha Hadid on projects she has in the pipeline, Joseph Grima on how crowd-sourcing and open design are reshaping industry and Justin McGuirk on the future of design criticism. Our most popular story was a glass house in Belgium with a sunken swimming pool in front, closely followed by our series of stories about…

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

Dezeen Wire: Gijs Bakker, head of the masters school at Design Academy Eindhoven, is leaving the schol after 25 years, the school has announced. His departure this week coincided with graduation week for masters students and was followed by the resignation of the heads of all three masters courses. (more…) View the full article

The hinged boxes of this bookcase by Korean furniture designer Lee Sehoon can be spun round to create a neat grid or a scattered circle (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

These back-to-front shoes by designer Leanie van der Vyver force the wearer to walk in an unnatural way (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

To create a full-length running track inside this refurbished gym in the Czech Republic, Prague studio QARTA Architektura added a translucent extension that projects out on stilts (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article