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Motorola has thrown its hat into the folding smartphone ring with a revamped version of its Razr flip phone that was first launched 15 years go. Read more View the full article

University of Hong Kong graduates Sum Ming Wong and Kin Pong Li have designed a door handle that uses light to constantly sterilise itself. Read more

News: a conceptual proposal for huge buoyant umbrellas that rebuild polar ice caps has been awarded first prize in this year's eVolo Skyscraper Competition. (more...) View the full article

Our new Pinterest board showcases highlights from Stockholm Design Week 2019, including Malmö Upcycling Service's seating made from repurposed waste materials and a rooftop covered in artificial snow dunes by Note Design Studio. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›

News: a group of libertarian activists in the U.S. plans to distribute open-source blueprints for homemade 3D-printed guns, provoking questions about the potential uses of the increasingly affordable technology. (more…) View the full article

A Japanese house with trees growing through its middle and an apartment with an indoor slide feature in this week's roundup, which spotlights the best living rooms from Dezeen's Pinterest boards. Read more View the full article

These seaside houses in Margate, England, feature pitched roofs intended to resemble traditional beach huts, and fully glazed gable ends that make the most of the sea views (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

The tree-like sculptures growing out of the tables in this canteen by Spanish architects Estudio Nômada are meant to remind diners of eating outdoors. (more…) View the full article

Soho House has opened its first Asian outpost in Mumbai, India, featuring pattern-heavy interiors inspired by regional textiles and crafts. Read more

Snarkitecture and Caesarstone have teamed up to create an installation exploring the changing forms of water, which was set inside an abandoned 19th-century building during this year's Milan design week. Read more View the full article

Two initials are merged so each be read from different angles in this 3D-printed metal jewellery (+slideshow). (more...) View the full article

ÉCAL graduate Byongseon Bae has given the drill a non-threatening makeover – replacing its complex exterior and characteristic gun shape with a sleek, monochrome design and simplified functionality. Read more View the full article

This week's job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is a position for a middleweight industrial designer for London designer Benjamin Hubert, whose screen of branching modular structures called Amass is pictured. Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

Business news: Chinese technology company Huawei has named French designer Mathieu Lehanneur as the head of its new design research centre in Paris. (more…)

This visitor centre in Tokyo by Japanese architects Kengo Kuma & Associates looks like a stack of smaller buildings with sloping roofs. (more…) View the full article

This concrete house in Switzerland by Basel studio on3 architekten has gabled end walls that appear folded along central vertical seams (+slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This small garden pavilion, created by British architect Scott Kyson as a playhouse for his children, is covered in sheets of smoked glass and lined in lengths of charred larch. Read more View the full article

The original wooden doors and vaulted ceilings of this Valencian townhouse have been retained in renovation works carried out to improve its connection with a landscaped courtyard. Read more View the full article

The platform heels of these shoes by graduate fashion designer Laura Papp are moulded from porcelain (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Nicholas Grimshaw tells Dezeen his future plans as he steps aside as chair of his eponymous firm, to be replaced by principal architect Andrew Whalley. Read more

Following a string of popular projects from Finland, including a forest house with a bean-shaped roof, we've collected together the best architectural projects from the Nordic country and added them to a new Pinterest board. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest | See more architecture and design in Finland View the full article

Transport for London has released renderings and a video showing the trains originally designed by Barber and Osgerby for the city's east-west rail link Crossrail (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

These stylised renderings depict a house designed by Hampshire-based Strom Architects for the English town of Swanage, with a cantilevered section that shelters a parking space (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Stockholm design studio PJADAD used tiny cubes and chunks of food to create this miniature landscape as a visual identity for the Swedish Atelier Food project and restaurant. (more...) View the full article

Spanish architects MedioMundo have completed a bright red multimedia centre amongst a collection of towering apartment blocks in Seville. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article