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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

We've featured over 150 ceramic projects on Dezeen, so we've collected together the most popular examples and pinned them to a new Pinterest board. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest | See more ceramics on Dezeen View the full article

Old doors and windows, antique wooden columns and metal drainpipes give this house in Mumbai an aesthetic its architects claim is inspired by the ramshackle buildings found throughout the city (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Mirrored panels reflect views of the surrounding gardens around the lower half of this star-shaped office designed by Josep and Gerhard Haumer for a plant nursery near Vienna (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Artists and designers in India have joined protests against controversial new citizenship laws by sharing posters for use at demonstrations and creating infographics to counter misinformation. Read more View the full article

Japanese architects Shimpei Oda and Tetsuya Tanji made only subtle changes to this unfinished office unit in Nara, to turn it into a design studio. Read more View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Italian brand Ceramiche Refin has created a new collection of slate-like porcelain tiles, including versions featuring patterns of lines and grids that look as if they were hand-drawn in chalk (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Our US job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for a director of construction and design at skincare brand Aesop, whose founder's horror at "soulless chains" means no two of its stores are the same. Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

Paintings and sculptures collected by the late Mexican architect Luis Barragán are showcased on a stepped wooden platform at his Mexico City house. Read more View the full article

Benjamin Hubert's design agency Layer has created a pebble-shaped timber basket for Fritz Hansen using the brand's steam-bending techniques. Read more View the full article

The articulated Bao Bao bag – a perennial favourite among architects and designers – has been updated with an assortment of new piece shapes, including arrows, circles and lighting bolts (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

World Architecture Festival 2012: Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs talks to Wilkinson Eyre Architects‘ Paul Baker in this interview filmed just moments after the firm’s Cooled Conservatories for the Gardens by the Bay tropical gardens in Singapore was named World Building of the Year at the World Architecture Festival today. (more…) View the full article

Wooden chairs were piled on top of one another to create the shelves of this pop-up shop for skincare brand Aesop in a Tokyo shopping centre. (more...) View the full article

Security company Yale has partnered with Google-owned domestic technology firm Nest to release a door lock that can be remotely controlled via a smartphone. (more…) View the full article

Breaking news: Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris has caught fire, with flames visible from the roof and firefighters attending the scene. Read more

Danish studio Kilo Design has created a mask to protect and educate children living in areas with very high levels of air pollution. Read more View the full article

Thousands of wooden spikes cover scaffolding to form this pavilion that Mexico City studio Pedro & Juana has built to host the MoMA PS1's summer music series. Read more

Apple has joined the list of donors who have pledged to support restoration of the fire-damaged Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, with total donations now exceeding €600 million. Read more

The latest Dezeen competition offers readers the chance to win one of five copies of Why Materials Matter: Responsible Design For A Better World, a book written by Seetal Solanki. Read more View the full article

Dezeen is launching an international architecture, interiors and design conference called Dezeen Day. The first edition will be held in London on 30 October. Read more

German carmaker BMW has unveiled a concept zero-emissions MINI car – a version of which will go on the roads in 2019. Read more View the full article

After the popularity of our story on Nendo’s bathroom for Bisazza Bagno this week, we’ve compiled over 100 covetable bathrooms from the pages of Dezeen in our latest Pinterest board. See all our Pinterest boards » Follow Dezeen on Pinterest » View the full article

Designer Irina Flore has created a collection of ceramic bowls and plates that can be stacked up into form containers for preserving food, to offer an alternative to plastic tupperware or foil. Read more View the full article

A brick holiday home in Tangshan, China designed by Arch Studio has four external terraces partially sheltered under a pitched roof. Read more View the full article

Melbourne studio Clare Cousins Architects rearranged and extended a Victorian house in the city's St Kilda East district to create two wings for living and sleeping, either side of a dining space that opens out to the garden. (more...) View the full article