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Playing on these swings outside an arts centre in Guimarães, Portugal, generates electricity to power lighting under the floor (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

A glazed reading room appears to float over the still waters of a shallow pool at this town library in Maranello, Italy, by Japanese architect Arata Isozaki and Italian architect Andrea Maffei (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Designer Gitta Gschwendtner explains how historic underground tunnels inspired her installation of seven ladders bridging the street in this movie we filmed about the Seven Designers for Seven Dials aerial installations curated by Dezeen. (more...) View the full article

Competition: we're giving readers the chance to win one of five books about cities around the Pearl River Delta in China, the largest industrial region in the world. (more...) View the full article

Dezeen archive: wearable technology has been in the news lately with Google Glass, the relaunch of the UP wristband, rumours of a forthcoming Apple "iWatch" and electronic tattoos that stick to the skin. See our archive of stories about gadgets you wear on your body » View the full article

News: New York studio SO-IL has won a competition to design an art museum at the University of California's Davis campus with plans that will unite indoor and outdoor spaces beneath a large steel roof. (more...) View the full article

Italian design studio Archiplan has installed a series of Corten steel, wood and concrete rest areas and information points along the banks of a river in Italy to enhance views of the surrounding countryside (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

News: D&AD chairman Dick Powell has moved to defuse the controversy over a speech advising young people to "work for nothing" in order to get a job in the creative industries. In a letter to Dezeen, Powell states that "there are no circumstances where working unpaid in any capacity is acceptable on any level" and adds: "I apologise to your readers who may wrongly have a different impression". (more...) View the full article

See the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with the V&A, Studio Urquiola and Duggan Morris Architects, whose community facility in south London combines exposed concrete frames with raw brickwork (pictured). This is also the last chance to apply for roles with Tom Dixon, Marcel Wanders, MVRDV and more... (more…) View the full article

Architect Carles Enrich converted an old laundry space in Barcelona into an apartment that has a bookshelf merged with the staircase (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

News: car brand Bentley has become the latest luxury brand to develop its own furniture line with the launch of the Bentley Home range of sofas, chairs and tables. (more...) View the full article

Spanish designer Jorge Penadés has devised a chair made from simple wooden boards that collapses into a backpack (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Toulouse architects BAST have renovated a derelict house in the French city by adding a corrugated steel extension that contrasts with the existing masonry (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: the list of exhibitors has been announced for this year's Ventura Lambrate exhibition to be held in Milan next month and a map of the show is now available to download. (more...) View the full article

Working with skilled local craftspeople is both a duty and an opportunity for Indian designers, says Prateek Jain of lighting design company Klove, in the third and final movie from BE OPEN's Made In… India Samskara exhibition in New Delhi. (more...) View the full article

A growing number of designers have been experimenting with digital manufacturing to create unusual wallpaper patterns, so we've collected together the best examples from the pages of Dezeen. See our new wallpaper Pinterest board» See our new Pinterest board | Follow Dezeen on Pinterest View the full article

This week was filled with parties, as Chilean architect Smiljan Radic unveiled his Serpentine Gallery Pavilion and Zaha Hadid hosted a summer pool party at her London Aquatics Centre. Both events provided us with plenty of Instagram moments! Read on for architecture and design highlights from the past seven days, plus our Dezeen Music Project track of the week. (more...) View the full article

News: a former Royal College of Art student has been found "technically" guilty of plagiarism and misconduct after a company complained that his graduate design project was similar to its own services. (more...) View the full article

This week news surfaced of a possible design fault with Apple's iPhone 6, the High Line's final phase opened in New York (pictured), and we launched a new series focussing on the impact technology is having on fashion. Read on for more architecture and design highlights. (more...) View the full article

A curvy structure forms the heart of this small Tokyo home and workspace by Japanese studio Flat House, separating a cafe, gallery and art studio from the residents' domestic activities (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Squeezed between two existing buildings in Barcelona, this family home by Alventosa Morell Arquitectes features a steel frame, a timber facade and two street-facing balconies (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

The Amsterdam-based architecture studio led by architect Ben van Berkel has designed a round table with multiple levels to encourage office workers to be more active. (more…) View the full article

An exhibition of Norwegian design will return to the London Design Festival in September, with a new focus on the country's manufacturing industry (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

London Design Festival 2015: an exhibition by Swedish gardening house Coloni and trend forecaster Studio Aikieu will celebrate the potential of "undesirable" and wild-growing species in towns and cities. (more…) View the full article

Italian design office Make That Studio has unveiled a jug based on the water-smoothed shapes of riverbed pebbles (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article