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Central Saint Martins graduate Eilish Macintosh showed outfits tied up with knotted lengths of rope at the institution's show during London Fashion Week. (more...) View the full article

The American Institute of Architects will work with US president-elect Donald Trump to improve the country's infrastructure, says the organisation's chief Robert Ivy. Read more View the full article

Californian start-up Mayfield Robotics has revealed its first domestic robot, which responds to its user with facial expressions, head movements and sounds. Read more View the full article

Technologies like driverless cars and smart heating systems could end up making cities dysfunctional according to Maarten Hajer, chief curator of the International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam 2016 (+ interview). (more…) View the full article

Seven-metre high doors fold open to reveal a courtyard and tree at the centre of this house in Nonthaburi, Thailand, by local studio TACHA_Design (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Car brand MINI has launched the Paceman: a cross between a sports activity vehicle and a coupé (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Spanish photographer Victor Enrich has used digital manipulation to splice together two buildings – the Storefront for Art & Architecture gallery in New York and the Spanish Republic Pavilion from the 1937 Paris Expo. (more…) View the full article

Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with London furniture brand H to give readers the chance to win one of three elastic woven Loom Chairs in celebration of the brand's online shop launch. (more...) View the full article

Patalab Architecture has won approval to build a nine-storey office block from shipping containers, which will be the world's tallest building made from the modular structures. Read more

London Design Festival 2015: London design studio Pinch has unveiled a coffee table made from plaster and resin composite material Jesmonite (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

German design studio Fifti-fifti has created a simple clothing storage solution using a wooden beam mounted on brackets that look like springs. (more…) View the full article

London Design Festival 2014: Norwegian design studio Noidoi has designed a multipurpose daybed for contemporary living spaces that are taking on the merged roles of what would once have been separate rooms. (more...) View the full article

Japanese designer Jin Kuramoto has created a "100 per cent biological chair" using flax fibres – a completely biodegradable material that is most commonly used for banknotes, tea bags and linen. Read more View the full article

With this year's Pride Month in full swing, we've rounded up eight products that you can truly use and wear with pride, from rainbow-printed Nikes to a multicoloured Ercol loveseat. Read more

Kengo Kuma's SunnyHills cake shop illustrates how the architect interprets the Japanese vernacular, according to YouTuber Martin van der Linden in the first of a series of videos from Tokyo shared with Virtual Design Festival. Read more View the full article

This flat circular lamp by Japanese designer Jun Yasumoto was designed to resemble an owl's wide eyes at night. (more...) View the full article

Movie: shadows dance across the surface of Kenzo Tange’s 1964 Olympic stadium in Tokyo in this animation by graduate design students at Harvard University. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: four design trade shows will take place as part of The May Design Series at exhibition centre ExCel London in May 2013 and the organisers are now accepting applications from exhibitors. (more…) View the full article

Swedish artist Aia Jüdes has given gnarled tree offshoots a new lease on life by turning them into a series of lights decorated with rainbow LEDs, velvet scrunchies and shining puddles of brass. Read more View the full article

This timber-clad kindergarten by Stuttgart-based Behnisch Architekten is the first building to open in a new district built on former railway land in the German city of Heidelberg (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Clerkenwell Design Week 2016: London designer Kia Utzon-Frank has created a set of sculptural cakes that look like blocks of solid polished stone. (more…) View the full article

Our Dezeen Watch Store elves are beavering away to ship every watch order in time for Christmas. To ensure delivery before Christmas Day, please place orders by the following dates: ► International and EU orders by Monday 17 December ► UK orders by Thursday 20 December Don’t forget we’re currently offering free shipping on all orders! Visit Dezeen Watch Store | See all our new watches | Buy the new Uniform Wares 152 series (above) View the full article

We've selected 10 of the most unusual and far-fetched proposals for Mars housing submitted as part of NASA's 3D Printed Habitat Challenge. (more…) View the full article

This week we're showcasing a range of materials on our Pinterest account, including concrete, coloured glass and polycarbonate plastic. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›

Snøhetta has completed the sustainable Powerhouse Brattørkaia office in Trondheim, Norway, which produces more than double the amount of electricity it consumes daily. Read more