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Lego bricks could be used to transfer design models into real-time digital files with this prototype system by London studio Gravity (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Business news: designer Marcel Wanders and entrepreneur Casper Vissers have regained complete control of Dutch design brand Moooi, buying the remaining 25 per cent of the company they co-founded in 2001. (more…) View the full article

This weathered steel-clad artist's studio by architect Christian Tonkin has an angled body that follows the slope of the hill, but one end projects out to frame views out over the rooftops of nearby Bregenz (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

News: the cost to build a new outpost of the V&A museum in Dundee, Scotland, has almost doubled to the sum of £80 million – a figure that architect Kengo Kuma has claimed is "surprisingly high" (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Japanese designer Naoto Fukasawa has created a new version of his simple smartphone for telecommunications company KDDI. (more…) View the full article

A tapered column of cast concrete supports the underside of a dark oak staircase inside one of the residences that occupies this converted London garage by Patalab Architecture (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen is launching in north America and is searching for a New York-based reporter to help us set the agenda for the American design and architecture industries, as well as a talented sales representative. Find out more about jobs at Dezeen » View the full article

News: construction is now under way on a public square underneath Richard Seifert's iconic Centre Point tower in London, as part of a major redevelopment by Rick Mather Architects and Conran & Partners (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Comments update: inequality in architecture was back on the agenda this week, as readers responded to Dezeen columnist Alexandra Lange, who argued that sexism and prejudice were still a deep-rooted problem within the industry. (more…) View the full article

Japanese studios Rhythmdesign and Case-Real came up with the design for this nursery school in Kumamoto after being given a brief to create "not a small school, but a big house" (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Shoppers are encouraged to get hot under the collar while perusing the erotic products on offer at this Munich sex shop, with a curvaceous interior by New York designer Karim Rashid (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

News: Zaha Hadid has settled her case against the New York Review of Books and critic Martin Filler, and has donated the settlement money to an undisclosed charity that "protects and champions labour rights". (more…) View the full article

Children would swing beneath a giant colourful hot-air balloon in this proposal for a sculpture park in Queens by Australian architect Jesse Lockhart-Krause. (more…) View the full article

This house by Suppose Design Office slopes down beyond the boundary wall of a reservoir in Fukuoka, south-west Japan, to allow residents to be as close as possible to the water (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Maison&Objet 2015: quadrants of this circular cabinet by Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola swing open to reveal the contents stored inside. (more…) View the full article

A square wall with a bell in one corner fronts this chapel for a spiritual retreat in Virginia by Dynerman Architects, concealing the building's true gabled form behind (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Maison&Objet 2015: Spanish studio Mut Design has created a pair of chairs to look like masculine and feminine versions of the same seat. (more…) View the full article

A street-facing window replaces a rolling shutter at the front of this former garage in a Dublin mews building, which local architecture office TAKA has converted to create extra space for an existing house. (more…) View the full article

Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola has updated her Maia collection of outdoor furniture for Kettal by replacing the seat with nautical rope and the legs with teak wood. (more…) View the full article

Following our visit to the inaugural Northmodern design show in Copenhagen, we've gathered our pick of the best products from Danish designers and brands and added them to a new Pinterest board. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest | See more from Northmodern 2015 View the full article

The triangular form of this concrete home in Greece by Tense Architecture Network creates a large window overlooking olive groves and the Gerania Mountains (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Cologne 2015: Dutch designer Ineke Hans has incorporated slender drawers beneath the surface of this table to store items such as cutlery, letters or tablet devices (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Music: British director Ruffmercy drew influence from the work of American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat for this fast-paced animated video for a track by rappers Young Thug, Freddie Gibbs and A$AP Ferg. (more…) View the full article

Architectural photographer Maxime Delvaux challenged students at Brussels University to create scale models that would appear realistic when photographed (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article