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Layer and Panasonic have designed a range of near-future product concepts, including a smart head massaging device and an AI-powered skin analysis that makes personalised, nutritious smoothies in response to the results. Read more

Los Angeles-based artist Lucy McRae has created a machine she calls the Compression Carpet, which offers a hug to a person craving intimacy. Read more View the full article

Italian architect Renzo Piano has completed his 565 Broome Soho – a New York condominium development comprising two identical glass towers. Read more View the full article

Architecture studio Offhand Practice created textured walls and faux skylights within this Shanghai design gallery to evoke the feeling of being inside a cave. Read more View the full article

Dutch architecture studio OMA has unveiled the School of Science and Sports at a historic college in Brighton, which merges academic and athletic facilities in one building. Read more View the full article

Tel Aviv's Studio Amit has opted for colourful details to add flair to this retirement housing development in Israel. Read more View the full article

London studio Doshi Levien has created two contrasting textiles for Danish brand Kvadrat – an opaque upholstery fabric with a tactile pattern and a lightweight translucent curtain. Read more View the full article

With 15 days left to take advantage of reduced early-entry rates for Dezeen Awards 2020, here are 15 reasons why architects, interior designers and designers should enter now. Read more View the full article

As the final part of today's VDF x Beatie Wolfe collaboration, the musician speaks live to Dezeen founder Marcus Fairs before performing three of her tracks. Read more View the full article

Week four of VDF featured Bar Basso, Studio Drift, Adam Nathaniel Furman, Sevil Peach, Bureau Spectacular, Arthur Mamou-Mani and much more! Read more View the full article

Today's collaboration between Virtual Design Festival and filmmakers Laura Mark and Jim Stephenson sees the launch of their film Zaha Hadid: Words by Eva Jiřičná. Read more View the full article

Milan 2010: artists Studio Job and designer Pieke Bergmans present a collection of polished bronze objects with blown-glass lamps spilling out of them for Italian gallery Dilmos in Milan this week. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

San Francisco designers Mike and Maaike have created a space divider comprising overlapping grids of batons. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Scroll down for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeenjobs this week, including positions with architects Herzog & de Meuron and OMA. This is also the last chance to apply to work with Thomas Heatherwick, Tom Dixon, Jason Bruges Studio, Universal Design Studio and more… (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

German photographer Peter Nitsch has sent us a selection of his latest series of photos, documenting combined businesses and homes in Bangkok, Thailand. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This office building in Shanghai punctuated by rectangular apertures is a renovation by Chinese firm NHDRO. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

We’ve published a few popular stories about Portuguese architecture recently so here’s a roundup of all our stories on projects in Portugal. See all the stories » See all our archive stories » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The rounded wooden legs and tops of these stools by Norm Architects of Denmark are joined by brass or steel tubes. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: plans by Zaha Hadid Architects to extend London’s Serpentine Gallery have been approved by Westminster Council. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Show RCA 2011: Royal College of Art graduate Erik de Laurens has made a pair of swimming goggles, spectacles and beakers out of fish scales. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Rainwater slides down into the central folds of a plunging roof at this Dallas house, draining into a collection tank for reuse. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dutch studio architecten|en|en have created a home office in Eindhoven by wrapping a garage in corrugated aluminium. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

At the start of 2011 two of our most popular stories were about sex toys. New online brand Made to Pleasure invited customers to customise the shape of their toys, while designer Marc Dibeh designed one that discreetly tucks into the side of a bedside lamp. A few designers started to look forward to the imminent wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton by designing unofficial commemorative plates, and a group of students constructed an igloo-shaped pavilion from cardboard hoops. Meanwhile, a wooden house filled with bridges and platforms sparked a debate about safety and we revealed images of a Maggie’s Centre designed by London architects MJP. We featured a fle…

Dezeen promotion: the deadline to apply for this year’s A’ Design Award is 29 February. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article