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Mirrored walls and glass ceilings transform this office interior in Shanghai into a labyrinth of reflected light and imagery (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

To kick off the new year, we've selected the top architecture and design positions on Dezeen Jobs, including opportunities at architecture firm Takero Shimazaki Architects and set designer Es Devlin's eponymous studio. Read more View the full article

Dezeen Wire: new Royal College of Art dean of architecture Alex de Rijke will steer students away from proposing unbuildable “paper architecture” and instead focus on how their ideas could be built (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: this new silver-faced version of the elegant Vigorelli watch by Matteo Ragni is now available to buy with FREE SHIPPING at Dezeen Watch Store. It features a square stainless steel case and a sloped inner ring, inspired by the iconic Vigorelli Velodrome built in Milan in 1935. The watch has a leather strap and can be bought online or over the phone. View the full article

The press preview of this year’s Serpentine Gallery Pavilion by Herzog & de Meuron and Ai Weiwei is today. See some photos of this morning’s preparations on our Facebook page. See the designs for the pavilion in our earlier story » See all our stories about the annual Serpentine Gallery Pavilions » See all our stories about Herzog & de Meuron » See all our stories about Ai Weiwei » View the full article

Spanish studio Nook Architects stripped out false ceilings and dividing walls to transform two next-door apartments in Barcelona's gothic quarter into a pair of bright and spacious homes (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

American studio Salmela Architect has created a rural Wisconsin home that features a steep roof, square windows and natural cedar cladding meant to age over time. Read more View the full article

Studio Gang founder Jeanne Gang and Rossana Hu, co-founder of Neri&Hu, have joined jury chair Odile Decq on the grand jury of the 2020 RIBA International Prize. Read more

German designer Gitta Gschwendtner has created the furniture for a dedicated cancer treatment centre at Guy's Hospital in London, completed by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners earlier this year. Read more View the full article

In this week's comments update, readers are debating CEO of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation Andrew Morlet's statement that plastic can be used sustainably. Read more View the full article

We have plenty of job vacancies for technical architects available right now, with roles in New York, Rotterdam and Hong Kong. Here are the five best on Dezeen Jobs, including positions at Handel Architects and Powerhouse Company. Read more

Work from Bauhaus artists and designers including Walter Gropius, Marianne Brandt and Wassily Kandinsky is on display at the Vitra Design Museum in Germany (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Installations that demonstrate Yayoi Kusama's obsession with polka dots are on show at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark, as part of an exhibition that presents six decades of the Japanese artist's work (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Cologne 2013: French brand Ligne Roset has launched a storage box and mirror hanging either end of a leather strap by design collective Outofstock. (more...) View the full article

The latest office chair from German furniture brand Wilkahn features technologies developed to encourage movement and maintain the user's centre of gravity as they shift position throughout the working day. Read more

American company Under Armour has joined the list of sportswear brands incorporating 3D printing into shoes with the launch of lattice-soled trainers designed to be suitable for any sport (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Our US job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for an interior designer at the studio of Karim Rashid, the New York designer who created the curvaceous interior of Munich sex shop Fun Factory (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Italian tile manufacturer Refin has launched its latest collection of porcelain tiles in London and Bologna. (more...) View the full article

A museum dedicated to the Bauhaus, designed by Barcelona studio Addenda Architects, has opened in the German town of Dessau, the former home of the hugely influential design school. Read more

Movie: show director Deborah Spencer and creative director Michael Sodeau take us through their highlights of designjunction 2013 in this movie Dezeen filmed during London Design Festival. (more...) View the full article

Creative leaders of London's cultural institutions have collaborated with 10 designers to create an object of personal relevance to them from American red oak wood for London Design Festival. Read more

Dutch Design Week 2014: these textiles by Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Alexandra Stück are infused with different remedial herbal scents to make the wearer feel calm, focused or horny. (more...) View the full article

This week we've selected four positions on Dezeen Jobs based in New York, including vacancies at skincare brand Aesop and member's club Soho House. Read more View the full article

YPYC Architects has paired pastel pink and white surfaces with glass bricks to make a small patisserie in Hangzhou appear more spacious. Read more

London designer Moritz Waldemeyer based this headgear for the lead singer of Jamiroquai on an endangered animal called the pangolin, creating scale-like sections that move and light up. Read more View the full article