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Archi-Union has surrounded the Light of Internet World Internet Conference Centre in Wuzhen, China, with pavilions that were built using robotic construction techniques. Read more View the full article

Rotterdam firm MVRDV has revealed plans to overhaul 600 hectares of Caen, the French city where William the Conqueror built his castle, creating housing, offices and numerous leisure attractions (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Product news: Dutch designers Studio Makkink & Bey have combined a desk, shelves and swivel chair to create a flexible workspace in a single item of furniture. (more...) View the full article

Discount supermarket chain Aldi is selling replica Eames chairs for £39.99 – a fraction of the £339 it costs to buy an authorised version of the chair. (more…) View the full article

More than 100 leaders in the field of robotics have signed an open letter calling on the United Nations to prevent a global arms race in autonomous lethal weapons. Read more View the full article

New York-based Israeli designer Ron Gilad has added a modular shelving system and an oval table to his TT furniture collection, which features surfaces that appear to hover unsupported within a metal frame. (more...) View the full article

Toronto design studio Castor has launched a set of accessories for marijuana users that resembles a vintage candy dish, ahead of Canada's expected legalisation of the drug later this year. Read more View the full article

US designer Brad Bartlett used an algorithm to give each copy of design school the ArtCenter's prospectus a different cover, playing on the modernist graphics of alumnus Alvin Lustig. Read more

News: a 24 metre tall viewing tower that looks like a helter skelter and a student housing development in Oxford have been included in a shortlist for the ugliest building completed in the UK in the last 12 months. (more...) View the full article

Beyond the arched entrance of this metal-clad house in Kadoma, Japan by architect Takeshi Hamada is a corner light well surrounded by windows and balconies. (more…) View the full article

A new exhibition at the Pratt Manhattan Gallery in New York showcases a range of futuristic fashion concepts, including a shrug that reveals when the wearer is distressed and a dress with integrated lie detectors (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Anish Kapoor's art using Vantablack will go on display to the public for the first time at this year's Venice Architecture Biennale. Read more View the full article

A canopy supported by slim white columns covers a hotpot restaurant by MUDA Architects in Chengdu, China which hugs the edge of a lotus pond in a eucalyptus forest. Read more

The latest edition of Dezeen Weekly includes the category winners for Dezeen Awards 2019 and Jony Ive's portrait for London's National Portrait Gallery. Subscribe to Dezeen Weekly › View the full article

Dutch designer Chris Kabel has wrapped this house and studio in Amsterdam with a facade of perforated hexagons that catches the light like a hanging sheet of fabric. (more…) View the full article

Having specialised in CGI and 3D graphics, Tom Dutfield joined design studio ECE Architecture as its first in-house visualiser. He describes his career progression for the Dezeen Jobs careers guide. Read more

Interview: after building the most talked-about urban development in Buenos Aires, Argentinian hotelier and property developer Alan Faena has now turned his attention to Miami Beach, where he has commissioned architects including Rem Koolhaas and Norman Foster to create the Faena District Miami Beach. In a rare interview, he told Dezeen about his plans (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This week on Dezeen, we revealed the winning architecture, interior and design projects for Dezeen Awards 2019. Read more View the full article

Minimalist interiors draw attention to the open kitchen of this Japanese restaurant, which Takenouchi Webb has created inside an old Singapore shophouse. Read more

Canadian studio MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple has staggered cedar-clad chalets on Utah's Powder Mountain to form this retreat for creative entrepreneurs. 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

Moncler has unveiled a collection of padded full-length evening dresses by Valentino creative director Pierpaolo Piccioli at Milan Fashion Week. Read more

An app has launched that allows users to instantly identify artworks and access information about them, by simply scanning them with a smartphone. Read more View the full article

Harry Parr combined his love of food and architecture in food-based, experiential events brand Bompas & Parr. He explains how he got there for the Dezeen Jobs careers guide. Read more

Nearly three years after first revealing his concept for a shoe with no foot-plate on Dezeen, architect and shoe designer Julian Hakes talks about designing the Mojito shoe as the first collection goes into production. (more…) View the full article