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London-based designers Tino Seubert and Theodora Alfredsdottir combined wavy, moulded plywood with off-the-shelf aluminium tubes to create this modular lighting collection. Read more View the full article

Sculptor Benjamin Gilbert worked with architecture studio Archier to build his own family house on a former gold mine and sawmill, using reclaimed concrete blocks and rough-sawn macrocarpa wood (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

David Adjaye has unveiled visuals of a multifunctional building and public square in Sydney that will be shaded by a perforated metal canopy, designed with Aboriginal artist David Boyd. Read more View the full article

We’re into double figures on our A-Zdvent calendar and at number ten is J House in Japan, which features rooms that open out to one another. Read more about J House » View the full article

Italian architect and co-founder of radical design collective Superstudio, Adolfo Natalini, has passed away at the age of 78. Read more View the full article

Competition: we’ve teamed up with Thomas Heatherwick to give away five copies of Making, the new book covering his studio’s output to date. (more…) View the full article

Apple's glass Fifth Avenue store in New York City has reopened to the public following a renovation by Foster + Partners that added a spiral staircase, skylights and public plaza. Read more

Dezeen promotion: the abundance of industrial factories that once populated south London influence the interiors of The Hoxton's latest outpost, which hotelier Ennismore has opened in Southwark. Read more View the full article

Retail startup Wheelys has designed a prototype self-driving supermarket that navigates to different locations throughout the day and uses artificially intelligent holograms to help customers. Read more View the full article

Having too many analogue synths to play with isn’t conducive to a good night’s sleep – that’s what Shitwave discovered when making this track, aptly titled Sleeping Problems, which manages to be catchy as well as rhythmically experimental. There’s also a music video for the track that you can watch here. About Dezeen Music Project | More tracks | Submit your track View the full article

Dutch social enterprise Fairphone has released a new version of its "ethical" smartphone that is designed to be easily taken apart for repairs. Read more

A rare first edition of Le Corbusier's 1931 interactive design guide Polychromie Architecturale: Die Farbenklaviaturen is up for auction in New York. Read more View the full article

Thirty-six structural trees support the roof of Stansted Airport by Norman Foster's studio, which is the next project in our high-tech architecture series. Read more View the full article

Brightly-coloured etchings appear when visitors scratch the surface of walls and furniture in this installation by Israeli designer Itay Ohaly at Israel's Design Museum Holon (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Architecture studio Atelier Espaço P2 has refurbished this house in Ansião, Portugal, inserting wood-lined interiors into a building that has been in the owner's family for three generations. Read more View the full article

Design Group Italia chief design officer Sigurdur Thorsteinsson explains how The Retreat at Blue Lagoon Iceland immerses guests in nature in this video produced by Dezeen for the AHEAD Awards. Read more View the full article

A growing number of designers have been experimenting with digital manufacturing to create unusual wallpaper patterns, so we've collected together the best examples from the pages of Dezeen. See our new wallpaper Pinterest board» See our new Pinterest board | Follow Dezeen on Pinterest View the full article

This week on Dezeen, designers focused their efforts on creating objects for life after Covid-19 lockdown, from blankets and frames for social distancing in parks to unconventional face shields. Read more View the full article

News: Dutch office UNStudio has won a competition to design a world trade centre in the growing city of Wenzhou, China, with proposals for a family of segmented skyscrapers. (more...) View the full article

Monochrome interiors create a minimal backdrop to artworks by William Klein, Ellen von Unwerth and Bill Viola inside this renovated loft in central London. Read more View the full article

Scroll on for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with Herzog & de Meuron, COOP HIMMELB(L)AU and Studio Olafur Eliasson, whose fort-like headquarters design for a Danish investment company is pictured. This is also the last chance to apply for roles with Wilkinson Eyre Architects, OMA, Paul Smith and more... (more...) View the full article

Chocolate-patterned wall panelling and sofas shaped like Toblerones feature in Dutch designer Marcel Wanders' Swiss-inspired hotel in Zurich (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: London watch brand Uniform Wares has updated its best-selling 200 Series range of watches with three new models featuring an improved Swiss movement and new finishes. Buy now at Dezeen Watch Store with free worldwide shipping. (more…) View the full article

This multifunctional building by French studio PPA Architectures, provides a residence, gallery, workshop and events space, and stands at the edge of a golf course on the outskirts of Toulouse, southern France (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Japanese architects Geneto has hollowed out a geometric void in the base of a four-metre-wide house in Osaka that doubles as a garage and communal space. Read more