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News: Dutch studio MVRDV has won a competition to design 95 homes in Emmen, Switzerland, with plans that give every residence an identifiable colour. (more...) View the full article

News: Alex Moulton, the British engineer and designer best known for inventing the small-wheeled Moulton bicycle and the rubber suspension system for the Mini car, has died aged 92. (more…) View the full article

Footwear brand United Nude has designed a shoe that can be 3D-printed at home on a compact desktop machine (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Opinion: from drones to driverless buses, robots are seen as a replacement for workers who do society's "dirty, dangerous and dull" jobs. But robotic infrastructure has much wider implications for how our cities work, says Dan Hill. (more…) View the full article

Brooklyn firm Hatchet Design Build has enlisted New York studios Coil + Drift and Cold Picnic to choose textiles, furniture and lighting for a 19th-century residence in the borough. Read more View the full article

Los Angeles' Studio Sucio used a "mish-mash" of styles for the apartments it has created inside a 1960s Holiday Inn in Downtown Los Angeles. Read more

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Movie: Caesarstone CEO Yos Shiran reveals how the company develops and manufactures new countertop products in this exclusive video Dezeen produced for the quartz surface brand. (more…) View the full article

Is the nuclear family home an architectural tool of repression and social control? asks Phineas Harper. Read more

Appareil Architecture entirely renovated this Montreal duplex to restore existing elements of the structure, extend the home with an additional floor, and bring more light to the interiors. Read more View the full article

Four "legs" support the upper level of this house in Portland, Oregon – a design intended to offer the openness of a glass house, without compromising on privacy (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Stripy glass screens obscure views between rooms at this dental clinic in Torres Vedras, Portugal, by MMVArquitecto (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: popular Australian brand Stock is back at Dezeen Watch Store with a wider range of timepieces that combine a minimal aesthetic with a subversive twist. (more…) View the full article

Writer and artist Clo’e Floirat‘s comical-satirical drawings of London 2012 Olympic venues are now available at Dezeen Super Store as part of London design month. (more…) View the full article

More from architect Hironaka Ogawa: the two trees felled to make way for this house extension in Kagawa, Japan, were reinstalled inside the living room (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Apple has requested the addition of 13 inclusive emojis, including prosthetic limbs, guide dogs and a hearing aid, to better represent people with disabilities. Read more View the full article

Apple has launched a colourful new collection of straps for its smartwatches, including stripy and spotty designs. Read more View the full article

Six months after taking over the creative directorship of Molteni&C and Dada, Belgian architect and designer Vincent Van Duysen has revamped the brand's corporate showroom in Giussano, Italy. Read more View the full article

German architects J. Mayer H. have completed the first two of 20 roadside service stations for a new highway running from Azerbaijan to Turkey, through Georgia. (more…) View the full article

London's Palmspace co-working studio occupies a former factory that has been adapted to offer extra room for artists and makers. Read more View the full article

These shoes by British designer Dominic Wilcox have LEDs in the toes that will guide you home no matter where you are (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

This 120-year-old Kyoto townhouse was once used as a seed plantation, but has been carefully restored to create a guesthouse that celebrates Japanese interior design traditions (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Milan 2013: Italian designer Luca Nichetto has teamed up with Japanese studio Nendo to create a range of products including a knitted room-divider and a scaly carpet, which will be presented in Milan next week (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

With BIG's Amager Bakke Waste-To-Energy Plant due to open in Copenhagen later this year, this movie in our Dezeen x MINI Living series explores how its year-round rooftop ski slope designed by SLA Architects was conceived. Read more View the full article

This crematorium in Seoul by Korean firm HAEAHN Architecture folds up from the landscape and curls around a peaceful courtyard and pool of water. (more…) View the full article