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Visitors to this temporary theatre in the Netherlands designed by TAAT perform their own play by reading from wooden cubes based on Buddhist prayer wheels. (more…) View the full article

Concealed storage cabinets create a space-saving solution inside this apartment in Sceaux, which was recently overhauled by French studio h2o architectes. Read more View the full article

Soundproof pods, saddle-shaped chairs, adjustable-height desks and wobble boards were in abundance at Stockholm Furniture Fair last week, as privacy and wellbeing become essential aspects of office furniture design. Read more

Curator Paola Bjäringer has put together a collection of "un-Swedish" design, which was displayed at the London Design Fair as part of the exhibition Crossovers by digital gallery Adorno. Read more

News: work is nearing completion on an upgraded first floor for the Eiffel Tower that will offer visitors the opportunity to walk over a glass floor or host events and conferences 57 metres above the ground. (more...) View the full article

The triangular form of this concrete home in Greece by Tense Architecture Network creates a large window overlooking olive groves and the Gerania Mountains (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

A trademark application made earlier this month has given a clue to name and crest of David Beckham's new Miami football team, and the year they aim to start playing. Read more View the full article

Bespoke racing wheelchairs designed and manufactured by UK firm Draft will be used by a number of medal hopefuls during the London 2012 Paralympics, including Beijing gold medalist David Weir and London Marathon winner Shelly Woods (below). (more…) View the full article

Polish designer Kamila Rudnicka has created an artificial insemination tool that doubles up as a sex toy, in the hopes of restoring pleasure to an often clinical process. Read more View the full article

American studio WOJR has designed a black house with a roof shaped like half-pipes at a skate park, for a site in Silicon Valley originally earmarked for a Spanish-style residence. Read more View the full article

Beauty brand Glossier has teamed up with landscape architect Studio Lily Kwong to create a pop-up shop in Seattle that is filled with plant-covered mounds and splashes of pink and purple. Read more

Dezeen Super Store is now open at 38 Monmouth Street in the Seven Dials district of Covent Garden, London. The micro-department store brings together our designer watch boutique Dezeen Watch Store, our pop-up design concept The Temporium and our Designed in Hackney Shop so drop by if you’re in town! Dezeen Super Store 38 Monmouth Street, London WC2 1 July – 30 September 2012 Monday to Saturday: 11am to 7pm Sunday: 11am to 5pm View the full article

Philips Lighting, the world's largest lighting company, has announced its move into emerging technology LiFi – LEDs that can wirelessly transmit data at high speeds. Read more View the full article

East London design brand Hulger has launched a second design for its award-winning Plumen low-energy lightbulbs. (more...) View the full article

A+Awards: this year's Pritzker Prize-winning studio RCR Arquitectes is behind this steel-clad museum in France, which also earned the Catalan firm an Architizer A+Award. Read more View the full article

News: Zaha Hadid has settled her case against the New York Review of Books and critic Martin Filler, and has donated the settlement money to an undisclosed charity that "protects and champions labour rights". (more…) View the full article

The founders of American studio Turkel Design have used prefabricated components to create a home for themselves in southern California that will also serve as a "lab" for testing ideas and materials. Read more View the full article

Architecture firms Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Gensler have completed the renovation and expansion of New York's Museum of Modern Art, featuring a new lobby, bookstore, cafe and several gallery spaces. Read more

News: a team made up of architecture firms OMA, Hassell and Populous has been selected to redevelop Sydney’s convention, exhibition and entertainment precinct at Darling Harbour (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Belgian design collective Rotor interfered with the restoration of these disused dockside gravel pits to reveal traces of Ghent’s industrial past (+ slideshow). (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

News: Italian architect and designer Massimo Morozzi, co-founder of influential architecture studio Archizoom Associati and later art director for furniture brand Edra, has died aged 73. (more...) View the full article

Product News: French brothers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have designed a collection of cutlery for Italian design brand Alessi. (more…) View the full article

Perkins Eastman Architects' Green Line concept would see New York's iconic Broadway converted into a linear park running from Columbus Circle to Union Square. (more…) View the full article

We've been reporting from Milan all this week, where highlights included Lasvit's sculptural glass lamps and Studio Job's illustrated wallpaper. Philippe Starck named this year's "only acceptable" trend as "choice" and Marcel Wanders complained about how computer-rendered concepts are making products "look extremely boring". Read on for more news, plus our Dezeen Music Project featured track. (more...) View the full article