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Milan 2013: work by the late James Irvine and other international designers has been reproduced in black marble for this collection by Marsotto Edizioni, unveiled in Milan this week. (more...) View the full article

Australian designer Jordana Maisie has created a boutique for Wardrobe NYC that features elements of New York City's streetscape, including a scaffolding system and industrial benches inside the dressing rooms. Read more

Continuing our review of the year, Semi Han picks out the top 10 museums and galleries that welcomed their first visitors in 2019. Read more View the full article

Geneva Motor Show 2015: car manufacturers are helping to change outdated perceptions of hybrid and electric vehicles by using the technologies in faster, sleeker cars, finds Dezeen's motoring correspondent Ross Bryant. (more…) View the full article

Adidas has partnered with designer Fabio Novembre to create patches for its VRCT jacket — a customisable and adaptive take on the American college classic. Read more View the full article

Wooden shutters can be drawn across the pigeonhole-style windows of this apartment block in Tehran by local studio TDC Office (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

News: the world's largest free-standing museum dedicated to photography is set to be built in Morocco by British firm David Chipperfield Architects. (more...) View the full article

Footwear brand Allbirds uses merino wool to manufacture the textile uppers of its Wool Runners shoes, which also feature laces made from recycled plastic bottles and insoles produced using castor bean oil. Read more

American architect Eric Fisher claims to have built the world's largest residential cantilever with this house in Pittsburgh that protrudes by 16 metres to hover over the roof of a glass factory (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

German designer Valentin Loellmann has created a collection of tables and chairs that pair rounded plates of polished brass with wood. (more…) View the full article

Designers including India Mahdavi, Nathalie du Pasquier and Ini Archibong have worked with Italian master artisans to create a range of unique objects, including totem-like vases and contemporary Venetian masks. Read more View the full article

Swiss architects Omar Trinca and Guillaume Vallotton have added a concrete extension to a 19th-century villa in Geneva, creating more space for the kindergarten that now occupies it (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

There are barely any clothes in this minimal fashion boutique in São Paulo, which local firm MNMA Studio has expanded with a glass-fronted corridor to join its two sides. Read more View the full article

News: US technology firm Honeywell has released a minimal smart thermostat that learns household routines, a rival to Nest's similar connected home product. (more...) View the full article

There are 50 examples of sustainable fashion on show in the Netherlands for the inaugural State of Fashion exhibition, including textiles created from salvaged plastic bags and shoes made of fish skins. In a Dezeen exclusive, curator José Teunissen reveals her highlights. Read more View the full article

The zigzagging roof of this orphanage in Haiti is independent of its walls, allowing breezes to permeate the building and offer relief from the hot climate, as well as providing earthquake resistance (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Dezeen readers can enter a competition to win a set of architecture books published by Laurence King by completing one of three drawings from its new Archidoodle title. (more...) View the full article

Hall McKnight, 6a Architects and DRDH Architects are among the studios to have revealed their shortlisted designs for the overhaul of St Hilda's College at the University of Oxford (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Today is Cinco de Mayo, the annual celebration of Mexico's victory against France in the Battle of Puebla in 1862. To mark the occasion we're showcasing beautiful Mexican houses, including a home with a rooftop stable and Casa Wabi by Japanese architect Tadao Ando (pictured), described as "paradise on earth" by one Dezeen reader. See more Mexican houses » View the full article

This week on Dezeen, we held the inaugural Dezeen Day conference and the overall winners of the Dezeen Awards 2019 were revealed at our party in London. Read more View the full article

Architecture studio NOARQ has extended a stone villa in Portugal with a bright red cabin perched on thick blocks of granite above the entrance. Read more View the full article

If you didn’t manage to get a ticket for our Designed in Hackney Day tomorrow don’t worry, you can still attend the FREE evening event at Hackney House, featuring music by Dalston Superstore DJ Dan Beaumont (below) and electro-indie band Clock Opera (above). (more…) View the full article

Design Miami: inspired by Gaudí’s ingenious method to create the perfect curve, Anglo-Dutch design duo Glithero have hung loops of beaded chain over a shallow pool of water in an installation for champagne house Perrier-Jouët (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

The death of celebrated Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer this week has prompted a string of tributes from readers, while British architect Norman Foster declared him a hero and we looked back at some of his projects from around Brazil, including his career-defining Church of Saint Francis of Assisi (above). As usual, we’ve also chosen our track of the week from Dezeen Music Project. (more…) View the full article

A steel-framed vertical garden cuts through the centre of this brick warehouse-style block in Oberhausen, Germany, topped by a translucent urban greenhouse for agricultural research with a zigzagging roofline. Read more View the full article