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Sushi wrapped in shopping bags and beer frothing with styrofoam bubbles are among the unappetising images in Sweet Sneak Studio's Microplastic Photo Series that explore the impacts of plastic pollution. Read more View the full article

London design studio Special Projects has created Envelope – paper sleeves to seal away smartphones to minimise screen time for the day while still allowing access to basic functions. Read more View the full article

Dezeen's new Face to Face podcast series kicks off with an interview with artist, designer and director Es Devlin, who discusses her seaside upbringing, her maverick student years and her meteoric career. Read more View the full article

Stockholm design studio TAF has created a sofa for Swedish retailer Svenkst Tenn with a curvaceous form to recreate the comfort and elegance of lying in a roll top bath. Read more View the full article

Agricultural barns were an inspiration for this holiday home in Pullenvale, Australia, designed by Paul Uhlmann Architects and featuring glazed gable-ends. Read more View the full article

South African practice Antonio Zaninovic Architecture Studio has overhauled a 1960s house in Cape Town adding outdoor areas to make the most of its ocean views. Read more View the full article

A colourful cashmere sofa, bronze chandeliers and stained-glass sculptures are among the mix of plush and sculptural objects American designer Misha Kahn is displaying at New York gallery Friedman Benda. Read more View the full article

Aerial photographer Tom Hegen has captured large greenhouses throughout the Netherlands from the air to draw attention to questions over how we will feed the world's growing population. Read more View the full article

Canadian studio DesignAgency incorporated "soft and graceful flourishes" into NeueHouse's latest co-working location that occupies a full floor in a 1890s structure in Downtown Los Angeles. Read more View the full article

Space Popular is exploring how virtual reality and mass production are set to disrupt architecture. Founders Lara Lesmes and Fredrik Hellberg talk Dezeen through six of their experiments. Read more View the full article

Six designers from China have created a series of conceptual products that aim to improve public health in the wake of outbreaks like the coronavirus, from an ultraviolet sterilising lamp to a DIY upper body capsule. Read more View the full article

The coronavirus epidemic will lead to "a global recession of a magnitude that has not been experienced before" but will eventually allow humanity to reset its values, according to trend forecaster Li Edelkoort. Read more View the full article

Nut-coloured walls and bronze mirrors feature in the two-tone Buddy Buddy cafe in Brussels, which serves up speciality coffee and nut butters that are made on site. Read more View the full article

Thinking about making your next career move? Here are five promising architecture and design job opportunities, including positions at Soho House and India Mahdavi. Read more View the full article

British designer Tom Dixon is releasing a series of furniture made from cork, that has been charred to give it a rich, deep brown colour reminiscent of rosewood. Read more View the full article

Dezeen promotion: architects and designers working across the Middle East and Africa are invited to submit their entries to the 2020 edition of the AHEAD awards. Read more View the full article

Apollo Architects & Associates has designed the austere metal-clad exterior of this compact home to disguise a central planted courtyard covered by exposed wooden rafters. Read more View the full article

Argentinian architect Felipe Gonzalez Arzac has used folding wooden blinds and a chunky concrete floor slab to provide shade to this house near Buenos Aires. Read more View the full article

American designer Jamie Bush has decked out a New York apartment with 1970s furniture and contemporary pieces to fuse architectural designs that are new and old. Read more View the full article

Bosses of Milan's Salone del Mobile furniture fair will meet this week to "assess the situation" as Lombardy and several northern Italian regions were locked down due to the coronavirus outbreak. Read more View the full article

Architecture studio Anna and Eugeni Bach has converted a 19th-century chocolate factory in the Spanish town of La Bisbal into a family home and studio apartment. Read more View the full article

New York-based studio White Arrow has overhauled this early 20th-century apartment in Berlin, adding in plenty of storage space while carefully preserving the home's original features. Read more View the full article

Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara won the Pritzker Architecture Prize this week, so we've updated our Pritzker Prize winners Pinterest board to feature some of their most important projects. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest or visit our updated board to see more. Read more View the full article

Architect Kourosh Asgar-Irani has created a collection of hand-knotted rugs featuring traditional Persian patterns that have been digitally altered to match a room's architectural elements. Read more View the full article

Montreal firm Natalie Dionne Architecture added a new brick facade to an apartment building in the city to transform it into a light-filled and contemporary home. Read more View the full article