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News: British architect Colin Stansfield Smith, a pioneer of UK school design, has died at the age of 80. (more...) View the full article

The Bradley - a watch originally designed for blind people - is now exclusively on sale at Dezeen Watch Store during the month of June. (more...) View the full article

Spanish designer Jaime Hayón has created a festive ice cream cake for Häagen-Dazs. Read more View the full article

Aberdeenshire Council in Scotland has commissioned local-born textile designer Donna Wilson to create a tartan fabric that celebrates the area's craft heritage. (more...) View the full article

New York design studio Trueing has intended to put "an interesting spin on the familiar" with the bold hand-formed coloured glass chain links that feature in its latest collection of lighting. Read more

Designed in Hackney: next up in our series of stories about Hackney fashion design is the A-Lu-Ha collection by Lu Flux, combining vintage patchwork with Hawaiian details. (more…) View the full article

A curving copper-clad extension punctuated by portholes has been added to a house in Ghent, Belgium, by local studio Atelier Vens Vanbelle, who describe the structure as "a cocktail of science fiction and nostalgia" (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for Mandarin-speaking architects at Italian practice Studio Fuksas, which was selected to design a major convention centre in Canberra (pictured). See more from Studio Fuksas or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

Here's a selection of our favourite Christmas cards and movies we've received this year, including a collapsible model snow globe from architecture firm Aedas (pictured). (more...) View the full article

Royal College of Art graduate Chang-Yeob Lee has developed a concept to transform the BT Tower in London into a pollution-harvesting high rise (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

Toyota is showcasing the winning entries of this year's Toyota Logistics Design Competition for the VDF x Ventura Projects collaboration. Read more View the full article

News: the American Institute of Architects (AIA) has named the ten winners of its annual Small Project Awards, including a concept for a house in the desert with four bedroom towers (above) and a concrete playground pavilion with hidden chimneys (below). (more...) View the full article

BIG has completed The Twist art gallery that twirls "like a deck of cards" and bridges the river dividing Kistefos sculpture park in Norway. Read more

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

3D printing and scanning was hot on the agenda again in March, when a fully articulated dress was printed and worn by Dita Von Teese (pictured) and space architects planned to print a lunar base. (more...) View the full article

Tropical, desert and aquatic plants will be housed in a trio of gridded glass domes at the centre of these botanical gardens planned by Austrian firm Delugan Meissl Associated Architects for Taiyuan, China. (more…) View the full article

This grenade-shaped scent diffuser has been designed to alert internet users of data leaks from their smartphones, tablets and computers. Read more View the full article

The new Tokyo flagship store for Japanese fashion brand Takeo Kikuchi has been specifically designed by Schemata Architects to offer a richer experience than online shopping, with spaces for relaxation as well as display. (more…) View the full article

Vancouver studio Alyssa.Marcela presents Peel Vase Series, a range of vessels for cut flowers made of paper, as part of the VDF x Ventura Projects collaboration. Read more View the full article

Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Dave Hakkens' concept for a mobile phone made of detachable blocks has gone viral, attracting over 16 million views on YouTube and garnering almost a million supporters online (+ movie + interview). (more...) View the full article

A capsule Chamber gallery exhibition covering 10 years of work by designers Studio Job is on view at the Armory Show art fair in New York (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Walkways that twist through treetops, zigzag along mountain paths and climb skywards feature on our new Pinterest board. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest | See more walkways in our archive View the full article

This greengrocers turned burger bar in Adelaide, Australia, by designer Peter Jay Deering, features white tiled walls, neon signage and a chunky concrete trough for hand-washing (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

There are a variety of architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs right now. The most exciting openings include chief executive at the Serpentine gallery and a graphic design role at Marcel Wanders. Read more

Architecture office AR Design Studio has converted an old stable block in Hampshire, England, into a three-bedroom family house (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article