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Milan 2014: Swedish studio Claesson Koivisto Rune has created a modular chandelier, with strings of ovoid-shaped lights influenced by the shape of grapes hanging on a vine. (more...) View the full article

Rio 2016: Danish studio Henning Larsen Architects used boat sails and masts to create this maritime-inspired pavilion for the Rio 2016 Olympics (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Tsuruta Architects has topped a conservatory extension in London with a faceted timber and glass roof that casts zigzag shadows over a wood-lined dining space. Read more View the full article

The Zayed Centre for Research into Rare Disease in Children in London by Stanton Williams features corners and corridors that give a window onto its laboratories. Read more View the full article

Stockholm designer Thomas Bernstrand has created an outdoor stool that locks up like a supermarket trolley to keep parks and public spaces tidy. Read more View the full article

The architecture college at Washington University in St Louis has announced it plans to prohibit students from using styrene in their models, citing health risks related to the chemical that is used to make foam boards. (more…) View the full article

Kim Kardashian has revealed a glimpse of the "minimal style" Calabasas house that Axel Vervoordt and Vincent Van Duysen designed for the reality television star and her rapper husband Kanye West. Read more View the full article

A sequence of white geometric galleries are enclosed within this aluminium-foil pavilion, which Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza created for furniture brand Camerich at the China International Furniture Fair. Read more

As the coronavirus pandemic continues its spread across the globe, art directors and artists are using magazine covers as a visual commentary on the crisis. Read more View the full article

Eindhoven graduate Diego Faivre has coated electrical plugs in brightly coloured, patterned clay, in a bid to inject some fun into these "boring and forgotten" objects. Read more View the full article

Maison&Objet 2013: Swedish designer Mattias Ståhlbom of TAF has created an uplighter for Danish brand Muuto that can be adjusted by rotating the shade. (more...) View the full article

Dezeen has teamed up with tokyobike to launch their new London store this week and to celebrate we’re give away a single-speed bike worth £520 (above). (more…) View the full article

Following our special feature on skinny houses, we've put together a collection of some of the best examples of slimline residences from the pages of Dezeen. (more...) View the full article

A large public square is at the heart of Danish firm BIG's proposed overhaul of Miami Beach Convention Center, home to the annual Art Basel/Miami and Design Miami trade fairs (+ slideshow + movie). (more...) View the full article

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

This cafe and sweet shop in Okamoto, Japan, was designed by architect Yuko Nagayama to look like two separate buildings with a small courtyard and tree sandwiched in the middle. (more...) View the full article

News: Sony has announced that it will make its augmented reality eyewear prototype available for developers, following news that Google pulled sales of its own headset last month (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

A vivid green floor covered in semi-precious stones is the focal point of this decadent Asian restaurant in central London, which has been created by The Ivy in collaboration with Adam Ellis Studio. Read more View the full article

We're up to June in our 2012 review and leading our five most popular stories is a camera controlled by blinking and squinting by Royal College of Art graduate Mimi Zou. (more...) View the full article

News: Asda is to become the first UK supermarket to offer an in-store 3D scanning and 3D printing service. (more...) View the full article

News: a cultural centre in Arnhem covered in a dense pattern of pale concrete mullions by Rotterdam firm Neutelings Riedijk Architects has won the award for the Netherlands' Best Building of the Year 2014. (more...) View the full article

Studio Lotus has designed the Mehrangarh Fort visitor centre in Jodhpur, India, from a system of interconnected and adaptable decks. Read more

Danish architecture studio CEBRA has designed the facades of a car park for Lego in Billund, Denmark, which features a road layout based on the toy company's City road plates. Read more View the full article

We've selected a five of the best communications roles available on Dezeen Jobs right now, including positions with Wilkinson Eyre and Caruso St John Architects. Read more View the full article

London Design Festival: every scrap of material and minute of production time was carefully recorded during the manufacturing of these twelve wooden chairs, helping the Royal College of Art students that designed them to measure each one’s sustainability. (more…) View the full article