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Prada's "radical" Spring Summer 2014 collection referencing themes of femininity and power has scooped the top prize in the fashion category at Designs of the Year 2014. (more...) View the full article

Mexican studio FRENTEarquitectura have completed a house in México City where the upper storey overhangs a long strip of garden. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Munich designer Matthias Demacker presented this chair with interchangeable upholstery pads for Italian brand Area DeClic in Milan last month. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Miysis Studio has proposed combining a reconstruction of Notre-Dame's spire with a modern glazed roof to "find the right balance between history and future" for the cathedral. Read more

The Serpentine Coffee House, which Mizzi Studio has created alongside the Serpentine lake in Hyde Park, London, is topped with a roof designed to look like a stingray. Read more

The tall gabled form of this house in the Czech countryside is based on archetypal local barns and accommodates living areas with a height of nine metres (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

The timber walls of this house outside Prague have been partially charred, intended as a reference to the clients' love of cooking (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Mjøstårnet by Voll Arkitekter in Brumunddal, Norway, has been verified as the world's tallest timber building by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Read more

New York design firm MKCA has refreshed the interiors of a seven-storey residence in the city with two stairwells, and new glazing to draw light down from a rooftop patio. Read more View the full article

A pinewood stud wall encloses this Aesop store in Sydney, which Mlkk Studio has furnished with domestic items to evoke 1960s Australian homes. Read more

This Copenhagen playground building surrounded by road markings was designed by Danish architects MLRP to provide a place where children can learn about road safety and test skills on-site (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Architecture office MLZD built the sports hall with a sculptural concrete wall below ground level to preserve views of a heritage-listed converted monastery in Wettingen, Switzerland. Read more

Japanese architects Nakae Architects and Ohno Japan have collaborated to create student accommodation in Tokyo where slits run round the building near the top of each storey. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: MMT Calendar, a distinctive pocket watch with a wooden shell, is now available in two finishes at Dezeen Watch Store (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

MMT has updated its Circles collection with a new limited-edition timepiece, which is now available to purchase from Dezeen Watch Store. Read 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

MNy Arkitekter has used seven varieties of timber to create this gabled house on the shoreline of a small lake in Tenala, Finland (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

These tiny pebble-shaped seaside cabins by Korean studio Yoon Space Design are designed to be easily transported from beach to beach (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Designers Anna Rosinke and Maciej Chmara of Kollectiv Stadtpark have been touring Austria, making friends with locals in the street at their mobile kitchen table. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Bulgarian architect Hristina Hristova has designed a tiny holiday home for herself and her husband that can be towed on a trailer so they can avoid the crowds along the country's built-up coast (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

News: a mobile kitchen designed by Anna Rosinke and Maciej Chmara has won the top prize at the inaugural NWW Design Awards at Vienna Design Week. (more…) View the full article

American design studios SAW and MOA have teamed up to conceive a "nomadic fitting room" for an online retailer that sells intimate apparel for women (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This tiny slatted timber pavilion is intended as a space for contemplation, and was designed by Milanese architect Giovanni Wegher to tour Italy's largest national park (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Floating staircases connect teaching spaces in the Brutalist-style monolithic concrete School of Planning and Architecture Vijayawada by Mobile Offices in India. Read more

News: researchers from IBM have redesigned the bus routes across Ivory Coast's largest city using data from mobile phones. (more...) View the full article