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Garments by Alexander McQueen, Yves Saint Laurent and Thierry Mugler feature in an exhibition of feathered fashion at Antwerp's Mode Museum. (more...) View the full article

A rooftop extension fronted by a grid of metal mesh and glass contrasts with the original brick facade of this building in east London renovated by Duggan Morris Architects (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Scroll on for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with dRMM, Christopher Jenner and British architect David Chipperfield, whose Museo Jumex gallery in Latin America is nominated for Designs of the Year 2014. This is also the last chance to apply for roles with Paul Smith, Martha Schwartz Partners, Adjaye Associates and more... (more...) View the full article

Swedish bicycle accessory brand Bookman has created a cup holder that snaps onto handlebars so city bikers can cycle with their takeaway coffees (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: Dutch designer Daan Roosegaarde is exploring ways of using the bio-luminescent qualities of jellyfish and mushrooms to create glow-in-the-dark trees that could replace street lights. (more...) View the full article

French design duo Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec will introduce their first fabric collection of upholstery textiles knitted from jersey in Milan next month (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

This conceptual design for a family home by postgraduate architecture student Gonzalo Vaíllo Martínez features a fluid structural frame, a skeletal staircase and a skin incorporating blinds that open and close like gills (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

These autonomous lamps by Dutch designer Bob de Graaf seek out human companions then follow them around, and go in search of the darkest spots in the house ( + movie). (more...) View the full article

Amongst the bustling 24-hour shopping district of South Korea's capital city, Zaha Hadid has completed a 38,000-square-metre cultural complex with a twinkling aluminium facade (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

This skateboarding ramp floating over the clear waters of Lake Tahoe was put together in just four days by design-and-build team Jerry Blohm and Jeff King for Californian skater Bob Burnquist (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

As Italy's furniture industry struggles to bounce back after the recession, has Copenhagen regained its place as Europe's design capital? Dan Howarth investigates. (more...) View the full article

Paris studio Jouin Manku installed a sculptural fireplace and chose materials with natural tones and textures to give this lounge in Munich's Bayerischer Hof hotel the feel of a fantasy forest landscape. (more...) View the full article

Belgian architect Karel Verstraeten has transformed an abandoned construction-site trailer into a quiet retreat at the end of a family garden in Ghent. (more...) View the full article

Architecture studio AOC has renovated a four-storey townhouse in north London, adding wall-hung vintage bicycles and timber mouldings based on the faces of the resident family. (more...) View the full article

Recent Norwegian projects including a sinuous hotel and a landscape intervention have been popular with readers, so we've collected together some spectacular examples of Norwegian architecture on our new Pinterest board. See our new Pinterest board» Follow Dezeen on Pinterest» View the full article

An angular metal-clad canopy now projects over a public square at the entrance to Rotterdam Centraal station, which reopened last week following an extensive remodelling by a team including Dutch firm Benthem Crouwel Architects (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Dezeen Music Project: a little girl drawn with crayons goes on a journey across the ocean in this animated music video by Rosanna Wan for Tom Rosenthal's track I Like It When You're Gone. (more...) View the full article

The facades of well-known buildings in Paris, New York and Brisbane have been reduced to a series of patterned surfaces and silhouettes in this series of images by French photographer Alexander Jacques (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Swedish studio Sweco Architects has covered the ceiling of this hair salon in Umeå with 85 green MDF boxes. (more...) View the full article

Irish studio GKMP Architects added glazed white tiles to the angular walls of this extension to a semi-detached house in Dublin to help direct sunlight into the interior (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Tech news has dominated Dezeen this week, as Google unveiled its Android Wear operating system for smartwatches and Imogen Heap launched a campaign to produce her gloves that manipulate sound. Read on for more architecture and design news from the past seven days, plus our Dezeen Music Project featured track. (more...) View the full article

Italian designer Eugenia Morpurgo has set up a high-street micro factory, which uses digital manufacturing to produce her range of customisable shoes that wearers can assemble and repair themselves. (more...) View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: thanks to everyone who came to visit our augmented reality watch store at Hackney House Austin during SXSW. Since getting back to London we've been busy putting together photos of all our visitors wearing their favourite watches from our collection. Browse the gallery on the Dezeen Watch Store blog » View the full article

Layers of sand that resemble a mountainous landscape will gradually move and change shape for the duration of this installation by Mexican architect Frida Escobedo for skincare brand Aesop's New York pop-up shop. (more...) View the full article

In the first of a series of movies from BE OPEN's Made In… India Samskara exhibition in New Delhi, exhibiting designers and co-curator Sunil Sethi discuss the importance of Indian craft and its significance in the modern world. (more...) View the full article