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Japanese architect Tadao Ando has added an auditorium with a curving concrete interior to the Palazzo Grassi - a contemporary arts centre inside an eighteenth-century palace in Venice (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Swedish design studio Front has created a collection of colourful rugs, then transformed the design to produce matching poufs. Read more View the full article

Our job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is a position for an industrial designer in London with British designer Ross Lovegrove, who unveiled his concept car for Renualt at the Triennale Design Museum in Milan last month (pictured). See more stories about Ross Lovegrove on Dezeen here. Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

See the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with Aesop, PearsonLloyd and John Wardle Architects, whose projects include a U-shaped beach house that stretches out towards the ocean (pictured). This is also the last chance to apply for roles with Büro Ole Scheeren, the Royal Academy of Arts, MAD Architects and more... (more…) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: a chandelier of glass pendants that resemble fishing floats by designer Nao Tamura will be displayed at design brand Luminaire's exhibition space in Miami next month. (more...) View the full article

Our selection of the most promising architecture and design roles on Dezeen Jobs this week includes positions at Copenhagen studio 3XN and Dutch architecture firm OMA. Read more View the full article

Snøhetta has released visuals of a Museum Quarter in the mountains of Bolzano, which will have a projecting stepped roof that doubles as a viewpoint. Read more

A red shipwreck crashes into this high-rise, which Black n' Arch and sculptor David Černý have designed for developer Trigema on the outskirts of Prague. Read more

Pavilions that host exhibitions for the Venice Biennale are boarded up for six months every year, and Dutch studio RAAAF thinks a better solution would be to cover each one with a veil of fabric. (more…) View the full article

Lausanne-based design studio Panter & Tourron have explored the link between ancient religious symbols and cutting-edge technology to create five spiritual objects. Read more View the full article

Tokyo 2020 has unveiled a set of 50 retro-style sport pictograms that pay homage to the icons introduced at the first Tokyo Olympics in 1964. Read more

Reclaimed timber boxes are piled up to the ceiling to create a wall of shelves at the new San Francisco store for skin and haircare brand Aesop (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

A road that recharges the batteries of electric vehicles as they drive has opened on the outskirts of Stockholm, Sweden. Read more View the full article

Three different shapes rendered in three distinct materials come together in the Elements table, launching at Biennale Interieur this week. Read more View the full article

Central Saint Martins post-graduate student Mi Zhou has created toiletry bottles called Soapack that are cast from soap and melt away once they are no longer useful. Read more

This 3D-printed chaise longue by architect, designer and MIT professor Neri Oxman features 44 different composite materials inside a wooden enclosure, creating a multi-coloured recliner. (more...) View the full article

This table by Dutch designer Studio Maks, featuring integrated wireless phone charging pads and WiFi signal enhancers, meandered around a warehouse in the Ventura Lambrate district of Milan last month (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Business news: American media company Architizer has received $7 million to develop an online products database for architects that aims to be as revolutionary as Airbnb and Uber. (more…) View the full article

German car manufacturer Volkswagen has imagined a friendly new shape for cars of the future based on emerging electric and driverless technologies. Read more View the full article

Dutch designers Stefan Scholten and Carole Baijings have ceased working together under the studio name Scholten & Baijings after nearly two decades as partners. Read more

Product news: three magnetic rings can be joined in different configurations to display the date on this table calendar by South Korean designer Jeong Yong. (more…) View the full article

Dutch fashion designer Iris van Herpen has formed garments from a fine steel mesh burnished in swirls for her Autumn Winter 2015 ready-to-wear collection. (more…)

London studio Jonathan Tuckey Design has converted a historic chapel in Wiltshire, England, into a house with a blackened-timber extension conceived as the building's shadow. (more...) View the full article

French architect Jean Nouvel's Summer Hours in Kensington wallpaper aims to recreate the feeling of a sunny afternoon spent in London's Hyde Park. (more…) View the full article

Fundamental Architects and Omega Render have envisioned a building spanning a river in Astana, capital of Kazakhstan, with a hole in the middle to make it look like the national flag. Read more