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Toronto studio Hot Pop Factory has customised Pez sweet dispensers with 3D-printed heads of customers to replace the usual cartoon characters. (more...) View the full article

Next week Dezeen will be at the SXSW technology conference in Austin, Texas, as part of Hackney House Austin, a showcase of the most exciting creative and digital companies from the London borough. (more...) View the full article

News: British graphic design studio IDO has redesigned the logo and website for the estate of Gerry Anderson, the creator of classic puppet television series Thunderbirds and Stingray (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

Australian architect Christopher Polly has converted a small Sydney bungalow into a two-storey house by adding extra rooms behind and underneath. (more...) View the full article

News: Ikea has announced that it is to produce miniature versions of some of its most popular products for children to play with. (more...) View the full article

Aerial photographs reveal the angular geometries of this rooftop swimming pool in Bangkok by Thai landscape architects T.R.O.P. (+ slideshow) (more...) View the full article

Irish studio NOJI Architects experimented with plywood to create the three different kinds of structure that frame this extension to a terraced house in Dublin. (more…) View the full article

Product news: these lamps by Joost van Bleiswijk with stands that looks to be built from a child's construction toy will be launched by Dutch design brand Moooi this week. (more...) View the full article

We've been in Singapore this week for the World Architecture Festival and Inside Festival, where the Auckland Art Gallery (pictured) was revealed as World Building of the Year earlier today. More of this week's best architecture and design content follows, plus our Dezeen Music Project track of the week. (more...) View the full article

News: Swiss studio Virtual Design Unit has digitally modelled an unbuilt Zurich theatre designed by Jørn Utzon in 1964, to show that the building "could be built now" (+ slideshow + interview). (more...) View the full article

Dezeen Music Project: London artist Di Mainstone is developing an electronic instrument that enables performers to make music from the subtle vibrations of suspension bridge cables (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

Interdisciplinary art collective BeAnotherLab has developed a virtual reality headset that allows users to experience what it would be like to live in the skin of someone from the opposite sex. (more...) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: the annual Munich Creative Business Week design festival in Germany is taking place from 22 February to 2 March 2014. (more...) View the full article

Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with publishers MIT Press to offer readers the chance to win one of five copies of a new book about developments in synthetic biology. (more...) View the full article

News: Italian design brands lack the innovation and marketing flair of their northern European rivals, according to the head of new Milan-based furniture brand Discipline. (more...) View the full article

The second project on Dezeen today from Swedish architecture office Wingårdhs is an eight-storey residential building constructed entirely from wood in the Stockholm suburb of Sundbyberg. (more...) View the full article

The strength of polyester, aluminium and steel dictated the size of tables in this series by Belgian architects Office Kersten Geers David Van Severen (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Dezeen Guide: design events in Singapore, Dubai and Belgrade (pictured) feature in this month's update, along with six others taking place during October. (more...) View the full article

Dutch Design Week 2014: these textiles by Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Alexandra Stück are infused with different remedial herbal scents to make the wearer feel calm, focused or horny. (more...) View the full article

News: Swiss watch brand Mondaine has unveiled a smartwatch with an analogue face – which it says is the first to combine traditional Swiss watchmaking with connected technologies. (more…) View the full article

With the Apple Watch available for pre-order from tomorrow, Dezeen Watch Store has launched a cheeky campaign to encourage shoppers to buy a normal watch. Find out more on the Dezeen Watch Store blog » View the full article

San Francisco-based Montalba Architects has transformed a standard trailer into a mobile dental clinic, complete with two operating rooms and a reception area (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: designjunction will return to the London Design Festival from 24 to 27 September 2015 with a series of installations, activities and "flash factories" across two new locations. (more…) View the full article

British studio Haworth Tompkins has completed its third building for the Royal College of Art's campus in London's Battersea – an industrial-style facility for ceramics, glass and metal-work students (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This week's Dezeen Mail features a selection of designer Christmas cards, 10 of the best houses published on Dezeen in 2015 and Zaha Hadid's controversial reaction to Kengo Kuma's plan for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic stadium. Read Dezeen Mail issue 285 | Subscribe to Dezeen Mail View the full article