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In our latest competition, we're offering a reader the chance to win a Miami lounge chair designed by British furniture brand Morgan. Read more View the full article

This asymmetric Alpine cabin by Austrian architect Peter Jungmann has been named Ufogel because its owners think it looks like a cross between a UFO and a "vogel" - the German word for bird (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Dezeen has teamed up with Instagram to help launch its new @design account – and we’re looking for five founding contributors to be featured on the account during Milan design week. Read more View the full article

Design has become a "game changer" in Silicon Valley, according to a report by former Rhode Island School of Design president John Maeda. (more…)

News: today's Google doodle in Japan celebrates what would have been the 100th birthday of Japanese architect Kenzo Tange. (more...) View the full article

Plaster surfaces and paved stone floors feature inside this deli-cum-cafe in Melbourne, which Studio Esteta's co-director has designed to reflect her Italian roots. Read more

Rows of wooden pillars support various split-level floors to create a forest-like feel inside the Nagoya office of Japanese architecture firm Mamiya Shinichi Design Studio (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

To mark St Patrick's Day, we've assembled some of the best examples of domestic architecture in Ireland from the pages of Dezeen – including a timber-frame house with sliding doors, a black glass extension to a period home, and a seaside retreat. (more…)

The Interieur Foundation’s Designer of the Year Alain Gilles will launch a bed that lets users hide chairs, a desk or even a bath behind its adaptable headboard at design fair Interieur 2012, which opens tomorrow in Kortrijk, Belgium. (more…) View the full article

Our second A-Zdvent calendar treat of the day is Y House by Japanese architects TOFU, with a staggered façade clad in an aluminium-zinc alloy. Read more about Y House » View the full article

Salmon-coloured surfaces, curved furnishings and a cooking-themed wall mural appear inside high-end restaurant Hélène Darroze at The Connaught, which has been recently refreshed by Pierre Yovanovitch. Read more

Brazilian studios BCMF and MACh have added a cantilevered bar and sunken gallery to a private residential complex on the outskirts of Belo Horizonte, Brazil, which perches on a hillside overlooking the surrounding valleys (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

A narrow atrium brings daylight into windowless rooms on four storeys at this renovated house in Hanoi by Vietnamese office AHL Architects Associates. (more...) View the full article

Bored with the dismal view from the office window, Polish studio Zalewski Architecture envisioned a grassy suspended walkway that would allow them to take a stroll without leaving the building. (more…) View the full article

Competition: we’re offering readers the chance to win one of five copies of this year’s Dutch Design Yearbook, featuring exemplary designs produced in the Netherlands over the past year. (more…) View the full article

Digital-only bank Starling has launched a debit card with a vertical design to align with the way people usually make payments. Read more View the full article

This early 19th-century fortified tower overlooking the coastline of Cape Tainaron in Greece has been converted into a guest house with three suites arranged inside its thick stone walls (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This week on Dezeen: tech giant Apple unveiled a host of new products during its annual conference in San Francisco this week, and came up against a backlash from our readers. (more…) View the full article

Australian architect Raffaello Rosselli has repurposed a corroding tin shed in Sydney to create a small office and studio apartment (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Our end of summer sale at Dezeen Watch Store has begun and you can now save even more on a selection of our watches by Italian design brand Alessi. Jak (above) designed by New York designer Karim Rashid is now only £40.00 (UK and EU) or £33.33 (rest of world). Buy now » (more…) View the full article

The stark concrete exterior of many of London’s postwar housing blocks could be made more attractive with thatching, proposes architecture student James Kirk (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Lisbon Architecture Triennale 2016: Chilean studio Umwelt has been awarded the Début Award for early career architects at the Lisbon Triennale. To celebrate, we take a look back at the projects to come out of the studio so far (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

News: preservationists have proposed a system of hydraulic jacks that could safeguard Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House from flood damage by lifting it into the air. (more...) View the full article

London-based studio Nir Meiri has teamed up with designer Vaidehi Thakkar to create a series of lamps with shades made from red cabbage leaves. Read more View the full article

This ceramic vase by French designer Paul Menand can be stood upright or laid horizontally to adapt to the size of flowers it holds. (more...) View the full article