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Spanish architect Marta Armengol has created a collection of lights and vases called the Four Folds, which are made of borosilicate glass that has been blown into imperfect shapes. Read more View the full article

IJP Architects and structural engineer AKT II have unveiled visuals for a two-storey bridge that will be built beside Santiago Calatrava's Dubai Creek Tower in the UAE. Read more View the full article

Daily coronavirus briefing: today's architecture and design coronavirus briefing includes quarantine trains, engineering challenges for children and a fundraising auction for a Milan hospital. Read more View the full article

Straight lines and geometric symbols feature inside and out this longliner tuna fishing ship, which Nendo designed to relieve the mental and physical stress imposed on its crew when out at sea. Read more View the full article

The Ger Innovation Centre is a community centre built from timber and polycarbonate by design group Rural Urban Framework in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Read more View the full article

VDF products fair: Flotex is a flocked flooring range by UK manufacturer Forbo, which is designed to withstand the demands of a busy ski resort while maintaining the comfort of a carpet. Read more View the full article

London designer Min-Kyu Choi was awarded the Brit Insurance Design of the Year Award 2010 for his Folding Plug at a ceremony at the Design Museum in London last night. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

VDF products fair: Elastic belts dressed with colourful yarn decorate Paola Lenti's playful Telar collection of matching outdoor furniture. Read more View the full article

Milan 2010: German design studio Ett la Benn present a collection of lamps made by drying out sponge cloths over moulds in the Zona Tortona district of Milan this week. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

CES 2015: Taiwanese company Gogoro has revealed what it describes as the "world's first Smartscooter", with a network of battery-swapping stations that could allow its power cells to be changed in just six seconds (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Scottish designer Natalie Duckett has created an alarm clock that wakes the user up by acting like a woodpecker. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Danish bicycle company Biomega launch five city bikes in their 2010 collection for sports brand Puma today. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

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London Design Festival 2010: in case you missed it elsewhere, Patricia Urquiola’s Bend-Sofa for B&B Italia is on display at their London showroom for the London Design Festival. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

At Dutch Design Week designer Pepe Heykoop presents a collection of leather lampshades made by underprivileged women in Mumbai. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Amsterdam studio Chops and Moxie have shared with us this short film representing the concrete interior of a boutique by Japanese architect Kumiko Inui as though it’s being inflated from soft materials. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Stockholm 2011: Swedish designer Jenny Bäck presented this floor lamp at Stockholm Furniture Fair last week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Berlin designer Michael Hilgers talks to Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs in this movie interview filmed as part of our Dezeentalks at [D3] Design Talents in Cologne earlier this year. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dutch designer Maarten Baas designed this chair with a ladder-back reaching into the sky for human rights charity Amnesty International. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Amsterdam studio Sander Architecten have completed a cardboard bank in the Netherlands. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: here’s a movie about the almost invisible installation by Japanese architect Junya Ishigami that’s on show at the Barbican art gallery in London. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A cross-shaped window in the sliding door of this Belgian pharmacy transforms into a green sign during opening hours. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Russian architect Peter Kostelov has slotted a timber structure into a two-storey apartment in Moscow to create two extra floors. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Traditional Japanese toys inspired this modular furniture by architects Kengo Kuma and Associates for the East Japan Project. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: in this interview filmed at Dezeen Space, street artist Stewy talks about painting indigenous British animals in unexpected areas of the city, including one side of Dezeen Platform. Watch the movie. </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article