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French designer Mathieu Lehanneur has created a chandelier for a château in Marseille, France, that looks like an illuminated rope suspended from the ceiling. (more...) View the full article

People are dunked in a pool of wax to create sculptural dresses by Dutch fashion designer Bart Hess as part of a futuristic city on show at this year's Lisbon Architecture Triennale, which kicked off yesterday in the Portuguese capital. (more...) View the full article

Product news: a collection of kitchenware by Danish designer Ole Jensen is now in production with design brand Room Copenhagen. (more...) View the full article

Our job of the week on the new and improved Dezeen Jobs is for an architect at Adjaye Associates in London, which designed a zig-zagging concrete stand for Valextra at department store Harrods (pictured). Visit the ad for full details of the position or browse more architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

One of Sydney's only examples of brutalist architecture has been given a second chance, after a court ruled against the government decision not to heritage list it. Read more View the full article

New York 2016: Canadian design studio Lambert & Fils has balanced pairs of glass globes within folded metal frames for its Laurent lighting collection, designed as a reinterpretation of classic pendant lighting (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

The decorative gift boxes used to package macarons at this Shanghai patisserie provided the inspiration for the translucent semi-circular details that spread across its walls and ceiling (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

London Design Festival 2016: Taking inspiration from the passage of time, London design studio Glithero has created a kinetic installation that extends across six floors at the V&A museum. (more…) View the full article

News: Korean architect Seung H-Sang is set to be officially named as Seoul's first city architect this week, in a move to re-establish the city's "architectural identity" after decades of unchecked development (+ interview). (more...) View the full article

News: British car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover has unveiled a concept for an in-car warning system it says could reduce the number of cyclists killed on the roads, using a headrest that "taps" the driver (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

These new shots by London photographer Rory Gardiner show the tapered form of The Leadenhall Building by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, which is nearing completion in the City of London (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Dutch Design Week 2015: Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Louisa Zahareas' set of deformed tableware only appears normal when seen on screen (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This liquor-distilling kit by Vienna designer Francesco Morackini breaks down into four perfectly innocent household objects. (more...) View the full article

The three-fingered plan of this rural Californian retreat by Mork-Ulnes Architects is oriented to frame views of a mountain ridge, vineyards and a local landmark named Eagle Rock (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

An extruded T-shaped roof that is also a walkway covers a glazed box in this dramatic house designed by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos in Valencia, Spain. Read more

News: American 3D printing firm 3D Systems has created a robotic suit that combines printed parts with motorised components to help paralysed patients stand and walk. (more...) View the full article

An auction taking place during Parisian art fair FIAC next week will cement Ron Arad's reputation as one of the only collectible contemporary designers on the art market, according to French auction house Artcurial (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

A concrete wall supports the weight of this elevated house in southern Japan that points out like a giant rectangular telescope (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Venice Architecture Biennale 2014: Minsuk Cho of Mass Studies says he hopes Korea's Venice Architecture Biennale pavilion will help North and South Koreans reconnect in this movie filmed shortly after he collected the Golden Lion award for best pavilion. (more...) View the full article

New York architecture firm ODA has released visuals of a centre for a Jewish community in Brooklyn featuring schools, sports facilities and offices stacked on top of each other. Read more

This extension to a day-care centre for disabled adults in the Swiss town of Stans has been kitted out with muted red awnings and spiralling pastel-tinged walkways. Read more View the full article

Scroll on for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with Form Us With Love, Central St Martins College of Art and Design and Tom Dixon, plus this is the last chance to apply for roles with Marcel Wanders, UNStudio, Russell Sage Studio and more… (more…) View the full article

Folding screens of woven steel surround the upper level of the latest building at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie, which provides three storeys of exhibition, workshop and teaching spaces. Read more

Architects FAT have teamed up with artist Grayson Perry to design a house inspired by fairytales on the east coast of England. (more…) View the full article

Eindhoven designer Rene Siebum has added textures to a set of commercial door handles to investigate ways of making them more interesting to touch (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article