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This wedge-shaped, pre-rusted steel museum by Nizio Design is dedicated to the role that Polish citizens played in protecting the lives of Jews during the second world war (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dutch studio NL Architects used turquoise-coloured bricks to build this apartment block in Rotterdam, which staggers at the top to make room for sunny balconies on one side (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Purple amethyst crystals formed inside rocks provided the inspiration for this ambitious hotel design, proposed by Dutch studio NL Architects for an island off the south coast of China (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

NL Architects has completed a huge cultural complex in Groningen, which is set to become an important landmark for the Dutch city. Read more View the full article

Parasitic apartments blocks over fire stations and starter homes floating on waterways are among the 10 winning designs in a New London Architecture competition to find solutions to London's housing shortage (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Ahead of the opening of the Designs of the Year 2014 exhibition tomorrow, here's a look back at one of the standout projects - a floating school on a Nigerian lagoon by architecture studio NLÉ (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

This little house in Tokyo by Japanese architect Kozo Yamamoto has a triangular courtyard and an L-shaped roof terrace tucked behind its walls (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Milan 2013: pulses of electricity change the colour of this workstation unveiled by designer Ron Arad at Salone in Milan this week (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

Italian-Singaporean designers Lanzavecchia + Wai have designed a collection of aids for the elderly with styling that’s more domestic than medical. (more…) View the full article

Famous brands including Heinz, Marmite and Levi's have produced limited editions of their products with no brand names on the packaging for London department store Selfridges. (more...) View the full article

Martino Gamper has curated an exhibition of unattributed ceramic pieces that questions the importance of identity in the design industry. Read more View the full article

An exhibition at London's V&A museum looks at the car as "a designed object", charting its 130 year-long impact on global culture from fashion and furniture to mass production and the built environment. Read more View the full article

This cutlery by Italian designer Gio Tirotto looks more like a set of workshop tools. (more…) View the full article

Swedish design duo Elding Oscarson have completed this office for design consultants No Picnic in Stockholm, divided in two by a reflective aluminium wall. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

These shoes by British designer Dominic Wilcox have LEDs in the toes that will guide you home no matter where you are (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Milan 2016: Atelier Biagetti invites people to take sanctuary from an over-sexualised world inside a surreal clinic featuring pastel pink furniture, clinical curtains and attendants in nurse's outfits (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Malaysian design office No-To-Scale Studio has issued a satirical proposal to President Trump, suggesting a radical means of representing the US-Mexico border: a 1,954 mile-long dining table. Read more View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: in this interview we filmed with Petrus Palmer of Swedish studio Form Us With Love, the designer talks about the No.1 watch - which is once again available to pre-order at Dezeen Watch Store (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

Estonian studio Salto Architects have completed a temporary summer theatre in Tallinn made of black spray-painted straw bales. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Product news: British furniture designer Bethan Gray has created a collection of oak and linen lamps for department store John Lewis. (more...) View the full article

A biblical theme park contained within a huge ark – billed as the world's largest timber-frame building – has opened in Kentucky, just as the US state has been hit by severe flooding (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Architecture studio NOARQ has extended a stone villa in Portugal with a bright red cabin perched on thick blocks of granite above the entrance. Read more View the full article

Dezeen promotion: interior design company Nobody & Co has launched a series of playful products, including chairs with missing parts and a modular table that can be rearranged. (more…) View the full article

Every table, chair, lamp and light switch in this furniture collection by Italian designer Loredana Bonora is covered in crocheted yarns of cotton, PVC, plastic tape and even washing lines. (more…) View the full article

French designer Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance has created a collection of lozenge-shaped seats for American brand Bernhardt Design, intended to break up large public spaces like lobbies and lounges (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article