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This wooden pathway installed over the Fonte Luminosa fountain in Lisbon enables visitors to get close enough to the cascading water to be soaked by its spray (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Rugged walls, domed ceilings and reflective surfaces feature in this underground lair that was designed by Mexican studio Amezcua for an existing 1960s residence on a hill. Read more View the full article

Sinks that look like water troughs and rustic plaster walls feature within this spartan UAE cafe recently completed by design studio Bone. Read more View the full article

The all-electric MINI Cooper SE draws upon the brand's history of playful designs and superior handling says Oliver Heilmer, vice president of MINI Design, in this video produced by Dezeen for MINI. Read more View the full article

Groves Natcheva Architects have turned to movie making, setting a short thriller in an apartment they renovated to explore new ways of representing architecture beyond still images (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Danish firm C.F. Møller likens its completed art and craft museum in Norway to a “block of ice that has slid down from the surrounding mountains” (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Heatherwick Studio has released photography of its plant-covered 1,000 Trees development in Shanghai, which has had its scaffolding removed. Read more View the full article

Plant-lined courtyards separate the three single-storey volumes that form this family home designed by MIA Design Studio for a coastal city in Vietnam. Read more View the full article

Ornate paintings and decorative stucco ceilings appear inside the self-designed studio of architecture practice Aires Mateus, which occupies an 18th-century building in Lisbon, Portugal. Read more View the full article

Gingham and lace patterns have screen-printed onto the tables and shelves of this Breton crêperie in west London designed by Paul Crofts Studio. (more…) View the full article

Last year's Dezeen Awards winners share the transformative impact the accolade has had on their studios, both in terms of their public profile and their businesses. Read more

The Royal Academy of Arts has unveiled a series of installations that show how virtual and augmented reality technologies can change the experience of buildings and spaces. Read more

The sounds of the countryside are amplified when you place your ear towards one of these four enormous trumpets built by architects Studio Weave (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

News: New York technology firm Squarespace has published a statement slamming criticism that its new service for creating logos demeans the role of the graphic designer. (more...) View the full article

Bathroom furnishing and surfaces expo Cersaie returns to Bologna this September, offering the chance for visitors to meet designers, contractors and retailers in the industry. Read more

German design studio Ding3000 has created a cast-iron candle holder for Danish brand QDO that holds six coasters within its base. (more…) View the full article

The prize for the most popular story in May (and in fact the whole year) goes to United Indecent Pleasures for their eight-inch chocolate penis that oozes fondant cream. Scroll on for something more architectural and our highlights from the news that month. (more...) View the full article

An art museum in a hollowed-out grain silo, South Korea's answer to the High Line and a high-rise inspired by Chinese landscape paintings are among the best buildings set to complete in 2017, selected by Dezeen editor Amy Frearson. Read more View the full article

Dezeen promotion: the new collection of furniture by Arper will be on show at the Italian design brand's London showroom during Clerkenwell Design Week from 21 to 23 May. (more...) View the full article

This rusted steel cabin in Wisconsin woodland is a practice studio for a musician designed by Milwaukee office Johnsen Schmaling Architects. (more...) View the full article

American firm Steven Holl Architects has completed an Iowa art school that consists of irregularly stacked concrete volumes sheathed in weathering zinc and stainless steel. (more…) View the full article

Following a two-year hiatus, the Google Glass augmented-reality headset has made a comeback, and is being targeted exclusively at businesses. Read more View the full article

News: Dutch designer Merel Bekking has come up with an experiment to find the "perfect" design by scanning people's brains to determine the aesthetic qualities they best respond to. (more...) View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: Scottish design studio INSTRMNT has launched its debut collection of timepieces exclusively at Dezeen Watch Store, following a successful crowfunding campaign on Kickstarter (+interview). (more...) View the full article

Students from London's Architectural Association have suspended a giant wooden cocoon between the trees of Hooke Park in Dorset, England (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article