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These two charred-timber cabins house a temporary artist's studio that will travel across the UK, offering passers-by a glimpse into the working processes of the occupants (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Plans to 3D-print a house and Dezeen's new opinion column lead the latest issue of Dezeen Mail, which also includes all the latest news, jobs, competitions and reader comments from Dezeen. Read Dezeen Mail issue 136 | Subscribe to Dezeen Mail View the full article

News: an American company has built and successfully fired the world's first metal 3D-printed gun. (more...) View the full article

Stockholm 2015: this small clip lamp by French designer Inga Sempé can also stand unassisted or be fixed to a wall. (more…) View the full article

Swiss watch brand Mondaine has introduced two new colours in its Stop2Go range that pay homage to its home country's iconic Railway Clock (+ buy now from Dezeen Watch Store). (more...) View the full article

A group of researchers at MIT has created a new material that expands and contracts when exposed to different temperatures. Read more View the full article

Stockholm 2015: Oslo designer Andreas Engesvik has expanded his seating collection and added a new table to the range offered by Swedish design brand Fogia (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

A former car mechanic has designed three squishy silicone containers for design brand Good Thing, which are being used for serving food at two eateries during New York City's restaurant week. Read more View the full article

Here’s another project from Japanese designer Reiichi Ikeda, this time a hair salon in Osaka with diagonally striped wood and frosted glass (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Italian architects Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas have won a competition to build a cultural complex in Chengdu, China, with designs for spiralling buildings inspired by the city's ancient emblem. (more...) View the full article

Dutch studio MVRDV is proposing a 400-metre skyscraper for Jakarta that looks like a pile of at least ten separate buildings. (more…) View the full article

Manhattan studio SHoP Architects has designed a masterplan of hollow skyscrapers surrounded by gardens for the site of the former Domino Sugar refinery in Brooklyn. (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

Foggo Associates has designed a curved high-rise in central London at 70 St Mary Axe, which is widely known as the Can of Ham due to its distinctive shape. Read more View the full article

News: cheap 3D printers mean manufacturing can again take place at home as it did before the industrial revolution, according to MakerBot Industries CEO and co-founder Bre Pettis (+ audio). (more…) View the full article

Buildings in the future could feature floors embedded with synthetic bacteria that eat dirt and clean your feet, according to this project by design student Tashia Tucker (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Gina Périer and Alexander Egebjerg have designed an industrial-standard female toilet for festivals and outdoor events that allows people to pee sitting down quickly and safely. Read more

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

Danish firm BIG looked to its own architecture when designing the modular Voxel sofa system for Common Seating, making seats out of gridded pixel-like blocks. Read more View the full article

This set of wooden toys by Polish studio Poorex incorporates tools associated with household chores. (more…) View the full article

Here's a selection of our favourite Christmas cards and movies we've received this year, including this one by photographer Luke Hayes, taken in Sheffield, UK (above). (more...) View the full article

Belgian practice Steven Vandenborre has added this annex to the rear of a family dwelling in Ghent, employing abundant glazing to frame garden scenes. Read more View the full article

Design-and-construction firm First Lamp Architects has raised this family home near Seattle above a nearby body of water, drawing references from bridge structures (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Barcelona-based Nomo Studio has arranged a collection of bright white cubes to create Villa Catwalk on the island the the Mediterranean island of Menorca. Read more

News: while Foster + Partners thinks simply increasing capacity is the way to improve New York’s Grand Central Terminal, architecture firm SOM have proposed adding a floating observation deck that slides up and down the sides of two new skyscrapers (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article