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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

World Architecture Festival 2012: Australian architect John Wardle tells Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs how small projects can be “a good grounding for research and testing of ideas” in this movie we filmed about his award-winning Shearer’s Quarters at the World Architecture Festival earlier this month. (more…) View the full article

In case the ancient Mayan prediction turns out to be true and the world does end tomorrow, Central Saint Martins fashion graduate Minki Cheng has created a collection of apocalypse apparel for surviving extreme conditions in style (+ 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

White quartz, Venetian plaster and various types of wood feature in this bright and airy tea shop, designed by architecture firm New Practice Studio. Read more View the full article

Our job of the week is a position for a senior architect/urban designer at Herzog & de Meuron in Basel, Switzerland. Well known for their high-profile architecture projects worldwide, such as the VitraHaus in Weil am Rhein, Germany (pictured above), this year the firm has completed the Parrish Art Museum on Long Island and the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion in London. Visit the ad for full details or browse many other architecture and design job opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. 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

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

Since Notre-Dame Cathedral was devastated by fire last month, design proposals for rebuilding the roof and spire have got more and more ridiculous. Here are seven of the most far-fetched, including a car park, a swimming pool and a McDonald's. Read more

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

News: students returned to the Glasgow School of Art this afternoon, as construction work began on the Charles Rennie Mackintosh masterpiece that was ravaged by fire last week. (more...) View the full article

Breaking news: Design Museum co-directors Deyan Sudjic and Alice Black are leaving their posts at the London museum. A successor has been lined up but not named, Dezeen understands. Read more

London designer Arthur Carabott has worked with composer Anna Meredith to create an augmented reality app that immerses listeners in a piece of music. Read more

Models were joined with trains of fabric in fashion graduate Marta Jakubowski's collection during the Royal College of Art catwalk show yesterday. (more...) View the full article

Swedish designer Matti Klenell discusses the design of the new public spaces at Stockholm's Nationalmuseum during his lecture at the Stockholm Furniture and Light Fair 2019. Watch the livestream here from 9:00am UK time. Read more

Dezeen Watch Store has joined forces with footwear designer Tracey Neuls to present two pop-up stores this Christmas – one in Marylebone in west London and another in Shoreditch in east London. (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

Type foundry Monotype has used long-hidden drawings by British designer Eric Gill to create the first new typeface based on his work in more than 75 years. (more…) View the full article

For Jerry Folk's Kids music video, French visual artist Quentin Deronzier used Cinema 4D to create hypnotic visuals that document the transition from childhood to adulthood (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

News: the UK government wants to ban drivers from using Google's augmented reality eyewear ahead of the 2014 release, amid safety concerns. (more...) View the full article

News: Jean Nouvel's One Central Park residential tower in Sydney will feature the world's tallest vertical garden by inventor of living walls, Patrick Blanc. (more...) View the full article

Milan 2015: Apple has presented its Apple Watch at a day-long event in Milan – the first time the brand has exhibited in the city during its annual furniture fair (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Competition: Dezeen has partnered with UK designers Dorothy to give readers the chance to win one of five prints of forgotten architectural monuments. (more...) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Italian architect Piero Lissoni has created a modular sofa system for B&B Italia, which can be reconfigured with 84 different components. Read more

Tech-based clothing startup Vollebak has launched a t-shirt made entirely from wood pulp and algae, which breaks down in soil or in a composter within three months. Read more