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Milan 2012: when MoMA curator Paola Antonelli visited Dezeen Studio she spoke to Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs about shows in Milan that addressed the making process, rather than the finished products normally shown at the fair. In this movie she discusses the new focus on experimentation and performance in design as technology becomes more accessible and a new wave of creativity takes hold. (more…) View the full article

The shooting galleries for the London 2012 Olympic games are covered in spots that look the suckers of an octopus’ tentacles. (more…) View the full article

The surrounding countryside is projected onto the ceiling of this reed-covered tower that Hudson Architects and artist Ben Coode-Adams have installed in a field in Norfolk, England. (more…) View the full article

Cards featuring illustrations of iconic modernist buildings in London and prints of the BT Tower by designer Stefi Ozari are now available at Dezeen Super Store as part of London design month. (more…) View the full article

Architecture studios FARM and KD Architects have converted a 1920s shophouse in Singapore into a residence with a swimming pool stretched along the ground floor. (more…) View the full article

Istanbul Design Biennial: Rotterdam design studio Minale-Maeda has devised a set of 3D printed plastic connectors that combine with standard wooden parts so that anyone can make these four items of furniture. (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

KHBT of London and Berlin has doubled the size a 1970s family house in Offenbach, Germany, by wrapping a timber-clad extension around the walls and over the roof (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Maison&Objet 2013: these chairs by French design studio Ibride appear warped and uneven, but seen from a certain angle their silhouettes resemble classic designs (+ movie). (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

Milan 2013: Slovenian designer Nika Zupanc will present folding lamps powered by little wind-up keys at Spazio Rossana Orlandi in Milan next week. (more...) View the full article

Our job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is a position for a senior architect at Rem Koolhaas's firm OMA, whose projects include the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (pictured). See more stories about architecture by OMA on Dezeen. Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

New York designer Joe Doucet created this mirror that makes the viewed look as if they're immersed in water as a tribute to victims of Hurricane Sandy. (more...) View the full article

News: Parisian design agency RSi-studio have sent over the image that won them the award for Best Commissioned Architectural Image at the 2013 CGarchitect 3D Awards last month. (more...) View the full article

A metal staircase twists though a triangular well in one corner of this six-sided timber cabin by ALT Architekti, which is raised on stilts over a hillside in Central Bohemia (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

News: today's Google doodle in Japan celebrates what would have been the 100th birthday of Japanese architect Kenzo Tange. (more...) View the full article

Product news: Australian designer Marc Newson has surrounded this bed for French brand Domeau & Pérès with chunky bumpers. (more...) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: a range of delicate glass objects by Italian research centre Fabrica will be on show at the exhibition space of design brand Luminaire during Design Miami 2013 next month. (more...) View the full article

Latticed wooden screens form balustrades for a red pigmented concrete staircase inside this renovated mews house in west London by British studio Jonathan Tuckey Design. (more...) View the full article

We've been taking a look at robots in construction this week, with a machine for 3D-printing metal structures in mid-air and robotic termites that can build architectural structures (pictured). Read on for more of this week's architecture and design news, plus our Dezeen Music Project track of the week. (more...) View the full article

Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with publishers Myrdle Court Press to give readers the chance to win books about Trenton Oldfield's time spent behind bars after disrupting the Oxford-Cambridge boat race. (more...) View the full article

News: designers and architects including Zaha Hadid, Konstantin Grcic and Miuccia Prada have been named category winners for the Designs of the Year 2014 awards, organised by London's Design Museum. (more...) View the full article

Rusted steel frames project from the traditional stone and plaster walls of this renovated farm house in Spain's Gavarres mountains by Barcelona office Zest Architecture. (more...) View the full article

The Dutch team will take to the field for the second World Cup 2014 semi-final match today in a Nike kit featuring a bespoke typeface by graphic design legend Wim Crouwel. (more...) View the full article

Swivelling pods allow the owners of this house in Tehran to adapt to Iran's fluctuating temperatures by opening up rooms in summer, or turning them inwards during winter. (more...) View the full article