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Designer and Bartlett School of Architecture tutor Stefan Bassing has used digital modelling to create a pair of tables, made from repetitive elements to simplify the production process. (more…) View the full article

American musician Prince has died suddenly aged 57. By changing his name to a graphic symbol for a period, the artist elevated himself to icon status that would last a lifetime, according to the logo's designer. (more…) View the full article

Furniture, tableware and objects from the Philip Johnson-designed The Four Seasons restaurant in New York are to be auctioned off, marking the destruction of "one of the rarest phenomena in Modernism" according to US critics (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Movie: in this exclusive video, the late Zaha Hadid's long-standing business partner Patrik Schumacher reflects on meeting the architect for the first time as a student and the impact of her early paintings. (more…) View the full article

Architect and designer Oscar Tusquets Blanca was a close friend of Salvador Dalí and collaborated with the artist on a number of furniture pieces. He spoke exclusively to Dezeen about his career, parties with Dalí and his latest furniture based on the Surrealist's paintings (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects has transformed an ageing Shanghai office block into a business incubator, featuring a new translucent aluminium skin (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: this year's Global Futures Forum will feature workshops, debates and presentations lead by creative industry professionals, including London Design Festival director Ben Evans and Wired UK editor David Rowan. (more…) View the full article

French designer Philippe Starck has designed his first smartphone: the Mi Mix for Chinese electronics company Xiaomi. Read more View the full article

In this exclusive movie, designer Weng Shang Wei explains how he achieved the deep, uniform shade of black inside the Hangzhou fashion store that was named World Interior of the Year at Inside 2016 last month. Read more View the full article

Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for an architect at Aesop – the Melbourne-based skin and haircare brand with a wide array of clever store designs, including an amphitheatre-inspired space by Snøhetta (pictured). More › View the full article

This board-marked concrete holiday house by Luciano Kruk steps over a sand dune in a coastal town near Buenos Aires, offering its summer residents views of a pine and acacia forest beyond. Read more View the full article

Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for a project architect to join the Tokyo office of WeWork, whose co-working spaces include a former opium factory in Shanghai. More › View the full article

For the Easter weekend, we're rounded up 10 restaurants with designs that suit the spring season, including a plant-filled eatery in Tel-Aviv, a vegan cafe in California and a Vancouver restaurant that pairs plants with floral fabrics. Read more View the full article

British studio United Visual Artists has installed a set of gold-mirrored columns in a courtyard in Brooklyn, which spin around to reflect light patterns, visitors, and the surrounding brick walls. Read more View the full article

Michael Arad, the architect behind New York's 9/11 Memorial, has revealed plans for a monument dedicated to the victims of a shooting massacre that took place at Charleston's Mother Emanuel AME Church. Read more View the full article

A library by Gonzalez Moix Arquitectura is the latest addition to a cultural complex in the residential district of La Molina, Peru, which also includes a plaza, school, and public park. Read more View the full article

To celebrate Chinese New Year and the Year of the Pig, we've collected examples of Chinese restaurants with mouth-watering interiors from around the world. Read more

Huawei unveils Mate X foldable smartphone Huawei has released its Mate X folding smartphone with a flexible screen that bends around the exterior of the device. Read more

New York studio GRT Architects has added restored blue bathtubs and green cabinetry to update an early 20th-century townhouse in Brooklyn. Read more

A plywood volume that contains sleep, study and bathing spaces adds structure to this unusually-shaped Shanghai apartment, which architecture studio Atelier Tao+C has recently overhauled. Read more

Retractable glass walls, wooden screens and a verdant green roof are among the features that global firm Perkins+Will has included in this family dwelling to offer a strong connection to nature. Read more

Piero Gandini has resigned as CEO of Flos, the Italian lighting brand founded in 1962 by his father, following a clash of views with its new parent company Design Holding. Read more

Apple has developed a dark display mode that will be available on the new iPhone and iPad operating systems. Read more

The successor of furniture brand Orior, which was established in Northern Ireland in the 1970s, has opened a showroom in New York City to display furniture with "spunk and flavour". Read more

Vietnamese practice K59 Atelier has designed its own architecture office and home for a family in Ho Chi Minh City, connecting two alleyways with an open and airy ground floor. Read more