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Diller Scofidio + Renfro has been chosen to design the renovation of Kalita Humphreys Theater in Dallas, Texas, the only theatre built by Frank Lloyd Wright. Read more View the full article

British photographer Alastair Philip Wiper explores all kinds of factories, from pork slaughterhouses to sex doll workshops. He says he isn't trying to shock or influence, just to show people where things come from. Read more View the full article

As the coronavirus pandemic continues its spread across the globe, art directors and artists are using magazine covers as a visual commentary on the crisis. Read more View the full article

VDF products fair: the Outline Daybed by Anderssen & Voll for Muuto features "understated yet characterful proportions," according to the designers. Read more View the full article

New York designer Karim Rashid has won this year's American Prize for Design, which is regarded as "the highest and most prestigious design award in the United States". Read more View the full article

Graeme Nicholls Architects has extrapolated the form of a former greyhound stadium for a proposed oval of red-brick housing by Ibrox football stadium in Glasgow, Scotland. Read more View the full article

Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka will launch a collection of transparent polycarbonate furniture at the Kartell showroom in Milan next month. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

VDF products fair: The metallic Hyperpolyps sculptures by AntiCAD are designed for use as hanging installations, urban furniture, and pavilions. Read more View the full article

Dezeenwire: we’re trying to help people who are stuck in Milan to get home. Follow Marcus on Twitter for updates: www.twitter.com/marcusfairs Please also tweet Marcus your experiences, tips and requests for help and we’ll do our best to assist. Safe travels everyone. </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Danish firm Holgaard Arkitekter have refurbished an industrial building in Copenhagen harbour to create a housing complex, building a new glass facade framed in bronze aluminium. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Six shortlisted proposals for the next art installation atop the Fourth Plinth in London’s Trafalgar Square have been unveiled today, including a giant blue cockerel, a cash machine that operates a pipe organ and an enormous model of a battenberg cake (above). (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London Design Festival 2010: this cardboard interior by London designers StudioXAG has giant hands suspended above it and houses products by University of Arts London graduates. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Competition: speaking of volcanos (see our earlier story), we’ve teamed up with Today Designers in the Netherlands to give away five copies of their Volcanobook, featuring a cover printed in volcanic ash. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Earlier this year, Dezeen teamed up with luxury kitchen appliances brand Scholtès to investigate a fascinating trend: the cross-pollination between the worlds of food and design. The main focus of our research was the Milan furniture fair in April, where we conducted video interviews with designers and chefs and filmed many of the food-related events taking place in the city. Jump to the report. Jump to the videos. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Here are some photos of Studioilse’s latest project, a five-storey apartment building in Hong Kong. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This split-level terraced house has been completed by 05 AM Arquitectura on a narrow plot in Girona, Spain. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The Shanghai office of Chinese architecture studio Taranta Creations features a staircase within a labia-like orifice and a floor that doubles as a desk. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: this movie by Brussels gallerist Victor Hunt reveals the story and process behind Belgian designer Maarten De Ceulaer’s bowls shaped by balloons. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London Design Festival 2011: here are some photos of the third collection of furniture by London designer Faye Toogood, this time exploring iridescent materials, on show at Phillips de Pury & Company in London this week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Space closes on Sunday 16 October so hurry down if you haven’t already to check out our micro-exhibition that changes daily, see specially commissioned sculptures by Dominic Wilcox, browse our latest Dezeen Watch Store pop-up, hang out at the Dezeen lounge and pick up your copy of the new Dezeen Book of Ideas for just £12. See you there! Dezeen Space Until 16 October Monday-Saturday 11am-7pm Sunday 11am-5pm 54 Rivington Street, London EC2A 3QN </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Chinese studio Interval Architects have completed a pavilion that snakes around a school square in Beijing like the tracks of a roller coaster. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

An inflatable naked man bulges against the walls of this gallery where visitors can stay the night, either on the floor of one gallery or in a van outside. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Four-storey-high panels of corrugated Corten steel cover the exterior of this Tokyo gallery and office block by Japanese architect Kensuke Watanabe. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Climbing plants grow in the recesses of this mysterious steel fence, which conceals the entrance to a renovated coach house in north London. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Norwegian designer Kristine Five Melvær designed these storage jars and lamps to showcase small, precious belongings. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article