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Product news: Tel Aviv designer Nir Meiri has created a set of table lamps with metal shades hanging from thin stalks. (more…) View the full article

Foster + Partners and Rubio Arquitectura have won a competition to overhaul Spain's most important art museum, the Museo del Prado in Madrid. Read more View the full article

Swiss art curator Klaus Littmann has planted 300 trees in a football stadium in Austria as a "memorial" to the environment in the anthropocene era. Read more

Our most visited story last week was about an installation of 100,000 white balloons at Covent Garden in London. Stories about the child-friendly inflatables are always popular on Dezeen so we've assembled our all-time top ten balloon posts, including a bridge, an airship and a levitating bench. (more…) View the full article

Building regulations are stifling architects according to developer Roger Zogolovitch, who has declared support for ideas proposed by Patrik Schumacher in his controversial World Architecture Festival speech. Read more View the full article

Zaha Hadid Architects has completed the sculptural Niederhafen River Promenade in Hamburg, Germany, as part of the city's upgrade of its flood prevention system. Read more

Portuguese studio Comoco Architects have converted a warehouse in Coimbra once used for storing industrial materials into an indoor football ground (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Los Angeles architecture firm Studio Pali Fekete has used double-sided sticky tape to affix the cladding panels to this home for an executive of adhesives company 3M (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

The bulbous black base of this table, which Bandido Studio is launching at this year's Design Week Mexico, is sculpted using a traditional technique developed by the country's stone artisans. Read more View the full article

News: a book of photographs showing domestic life in Tehran was temporarily blacklisted by online payments company PayPal for having the word "Iranian" in the title (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Movie: basketball games have become so aggressive that sports brand Nike decided to include combat pads in its latest kit, explains the brand’s global creative director for the Olympics Martin Lotti in the next Dezeen movie in anticipation of tomorrow’s exclusive event at the Nike+ House of Innovation. (more…) View the full article

A skyscraper that processes waste, an ice dam, an urban nature reserve and a border-wall building are among the conceptual projects recognised in this year's eVolo Skyscraper Competition. Read more

Movie: digital graphics company Crystal CG created this animated video to accompany the Chemical Brothers’ specially commissioned song, which is played before each session in the Velodrome during the London 2012 Olympics. (more…) View the full article

Helmet brand Closca has launched a children's version of its folding bicycle helmet that's accompanied by city-themed stickers for customisation. Read more View the full article

London fashion designer Sadie Williams has put a spin on vintage winter-sports attire with metallic textiles for her Autumn Winter 2016 collection, presented during London Fashion Week (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

NeoCon 2016: London studio PearsonLloyd has added to its collection of office furniture designed for the open-plan workplace as part of its partnership with Teknion (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

These timber and bamboo huts were designed by Agora Architects to offer temporary accommodation to refugees arriving in Thailand from across the Burmese border (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Haworth white papers: sophisticated sensors could contribute to a healthier and happier workforce by tracking the way offices are used and adjusting them automatically, according to new research by US furniture giant Haworth. (more…) View the full article

Portuguese architect João Branco has converted a small office building in Coimbra into a home by installing softwood joinery that functions as furniture, storage and partitions (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Vienna Design Week 2016: London design studio Fredrikson Stallard has brought its glimmering Prologue installation to Vienna's baroque Belvedere Palace (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

QR codes cover the exterior of this former mustard laboratory in Dijon that Dutch architects MVRDV have converted into a call centre (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

News: the winners of the 2013 Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Awards have been announced, with Chicago-based collective Studio Gang Architects taking the prize for architecture. (more...) View the full article

Brazilian firm Reinach Mendonça Architects Associados has added a geometric concrete pavilion to a family home in São Paulo, offering a place for reading and entertaining. Read more View the full article

Today marks 15 days to go until the Dezeen Awards 2019 deadline. We've put together a list of the most frequently asked questions to help you finish your entry. Read more

Architecture firm BIG has created a small black cabin with an angular roofline in the Hudson Valley, as the first model for prefab-housing startup Klein. Read more View the full article