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The American Institute of Architects has called on members to sign an open letter to the Trump Administration after a plan to introduce an order that all federal buildings should be built in the "classical architectural style" was discovered. Read more View the full article

Design events that had planned to exhibit in Milan during Salone del Mobile are revising their plans after the furniture fair switched from its traditional April slot to 16-21 June due to coronavirus. Read more View the full article

Tuscany's "sun-faded" buildings informed the interior of this pared-back accessories boutique in Copenhagen, which Danish brand St Leo has washed with soft-pink plaster. Read more View the full article

VDF products fair: the In Situ Modular Sofa for Muuto "combines the grandeur of traditional Italian sofas with the refined simplicity of Scandinavian design," according to designers Anderssen & Voll. Read more View the full article

Readers are debating why the Alphabet subsidiary's plans for a waterfront smart city were abandoned and sharing their thoughts on other top stories in this week's comments update. Read more View the full article

Artists Studio Job will exhibit lamps suspended from bronze models of a crane and a wrecking ball at the Carpenters Workshop Gallery in London later this week. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

VDF products fair: The undulating Fabrix acoustic panel system by AntiCAD is modelled on The Great Wave off Kanagawa woodblock print by Hokusai. Read more View the full article

Milan 2010: Italian designer Marco Dessi presented a series of drinking glasses decorated with the pattern of netting used to packaged oranges. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This garden in Madrid was designed by new Spanish firm Estudio Caballero Colón for a nursing home. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London Design Festival 2010: London brand Uniform Wares have launched their second collection of watches – come and try one on at our Dezeen Watch Store pop-up at the The Tramshed in east London this week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Zaha Hadid Architects have unveiled designs for a theatre in Rabat, Morocco. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dutch designer Hella Jongerius presents 300 porcelain vases coloured with layers of mineral and chemical glazes at the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

More about Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec in Milan – this time a wooden bird for design brand Vitra. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2011: French designer Pierre Favresse presented this collection of furniture with looping sections and bent ply at the Nouvelle Vague exhibition of new French design in Milan last week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Competition: we’ve teamed up with Lego® Architecture to give away five Lego models of the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: in the first of our series of interviews with designers presenting their work at Dezeen Platform at Dezeen Space, architect Julian Hakes talks about his Mojito Shoe, which has no footplate and wraps around the wearer’s foot in a single ribbon. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: designer Philippe Starck says that not being able to save lives and tackle key global issues in his work leaves him feeling “impotent”- The Independent The designer has created a new photobooth that meets his aims of designing democratic and affordable products. Starck claims they offer a solution for those who can’t afford a camera, adding that photos help us to “exist.” He also laments the modern propensity for vandalism that threatens the booths, saying: “Twenty years ago it was possible to design something pretty and people to respect it. Not now.” </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View…

Dezeen Wire: Dutch architect Herman Hertzberger has been named as the recipient of this year’s Royal Gold Medal for architecture. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen archive: following our story this week on wallpaper for faking a Renaissance palazzo, here’s a roundup of all Dezeen’s stories about wallpaper. See all the stories » See all our archive stories » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Five years ago this week we chatted to Brazilian designers Fernando and Humberto Campana as they unveiled their chairs made from Disney cuddly toys in London. As Design Indaba drew to a close in Cape Town, a condom applicator designed to help prevent the spread of AIDS was named Most Beautiful Object in South Africa and we featured lighting made from salvaged plastic that had also been presented there. Designer Moritz Waldemeyer sent us backstage snapshots from Paris Fashion Week of mechanical dresses that play videos, plus we previewed the chairs that architects Kram Weisshaar planned to launch in Milan that spring. See all our stories from February 2007 » See al…

Dutch designers Studio Makkink & Bey have completed a store for shoe brand Camper in Lyon with staircases that seem to go on forever. (more…) View the full article

Competition: Dezeen have teamed up with Danish audio company Libratone to give away a Libratone Live special edition speaker customised by German designer Lizzy Courage (+movie). (more…) View the full article

Design practice 24° Studio linked together hundreds of hollow paper stars to line a tunnel and stairway in Santorini, Greece. (more…) View the full article

London Design Festival: Dutch designer Marcel Wanders spoke to Dezeen about a new clock inspired by a London landmark earlier today at the Moooi showroom in west London (+ audio + movie). (more…) View the full article

World Architecture Festival 2012: in this movie we filmed at the World Architecture Festival, Chinese architect Li Xiaodong tells Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs how ”sustainability is a must” for new buildings in China, because if the country doesn’t get it right it’s ”the end of the world”. (more…) View the full article