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The coronavirus pandemic will bring an "intense focus" on the world's environmental crisis, says Nike's sustainable design lead Noah Murphy-Reinhertz. Read more View the full article

To coincide with Icelandic design festival DesignMarch, which began in Reykjavik yesterday, here are some parchment gas masks by Reykjavik designer Sruli Recht. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Sound artist and designer Yuri Suzuki is sharing his Sound of the Earth: Pandemic Chapter project, which contains crowdsourced sounds of the pandemic from all over the world, as part of Virtual Design Festival. Read more View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Spanish design brands got together under the name Red to exhibit new products at the at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan last week. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland in Ohio, USA, have unveiled plans for a new museum building by London firm Foreign Office Architects. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Industrial designer Yves Béhar of San Francisco studio fuseproject is our featured designer this week. See all our stories about him by clicking here. We also now stock his new Vue watch for Issey Miyake over at Dezeen Watch Store. </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The Groninger Museum in the Netherlands has re-opened following a renovation including areas designed by Studio Job, Maarten Baas and Jaime Hayón. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Here’s a selection of projects by Portuguese architect Eduardo Souto de Moura, who has been named 2011 Pritzker Prize Laureate (see our earlier story). (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This week’s selection from the Dezeen archives features all our stories about apartments. See all the stories » See all our archive stories » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: Ilse Crawford is one of the judges of the Inside awards. In this movie filmed by Dezeen she talks about her studio in London and her work as an interior designer. Watch the movie » Dezeen readers can save 25% on the price of entering the Inside awards and attending the festival in Barcelona from 2-4 November – simply quote VIP code DEZEEN when entering online at www.insidefestival.com. Entries close on 30 June. </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

In the last few weeks we’ve published a few projects that intentionally look as though the builders haven’t left yet. Here’s a roundup of all the apartments, salons and shops on Dezeen that feature patches of plaster, scaffolding, dangling wires and hoarding-like woodwork. See all the stories » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The Dezeen Book of Ideas features a selection of the best ideas for buildings, interiors and products from the pages of Dezeen and is now available to buy for just £12. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen archive: this week saw a bicycle that allows you to play records on its wheels ride onto Dezeen Platform (top left). Here’s a roundup of all of our stories about music players, musical instruments and sound installations. See all the stories » See all our archive stories » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dutch designers Tjep. have reduced part of a mass produced Ikea chair to a skeletal form to evoke the receding state of the global economy. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Slideshow: London studio Peter Barber Architects has completed a centre for drug and alcohol rehabilitation in Ilford, northeast London. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2012: new French brand La Chance launches at MOST in Milan this week. (more…) View the full article

Swedish architects Claesson Koivisto Rune have completed a house on the coast of a Baltic island, with grey sealant drawing graphic lines across the white concrete facade. (more…) View the full article

London-based Latvian designers Arthur Analts and Rudolph Strelis have made a series of bowls from shredded money. (more…) View the full article

Californian architects amphibianArc have designed a shape-shifting “transformer building” for a Chinese machinery company, with a facade that flaps like the wings of a huge insect (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: the winners of the garden unique competition to design outdoor dining products will exhibit their work at spoga+gafa garden trade fair in Cologne from 2 to 4 September 2012 and Dezeen readers can apply for 100 free tickets to the event. (more…) View the full article

A converted nineteenth century farm building once used for drying hops has been nominated for the RIBA Manser Medal for the best new house in the UK, following a renovation and extension by architects Duggan Morris (+slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dutch designer and artist Joep van Lieshout talks to Dezeen about his sculptures depicting cannibalism and suicide in this interview recorded at the Carpenter’s Workshop Gallery in London, and how “industry itself needs to be saved” so he plans to “start producing from scratch again” (+ audio). (more…) View the full article

Norm Architects of Denmark used industrial pendant lights, woollen blankets and reclaimed wood to create rustic Scandinavian dining rooms at Höst, a new restaurant in Copenhagen. (more…) View the full article

London designer Sebastian Bergne has created a nativity scene comprising nothing but rectangular wooden blocks. (more...) View the full article

A row of colourful louvres wraps around classrooms and playgrounds at this concrete kindergarten near Pamplona in Spain (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article