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Dezeen News: the new owners of Battersea Power Station say their £8bn revamp of the site will begin in 2013, ending more than 25 years of speculation over the future of the London landmark. (more…) View the full article

Scandinavian lighting brand Louis Poulsen has been acquired by Investindustrial, an Italian investment firm that also owns Flos, B&B Italia and Oka. Read more View the full article

British furniture brand Vitsœ has relaunched an injection-moulded plastic table originally designed by German industrial designer Dieter Rams in 1962. (more...) View the full article

These shoes are 3D-printed using flexible, durable filament so they can be folded up and stuffed into a pocket or bag (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Following the sad news that experimental architect and artist Lebbeus Woods passed away last week, here’s a look back at some of his early drawing projects from the 1980s. (more…) View the full article

Sou Fujimoto's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion opens in London next week, so our latest Pinterest board brings together all twelve of the temporary pavilions from over the years by architects including SANAA, Jean Nouvel and Frank Gehry. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest » See all our stories about Serpentine Gallery Pavilions » View the full article

This narrow house in Osaka by Ido, Kenji Architectural Studio contains hollow white boxes for stairs and a skewed upper storey. (more…) View the full article

Prompted by the client's love of the Tin Man character in the Wizard of Oz, architect Jun Sekino left the steel framework of this Bangkok house exposed inside and out (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen and MINI World Tour: architect Terrence Riley takes us on a tour of downtown Miami and says that redevelopment of the historic area has coincided with a new emphasis on outdoor living in the city. (more...) View the full article

The blue passports that will be given to UK citizens after Brexit will be made by a French-Dutch firm, it has been revealed. Read more View the full article

The pods that Spanish practice SelgasCano has built to form garden studios in Second Home's first US campus resemble a group of huge yellow lily pads from above. Read more View the full article

The pale brick volume of the Changjiang Art Museum by Vector Architects includes a raised public square and footbridge for the city of Taiyuan. Read more View the full article

News: the Royal Institute of British Architects has called on students to report companies offering unpaid architecture internships and said it "deplores any architects treating students this way". (more...) View the full article

Milan 2013: Foster + Partners has designed a coffee table made by stretching a perforated disk of steel upwards to form a metal-mesh base. (more...) View the full article

Montreal-based designers St Ely have created a sofa made up of three interchangeable modules with sliced-off corners. (more…) View the full article

Danish brand Veark has developed a chef's knife that is manufactured using a drop-forged process that creates a unique texture on the handle of each product. Read more

This blackened plywood box added by architect Antonin Ziegler to one end of a rural home on France's northern coast provides a private library and garage for its inhabitants (+ slideshow). (more…)

Jean Verville Architecte has designed cabin in rural Quebec with dark metal cladding and pointy roofs that "seems to emerge from a children's story" (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

A 3D-printed mask based on Björk's musculoskeletal system, a series of rejected Brexit campaign posters and a house in a Brazilian rainforest (pictured) feature in this week's issue of Dezeen Mail. Read Dezeen Mail issue 313 | Subscribe to Dezeen Mail View the full article

Dutch design lab Studio Roosegaarde has built a dome of metallic flowers that appear to come to life as they sense the presence of visitors inside a church in Lille, France (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Product news: design collective Outofstock have created a shelving unit inspired by suspension bridges. (more...) View the full article

Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for an animator/visualiser at London design studio PriestmanGoode, which recently revealed a design to tackle train overcrowding. Read more stories on PriestmanGoode or browse more architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

News: most UK-based employers and students believe architecture graduates are not prepared for the realities of working in practice, according to an industry survey. (more…) View the full article

Sea urchins, mussels and crabs are among the marine creatures that are expected to take up residence in a floating structure in the San Francisco Bay that was created by a multidisciplinary team at the California College of the Arts. Read more

This week saw London Design Festival 2017 take over the capital. As well as featuring dozens of unusual installations, the event also saw many designers and brands launch new products. Here's eight of our favourites, which could all be found on show at the designjunction venue. Read more View the full article