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News: Norway's central bank has selected pixellated designs by Oslo design studio Snøhetta to feature on the back of the country's new banknotes. (more...) View the full article

A screen of hollow concrete bricks provides privacy for students using this shower and changing facility at a Shanghai technical college (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Shoes appear to rest on huge rolls of white paper inside this Camper store in Stockholm – the third interior design concept that Japanese studio Nendo has developed for the Spanish shoe brand. (more…) View the full article

Milan 2015: designers and visitors have been arriving in Milan for the world's biggest and most important design fair. Click through for the best images posted to Instagram so far using our #milanogram2015 hashtag. (more…) View the full article

Israeli illustrator Noma Bar has created a wooden pavilion shaped like a bird with a leafy back among the trees of a wood in central Japan (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Brisbane studio Vokes and Peters has converted this timber holiday home in Queensland into a permanent residence for a semi-retired couple by adding an angular extension (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

A pair of red brick walls screen the back of this house on the Gulf of Thailand, which faces away from a seaside resort and towards a cemetery where the client's father is buried (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

From back-to-front high heels that force the body into awkward shapes, to concrete shoes that are too heavy to lift, designers seem intent on creating footwear that is almost impossible to walk in. Zaha Hadid, Studio Swine and Benjamin John Hall are among the culprits. See more impractical footwear » View the full article

The pixelated 314-metre-high skyscraper designed by former OMA architect Ole Scheeren is nearing completion in Bangkok. (more…) View the full article

Concrete boxes are arranged on either side of a long glazed corridor to form this concrete house by Belgian studio Sculp IT, which is made up of both indoor and outdoor spaces (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Fala Atelier has gutted a 19th-century Lisbon apartment, creating a continuous living area framed by a new semi-circular wall (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Outdoor spaces are sheltered beneath the flat roof of this house in Argentina, designed by architects office Celula Urbana to take advantage of its scenic riverside setting (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Home-grown Chinese design brands will soon be selling affordable products in the west, according to Italian designer Luca Nichetto, who is creative director of Chinese startup furniture brand ZaoZuo (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Music: the face of Australian actor Cate Blanchett decays to a mummy-like state in the music video for Massive Attack's The Spoils track (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Brexit: the crossover between culture and technology is "how Britian will pay her way" outside of the EU, according to the minister for digital and culture Matt Hancock. (more…) View the full article

Sue Architekten has converted a 1930s outhouse near Vienna into a writing studio, guest room and playhouse, accessed via a trapdoor (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Today is Diwali, the festival of lights celebrated by Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists. To celebrate, we've pinned dozens of lighting installations to a new Pinterest board, such as a canopy of pulsating lanterns designed for New York's Winter Garden and a glowing red sun made from thousands of crystals. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest › View the full article

With 2016 drawing to a close, we're continuing our review of the year by looking back on some of the best transport designs, including a driverless car with a lift-up roof, a motorcycle that can't fall over and a 3D-printed wheelchair. Read more View the full article

Architect Jon Danielsen Aarhus designed this pine-clad cabin in rural Norway for his own family, creating a large glazed living area with mountain and lake views. Read more View the full article

Reykjavík-based designer Thórunn Árnadottir has combined local Icelandic materials with broken toys to create a series of interactive devices, which she is presenting at DesignMarch 2017. Read more View the full article

This kids' clothing line designed by Royal College of Art graduate Ryan Mario Yasin has a pleat system that lets garments stretch to fit even after growth spurts. Read more View the full article

Pale pink plasterwork, timber panels and simple wooden furniture were chosen by design studio The MP Shift to make this New York eatery look like an art atelier. Read more View the full article

New York architect Rafael de Cárdenas has transformed a tired 20th-century brownstone house into a home for himself, featuring "multiple living rooms of varying moods". Read more View the full article

Cornell University engineers have made a robot that gets goosebumps or becomes spiky to communicate its internal state. Read more View the full article

Leftover coffee grounds fuel this small holiday cabin created by American food chain Dunkin' Donuts, which features interiors styled by actress Olivia Wilde and was listed on Airbnb for $13 per night. Read more View the full article