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British artist Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg's solo show at Vitra Design Museum asks questions about our place in the natural world. We look at the six projects on display in the exhibition. Read more

Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios has refurbished the long-abandoned east wing and theatre at Alexandra Palace in London, leaving its original surfaces visible in a state of "arrested decay". Read more

Dutch Design Week 2014: these textiles by Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Alexandra Stück are infused with different remedial herbal scents to make the wearer feel calm, focused or horny. (more...) View the full article

This small bookshop in Bratislava, Slovakia, has a climbing wooden floor that allows it to double-up as an informal auditorium. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

With the trend for co-living continuing to pick up speed, German architect Alexis Dornier has transformed a group of old apartment blocks in Bali into a communal housing development (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Bali-based architect Alexis Dornier has developed a concept for prefabricated homes that could easily be taken apart and reassembled in a new location. Read more View the full article

Architect Alexis Dournier puts a new spin on Balinese vernacular in his three Uluwatu Surf Villas, at a retreat billed as a paradise for surfers. Read more View the full article

Dezeenwire: Ecole cantonale d’art de Lausanne (ECAL) have appointed Alexis Georgacopoulos as the college’s new director. See press release below (in French) (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Designer Gerry Judah has created this bright red looping structure for Alfa Romeo at Goodwod Festival of Speed, which took place in West Sussex last weekend. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Industrial designer Christian Vivanco has created this pendant lamp inspired by seaweed. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This installation by Italian architect Francesco Moncada for the Wrong Weather store in Porto, Portugal, features wooden furniture clustered together in different formations. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Research collective Synflux has developed a system of digitised couture that reduces the amount of fabric needed to make clothes by creating garments that exactly fit the wearer's body. Read more

Milan 2014: Dezeen has teamed up with design research collaborative Space Caviar to distribute a free publication generated by an algorithmic journalism machine which will trawl content from social media and talks in Milan this week. (more...) View the full article

Designer Lisa Marks has combined traditional handicrafts with technology to create a unique bra especially for people who have had mastectomy surgery. Read more

Movie: Joseph Grima and Tamar Shafrir of design research collaborative Space Caviar explain why they set up an algorithmic journalism machine to produce magazines on the fly at Palazzo Clerici in Milan. (more...) View the full article

French designer Philippe Starck has completed the renovation of a former wine cellar in Bilbao to create a new culture and leisure centre for the city. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The world's biggest e-commerce company, Alibaba, is changing the infrastructure of design, manufacturing and retail around the globe, says Martina Muzi, co-curator of the Design Academy Eindhoven exhibition Geo-Design. Read more

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has released a new custom typeface that its partners, sellers and consumers can use free of charge to establish their own brand identities. Read more

This apartment in Alicante has had its interior walls removed to create a bright and spacious living space punctuated by brightly coloured niches inspired by the palette used by Danish design brand Hay. Read more View the full article

Israeli designer Rachel Boxnboim has cast a ceramic tea service inside fabric moulds. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: in her latest article for The New York Times, design critic Alice Rawsthorn analyses the career of influential graphic designer and filmmaker Saul Bass. Rawsthorn explains that the designer’s bold style “reflected his fascination with constructivism, modernism and surrealism,” adding that his work with some of the most important directors in history ”transformed what were once cursory lists of the cast and crew into thrilling complements to the movies.” See more articles by Alice Rawsthorn here. </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Photo essay: these images by Polish photographer Alicja Dobrucka depict houses disguised as tents in a village in the West Bank (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

The Royal Academy of Arts has named Iranian architect Alireza Taghaboni as the winner of the inaugural Dorfman Award, set up to celebrate talent that "represents the future of architecture". Read more View the full article

Red brick archways define the lower and topmost levels of Cadence, a housing development designed by Alison Brooks Architects next to Coal Drops Yard at King's Cross, London. Read more View the full article

Alison Brooks Architects has built an art-filled black house alongside a Georgian farmhouse in Gloucestershire that has been converted into a dedicated gallery space. Read more View the full article