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Design Museum director Deyan Sudjic has paid tribute to Stanley Kubrick, as an exhibition exploring the life and work of the legendary film director opens at the museum today. Read more

Miysis Studio has created an animation showing its vision of a rebuilt Notre-Dame that combines a reconstruction of Viollet-le-Duc's spire with a modern glass roof. Read more

Plant-lined balconies and a grid-like facade wrap around the glass Kojimachi Terrace office in Tokyo, which Nendo has designed "to bring the outside in". Read more

Architecture and interior design practice Universal Design Studio has completed its own office interior and that of its sister company Map Project Office. Read more

Urko Sanchez Architects has designed a concrete compound in Djibouti for the charity SOS Children's Villages International as a home for vulnerable children. Read more

American firm M-Rad has created a compact, movable cabin with design elements to accommodate people with disabilities, including a shower with a seat and doorways wide enough for a wheelchair to pass through. Read more

Architect Arthur Mamou-Mani will speak at Dezeen Day on 30 October about future materials and designing without plastic. Read more

Black metal panels and angled wooden slats cover this pointed house Canadian practice Campos Studio has created for a woman and her dog living in Pacific Northwest rainforest. Read more

Tubular legs and armrests define this colourful collection of metallic outdoor furniture created by Mexican designer Christian Vivanco. Read more View the full article

Designed to offer a "landmark" in an otherwise mundane part of Paris, this sport and culture centre by Bruther features a multi-layered facade that varies in transparency to suit the various activities it contains (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

"Future scenario thinking" is a technique developed by theatre director Zoe Svendsen to imagine the cities of tomorrow. In an interview with Dezeen, she says architects could use it to design better urban futures. Read more View the full article

Dutch architect OMA has built the 24-storey Nhow Amsterdam RAI Hotel in Amsterdam, which is made from three triangular volumes stacked on top of each other. Read more View the full article

Salt and pepper shakers and an ice-cube tray are among the objects that Canadian designers have made from machined aluminium for an exhibition at this year's Toronto design week. Read more View the full article

British design brand Established & Sons and design studio Committee have released new versions of their Kebab Lamps, featuring miscellaneous found objects skewered on a central pole. Read more View the full article

Clavel Arquitectos has released a film of its founder Manuel Clavel swimming in a 42-metre-long pool that cantilevers from a casino complex under construction in Murcia, Spain. Read more View the full article

Chocolate manufacturer Barry Callebaut has set up a dedicated 3D-printing studio for desserts, providing chefs with an opportunity to create bespoke designs that can be reproduced at scale. Read more View the full article

Stockholm's Studio EO marries handblown glass with fragments of discarded marble found in quarries to form its colourful Drill Vases. Read more View the full article

Italian studio Bjørne launches its handcrafted Ljós lighting, which is designed to evoke mountain sunsets, as part of the VDF x Ventura Projects collaboration. Read more View the full article

Winning an award for best architecture, interiors or design studio at Dezeen Awards can have a huge impact, according to last year's winners – and there are less than 20 days to enter and save 50 per cent. Read more View the full article

More Icelandic fashion design: this time a series of concrete belt buckles by Sruli Recht of Reykjavík. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Research agency Forensic Architecture has recreated the 2011 killing of Mark Duggan, using virtual reality to show he "could not have been holding a firearm" when shot by police. Read more View the full article

Royal College of Art graduate Ben Faga is encouraging bees in London to swarm and set up new hives. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

New York graphic designer Cardon Webb collects fliers and hand-written notices from his neighbourhood and replaces them with his own re-designed versions. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen promotion: design brand Luminaire will present pieces by designers including Angelo Mangiarotti, Gruppo T and Konstantin Grcic at their Miami showroom 29 November – 11 December. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Continuing our review of the past year, our most popular story in July 2010 was an exhibition designed and curated by Zaha Hadid at Galerie Gmurzynska Zurich, tracing Hadid’s interest in the Russian avant-garde. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article