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Dutch designer Nienke Hoogvliet used a byproduct from the wastewater treatment process to create the dyed pattern on this kimono, which is intended to be passed down through the generations. Read more

This week on Dezeen: architect Magnus Ström launched a bespoke-housing service for multi-millionaires this week, while Renzo Piano unveiled plans for a luxurious apartment tower in Miami (pictured). (more…) View the full article

This vase by Rhode Island School of Design graduate Jiwon Choi is made from a thin curl of synthetic paper. (more...) View the full article

This long and narrow brick house outside Budapest, by Foldes Architects, integrates a 17-metre-long library wall that accommodates the owners' expansive book collection (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

News: the second proposal from Danish architecture firm BIG to extend the Kimball Art Center in Park City, Utah, has been thrown out by planning authorities for failing to meet strict local preservation guidelines. (more...) View the full article

Warsaw studio Moko Architects has unveiled plans to build a diving and indoor skydiving centre outside Warsaw by surrounding a pair of abandoned cement silos with a tower of shipping containers. (more...) View the full article

News: the company that makes London’s famous taxis, Manganese Bronze Holdings, is going into administration having failed to make a profit since 2007. (more…) View the full article

London studio Nicholas Hare Architects used a palette of yellow brick, bronzed aluminium and unfinished timber to construct this secondary school in Essex, England (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Italian car company Pininfarina unveiled a two-seater concept vehicle without a windshield at the Geneva Motor Show last week (+ slideshow + movie). (more...) View the full article

This movie shows shoppers walking under and sitting beneath the Christmas lights installed above public crossings and squares in central Berlin by German studio Brut Deluxe. (more...) View the full article

Polished mosaic floors reveal the original room layout of this renovated apartment in Barcelona by local studio Vora Arquitectura (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

London architect Dingle Price has revamped a warehouse in Hackney to create a bright spacious home and studio for a painter and his family. (more...) View the full article

Plans for a new outpost of the Guggenheim museum in Helsinki have been thrown into doubt, as the Finnish government refuses funding for the Moreau Kusunoki Architectes-designed project. (more…) View the full article

As prefabricated buildings become increasingly prolific, Silicon Valley design-build firm Katerra hopes to revolutionise the construction industry by using a technology-driven and full-services approach to creating structures at a large scale. Read more View the full article

News: architectural licensing bodies in the United States, Canada and Mexico have forged an agreement to allow architects to work across North American borders. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: architects and designers are invited to submit projects that feature Spanish-made ceramics to the Tile of Spain Awards 2016 (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Concrete is the muse for a new fragrance by Japanese fashion house Comme des Garçons, which comes in a bottle made from the building material. Read more View the full article

Architect Pernilla Ohrstedt has created a collection of sleek black tables for Dezeen's new offices, located in east London (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This concrete-clad house in northern Portugal by Arquitectos Matos comprises an L-shaped block that folds around a courtyard (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

As Frank Gehry celebrates his 90th birthday, Aaron Betsky looks back over the architect's seven-decade-long career of projects that include "sliding planes, open frames, slithering fish, dancing blocks, and curving compounds". Read more

Competition: Dezeen is giving readers the chance to attend panel discussions, organised by London's Sir John Soane's Museum in conjunction with an exhibition of 3D-printed versions of prints by Italian artist Piranesi. (more...) View the full article

For our review of 2018, design reporter Gunseli Yalcinkaya picks out 10 defining moments in graphic design and illustration, including Edel Rodriguez's powerful images of Donald Trump, Kanye West's Kids See Ghosts album and the social-media response to the Pittsburgh shooting. Read more

Brexit Design Manifesto: more than 100 of the UK's leading design figures have backed a manifesto that calls on the government to support the design sector after Brexit. (more…) View the full article

Russian designer Anna Lotova slotted two layers of foam beneath the surface of this wooden desk to create squishy spaces for storing stationery and other objects. (more...) View the full article

Kanye West's Yeezy design brand has moved into a new studio in Calabasas, California, which local designer Willo Perron has given a bare aesthetic celebrating "utilitarianism and brutalism". Read more View the full article