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News: British graphic designer Neville Brody has created a typeface featuring a subtle pinstripe that will be worn by the England football team at the 2014 World Cup held in Brazil. (more...) View the full article

This take on a traditional Slovenian cottage by Dekleva Gregorič Arhitekti features cast concrete walls inlaid with chunks of stone to create a rugged texture (+ 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

This bulky concrete house on the outskirts of Geneva was designed by Swiss office Local Architecture with a jagged roofline that follows the slope of its hillside site. (more...) View the full article

A+Awards: this badminton hall in a Swiss village, which looks more like a spaceport than a sports facility, received an Architizer A+Award last year. Read more View the full article

Colourful walls and irregularly placed windows with vibrant yellow frames add individuality to this prefabricated house in Stockholm, which was designed by Swedish studio HelgessonGonzaga Arkitekter. Read more View the full article

People will adapt to the enhanced environments architects and designers are creating using technology says Patrick Schumacher. Read more

A tree-like structure connects each level of this children's nursery in east London, designed by Lipton Plant Architects to reference the fictional Swiss Family Robinson (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Ergonomic office furniture brand Humanscale's installation at Milan design week mimics the movements of its visitors, says its designer Todd Bracher in this movie filmed by Dezeen. Read more

Peter Bilak has designed the set for the Royal Swedish Ballet production of Totality in Parts featuring a multi-armed light structure controlled by computers. Read more

Product news: French designer Sébastien Cordoleani has created a range of wall-mounted containers and hooks for Parisian brand Moustache. (more...) View the full article

This week on Dezeen, Sotheby's announced that David Bowie's personal collection of Memphis furniture – which is over 100 pieces strong – will go up for auction in November. Read more View the full article

Women are being driven out or held back from careers in architecture by long hours, childcare, unequal pay and the likelihood of being passed over for promotion, according to a major new survey by the American Institute of Architects released to coincide with International Women's Day. (more…) View the full article

Stockholm 2013: talks at last week's Stockholm Furniture Fair were held beneath an installation of 11,000 patterned paper sheets by Swedish architect Gert Wingårdh and Finnish artist Kustaa Saksi. (more...) View the full article

Johan Sundberg Arkitekter and Blasberg Andreasson have built Andrum, a concrete spa overlooking the grounds of a centuries-old estate in Höör, Sweden. Read more

A constellation of illuminated ceramic yoghurt pots hangs in the stairwell of a former bicycle factory in an installation by designers Aidia Studio for Beijing Design Week. (more…) View the full article

Dutch Design Week 2015: Amsterdam studio Visser & Meijwaard has designed a range of colourful zip-up coffins to help make death less depressing. (more…) View the full article

Architecture studio Erbar Mattes has added a limewashed brick and glass extension to a house in London's Crouch End, creating a bright and spacious living area for a family of four. Read more View the full article

Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for a sustainable design advisor at Hawkins\Brown in London, whose remodel of the Bloomsbury building at the Bartlett School of Architecture features a staircase designed as a "social generator" (pictured). More › View the full article

Architectural photographer Fernando Guerra has captured Claesson Koivisto Rune's first collection for Swedish brand Dux at a vineyard in northern Portugal. Read more View the full article

Competition: we're giving readers the chance to win one of five copies of Todd Saunders' new monograph of architecture, including artists' studio on remote islands and lookout points over Nordic fjords. (more...) View the full article

Furniture made of guns by Mozambican designer Gonçalo Mabunda will be on show in London next week. (more...) View the full article

We're heading to Milan to report on the city's annual festival of design exhibitions, installations and parties next week. You can see all the products launched during the Milan 2014 furniture fair and satellite events on our new Pinterest board, which we'll be updating daily. See our new Pinterest board » Follow Dezeen on Pinterest » View the full article

DepA has transformed an 18th-century palace in Pinhel, Portugal into a cultural centre and added a mirrored glass box in its central courtyard to house a ticket office (+ slideshow). (more…)

News: Swiss office Fruehauf Henry & Viladoms has been selected ahead of Kengo Kuma, Bernard Tschumi and Studio Mumbai to envision a new wing for the Musée du Léman on the edge of Lake Geneva (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article