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Kids that attend The Walls teaching restaurant in Xiamutang, China, are invited to take part in cooking courses where they pick, prepare and eat produce from nearby fields. Read more

Montreal architecture firm Atelier Boom-Town has covered this holiday home overlooking the estuary of Quebec's Saint Lawrence River in cedar planks that will gradually silver in contact with the sea air. Read more

Product news: this footstool by French designer Benjamin Graindorge for Ligne Roset is nipped-in with lengths of cord. (more...) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Design Indaba has announced its line-up for the international conference, exhibition of African design, film festival and music programmes taking place in Cape Town from 26 February. (more...) View the full article

Design Miami: London designer Asif Khan used Swarovski crystals to recreate an ice halo – an atmospheric effect most often seen in freezing northern climates – in this installation in the sub-tropical heat of Miami (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Studio Seilern Architects has converted a half-built conference centre in Andermatt, Switzerland, into a concert hall by lifting up its roof to double the building's size. Read more

This week on Dezeen: a major redevelopment for London's Piccadilly Circus was approved this week, while new research suggested the city's skyscraper boom looks set to continue. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen has just launched World Design Guide, an online guide to the key architecture and design events around the world in 2013. (more...) View the full article

Lithuanian studio Inblum Architects has divided the Vilnius offices for IT company Wix into two working zones, adding bespoke furniture to create meeting rooms and breakout spaces (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

A decade after its last launch, British luxury automobile company Bristol Cars has unveiled its new speedster model, named the Bristol Bullet (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Mexican design studio Peca has created a collection of furniture with structures based on the patterns found in poetry. Read more

The Geneva Motor Show kicked off yesterday and this year it's all about electrification, as impending EU emission laws force automotive brands to gear their efforts towards more eco-friendly, electric cars. Read more

British studio Those has designed a connected whiteboard that uses a robot arm to draw everything from illustrations to shopping lists. Read more View the full article

American fashion designer Jeremy Scott has designed a special edition for car brand Smart, with wings that shoot out from the back to form the rear and brake lights (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Stockholm 2015: Stockholm-based Note Design Studio has reduced the dimensions of a typical lounge chair so that this seat for Swedish brand Fogia will fit into increasingly smaller homes and offices. (more…) View the full article

Our job of the week is a call for junior architects at XTEN Architecture in Los Angeles, USA. Their California-based projects include NakaHouse (pictured above), a remodel of a 1960s hillside house built just below the famous Hollywood sign. Visit the ad for full details or browse many other architecture and design job opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for a London-based industrial designer to work with Marc Newson, whose recent designs include a pair of limited-edition Air Max trainers that celebrated the shoe's 30th birthday. More › View the full article

Five cliff-top buildings feature walls that fold in on themselves to frame views and offer privacy in this South Korean holiday resort by Atelier Chang (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Architect, photographer and artist Dan Hogman has chosen 12 favourites from his collection of ink sketches depicting buildings and streetscapes. Read more View the full article

In our latest competition, we have teamed up with publisher Gestalten to give five readers the chance to win a copy of Bohemian Residence, a book that explores eclectic city dwellings. Read more View the full article

Frida Escobedo explains how she renovated the 1950s Boca Chica Hotel in Acapulco, Mexico, in this exclusive interview with Dezeen. Read more

Rooms are organised around gardens and courtyards in this northern California dwelling, which Feldman Architecture has lifted above the ground in order to protect tree roots. Read more

Food designers Bompas & Parr have come up with a musical spoon that you listen to through your mouth and a set of handmade bowls to match five new flavours of Heinz baked beans. (more...) View the full article

Hennebery Eddy Architects has clad a fire station in rural Oregon with charred wood, turning "the destructive manner of fire into an image of beauty" (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen Book of Interviews, our new book featuring conversations with 45 leading figures in architecture and design, is available to buy now for just £12. (more...) View the full article