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German design studio Ding3000 has created a cast-iron candle holder for Danish brand QDO that holds six coasters within its base. (more…) View the full article

Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with Gothenburg-based Studio Esinam to give readers the chance to win its latest monochrome prints showing elevations of iconic structures in London. (more…) View the full article

Music: nine different artists contributed to this animated music video for US musician Dan Deacon's single When I Was Done Dying. (more…) View the full article

Opinion: designers could offer beautiful, meaningful and lasting alternatives to the mass-produced souvenirs offered inside London's tourist shops, says Will Wiles. (more…) View the full article

Communications firm Darkhorse has used a camera mounted to a drone to capture footage of Via 57 West, the residential building by Bjarke Ingels Group that is now rising in New York (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Spanish designer Jaime Hayón is launching a limited-edition chronograph with a chimp-like face for his watch company Orolog. (more…) View the full article

CES 2016: Chinese manufacturer Ehang has unveiled the world's first passenger-carrying drone, which will transport individuals through the air without a pilot (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

French furniture brand Smarin has created a temporary installation of soft dune-shaped lounge chairs, designed to encourage visitors to stop and take a nap (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

US designers Yitan Sun and Jianshi Wu have proposed transforming Manhattan's Central Park into a sunken landscape encircled by a below-grade megastructure with office, housing, retail and cultural space. (more…) View the full article

Milan 2016: Norwegian designer Andreas Engesvik has created a minimal toothbrush that "will look good in any bathroom" for Danish brand Hay. (more…) View the full article

Iran is "on the verge of a new era for architecture" according to local architects, resulting in a boom in contemporary residential and infrastructure projects. We've pinned some of the best examples to a new Pinterest board, including a bridge encouraging pedestrians to "wander and get lost" and a Tehran apartment block with faceted window frames. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest | See more Iranian architecture in our archive View the full article

Luxembourg artist Max Mertens has installed hundreds of swings above a shopping street to offer pedestrians a new experience of a familiar place (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Rio 2016: after it hosts the women's basketball tournament at this summer's Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, this venue will be overhauled halfway through the games to accommodate fencing (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Canadian firm +tongtong has overhauled a traditional home in Toronto, adding a large triangular window, dark zinc cladding and an interior lightwell that provides natural illumination. (more…) View the full article

This week saw the Caruso St John-designed gallery for Damien Hirst win this year's RIBA Stirling Prize, as the UK's best new building. To mark the occasion, we've scoured our archives to find more examples of Britain's finest contemporary architecture and pinned them to a new Pinterest board. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest | See more examples of UK projects in our archive View the full article

This LED pendant by Dutch designer Teresa van Dongen is powered by living organisms that require regular feeding. Read more View the full article

A+Awards: four adjoining house-shaped volumes built using different materials make up this outdoor pursuits centre in Denmark by Lumo Arkitektur – a 2016 Architizer A+Awards winner. Read more View the full article

Mid-century furnishings are a perennial favourite in contemporary interiors. We've rounded up 10 of the most popular homes to show off classic designs from our Pinterest page, from a renovated apartment in London's Barbican Estate to a simply styled Berlin flat. Read more View the full article

Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for an architect with cultural experience at John McAslan + Partners' Edinburgh office, which recently completed a cathedral on the edge of a tea plantation outside Nairobi, Kenya. More › View the full article

Cork-insulated roofs help create a stable temperature for wine production inside this solar-powered winery in Majorca by Munarq Arquitectes, which also features a sandstone exterior and wicker sunshades. Read more View the full article

An interactive mapping tool provides a scary glimpse of how cities such as New York, Boston and Miami might end up if sea levels continue to rise. Read more View the full article

Uber has acquired electric bike-sharing service Jump, in a bid to further expand the modes of transportation available to its users. Read more View the full article

British designer Tom Dixon has opened a permanent home in New York's Soho neighbourhood, after experimenting with a number of temporary locations. Read more View the full article

American firm The Ranch Mine has overhauled and expanded a Phoenix residence, adding limestone cladding and generous terraces, and reorganising the home so it capitalises on views of the desert terrain. Read more View the full article

These plates, bowls, dishes and vessels would create Thanksgiving table settings guaranteed to impress the relatives. Read more