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In this week's comments update, some readers are upset to learn that discarded cow intestines are being used by designer Kathrine Barbro Bendixen for her lighting installations. Read more

Translucent swathes of white and pink floral lace hang from six-metre-high wooden frames inside this New York pop-up store, designed by Storey Studio. Read more

Architect Jean Nouvel is counter-suing the Philharmonie de Paris over the €170.6 million fine he was slapped with for delivering the concert hall late and over budget. Read more View the full article

Thomas Heatherwick's Pier 55 park within New York's Hudson River has been renamed Little Island, as visuals and a video detailing the project's construction are released. Read more View the full article

Perforated metal screens, glass walls and an open-plan layout help to maximise light throughout this Melbourne office, which has been overhauled by Mim Design. Read more View the full article

Skincare brand Haeckels has built a traditional wood-burning sauna on the sands of Margate beach, in a bid to "reacquaint the community" with the health-giving properties of their local waters. Read more View the full article

Senegalese-American singer Akon says he has signed an agreement with the government of Senegal to build a city with a cryptocurrency-based economy named Akon City. Read more View the full article

Industrial designer Lewis Power has won this year's rising star award at Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair, with a series of four objects born from an exploration of "material worth". Read more View the full article

A multidisciplinary team in Chile have designed a self-sufficient cabin that can be tailored to the local climate and topography, along with a client's specific needs. Read more View the full article

As working from home becomes more common due to the coronavirus outbreak, we've updated our Pinterest board featuring the most well-designed study nooks to inspire your own home office set-up. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest or visit our updated board to see more. Read more View the full article

News: German car manufacturer Mercedes-Benz has unveiled its vision for the future of motoring with an autonomous pod-like vehicle designed to function as a communal living room on wheels (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Egg Vessels are a series of porcelain ceramics, which Mari JJ Design is launching during the VDF x Ventura Projects collaboration. Read more View the full article

Board-marked concrete and warm wood are contrasted in this synagogue in Asunción, Paraguay, which has been renovated by local studio Equipo de Arquitectura. Read more View the full article

Cafe-style seating and muted interiors outfit this New York office that local studio Format Architecture Office has designed with places to mingle, eat and work. Read more View the full article

Dezeen has teamed up with Rado and Les Couleurs Suisse to host a panel discussion on how iconic architect Le Corbusier's Architectural Polychromy colour theory has influenced the brands' new watch collection. Tune in live from 4:00pm UK time. Read more View the full article

Brazilian designers Fernando and Humberto Campana have designed a set of stainless steel mesh baskets for Italian design brand Alessi. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Israeli designer Adi Zaffran Weisler has created a set of tables and stools by combining tree branches, trunks and twigs with plastic during the moulding process. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This house with an oversailing barrel-vault roof by Kazunori Fujimoto Architect & Associates looks across the Seto Inland Sea in Hiroshima, Japan. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Vienna Design Week 2010: Berlin designer Mark Braun presented a series of carafes engraved with images of lakes, glaciers and rivers of Austria for glass company Lobmeyr in Vienna earlier this month. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Next up: the five most popular Dezeen stories from November, kicking off with Chengdu Contemporary Art Centre in China by Zaha Hadid Architects. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The New World Symphony’s orchestral academy designed by Frank Gehry opened yesterday in Miami Beach, Florida. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

German designer Kilian Schindler talks about starting out as a designer and learning to work with manufacturers in this last movie interview in our series filmed at Dezeentalks at [D3] Design Talents in Cologne earlier this year (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2011: Designers Peter Bottazzi and Denish Bonapace presented this exhibition of recycled furniture used as planters, in Milan earlier this month. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dutch architecture studio GAAGA have completed this house in Leiden, the Netherlands, with a roof that pitches inwards to create a v-shaped profile. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: this movie by Frankfurt designer Hanna Emelie Ernsting demonstrates the many possible ways to nestle into her Moody Couch. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article