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Jagged shelving units and scored surfaces were designed to evoke the look of food crates and packaging at this London butcher and delicatessen by local office Fraher Architects (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Competition: Dezeen is giving readers the chance to win one of five pairs of tickets to the award previews for the 2014 New Designers graduate exhibition this summer. (more...) View the full article

Founding Archigram members Peter Cook and Dennis Crompton will create a digital installation exploring the future of cities at the Design Trust Gala 2019 in Hong Kong. Read more

News: Utopia Arkitekter has unveiled plans to build a multi-faceted office block clad with shards of metal and glass beside the train station in Uppsala, Sweden (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Australian designer Marc Newson has reinvented Louis Vuitton's iconic trunks, making them lighter and more spacious on the inside (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Gently undulating walls and a wavy roof enclose this family home in northern Belgium by Office O Architects, which projects two broad windows over a secluded garden to the rear (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

New York's Museum of Modern Art has announced plans for an exhibition detailing the work and "remarkable vision" of late American designer Donald Judd. Read more

Extra Moooi: in this movie Moooi co-founder Marcel Wanders discusses the Dutch brand's Milan show, which featured new furniture, lighting and carpets displayed against huge blown-up portraits. (more…) View the full article

Architecture studio William Matthews Associates and engineers Ney & Partners have built a bridge in Cornwall from two 30-metre cantilevered spans that don't quite meet in middle. Read more

Imagine staying in a concrete summer house that sits among dunes on the Argentinian coastline, or a pair of rural Icelandic cottages with burnt timber cladding. These beautiful holiday homes from Dezeen's archive proved popular on Instagram, so we've created an entire Pinterest board full of remote retreats. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest | See all the holiday homes in our archive View the full article

Stockholm 2014: design and architecture studio Claesson Koivisto Rune has extended its range of W131 lighting for Swedish brand Wästberg to include table and floor lamps. (more...) View the full article

News: SO-IL and FREAKS freearchitects have together won a competition to redesign a glass museum, workshop and gallery on the site of an 18th-century glass factory in north-east France. (more…) View the full article

London company Primo Toys has designed a "hands on" wooden play set that aims to teach three-year-old children the principles of coding without the use of screens (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: architects and designers are invited to register to MADE Labs' architecture and design training programme, which takes place in Sicily throughout July and August. Read more

Japanese architecture and joinery inspired Knight Associates design for this clothing shop in Wellington, which is defined by a sequence of slatted timber panels. Read more View the full article

London designer Lara Bohinc showcased her latest, space-themed furniture collection in a 200-year-old house in London's King's Cross that was converted into an immersive installation for the occasion. Read more

The minimal interior of this collaborative office was converted from a coffee-roasting warehouse by Japanese studio TT Architects (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Feature: the first branch of Habitat opened its doors 50 years ago today, changing the British public's relationship with furniture and homeware forever. But can the shop that brought flat-pack furniture, the duvet and the wok to the UK make a come back, asks Dezeen editor Anna Winston (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Architecture studio Bureau Spectacular has turned its drawings of bizarre buildings into models for an exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Read more View the full article

Car brand BMW has unveiled an autonomous MINI concept vehicle designed to be shared between several drivers, which could changes colour depending on different users' preferences (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Rise Design Studio has completed an extension for a house in London, cladding the interiors in Douglas fir and creating a reading nooks in windows. Read more

News: Google-owned communications company Motorola is working with Design Academy Eindhoven graduate and Phonebloks creator Dave Hakkens to develop open-source modular mobile phones. (more...) View the full article

News: Rem Koolhaas' OMA has been granted planning permission to transform a building on Venice's Grand Canal into a department store and public event space. (more...) View the full article

A spiral staircase made from Brazilian ironwood links two floors inside this São Paulo house, which was designed by Brazilian architect Isay Weinfeld as a private gallery and guest house for two art collectors (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Business news: British luxury carmaker Aston Martin has set up a service to provide companies with design, engineering and manufacturing consultation. (more…) View the full article