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Following our recent story about an insect-breeding gadget for the domestic kitchen, here's a look back at some of the most bizarre designer food concepts from our archives, including 3D-printed burgers and wriggling snacks. (more...) View the full article

Japanese architect Tadao Ando has added an auditorium with a curving concrete interior to the Palazzo Grassi - a contemporary arts centre inside an eighteenth-century palace in Venice (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Dezeen Music Project: a choir of outdated computer equipment and games consoles performs a rendition of Carol of the Bells in this music video by Glasgow filmmaker James Houston. (more...) View the full article

Dezeen and MINI World Tour: graduate designer Martijn Van Strien explains that his range of coats made from single sheets of black tarpaulin are designed for an imagined future world where money and resources are in short supply. (more...) View the full article

ECAL student Renaud Defrancesco has designed a transparent acrylic glass headband that passes music vibrations across its surface to the ears. (more...) View the full article

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

News: Chinese firm MAD has unveiled new images of Chaoyang Park Plaza – a complex of skyscrapers, office blocks and public spaces modelled on the mountains, hills and lakes depicted in Chinese landscape paintings – which is now under construction in Beijing. (more...) View the full article

News: the latest attempt to shift the "nerdwear" reputation of Google Glass is a collection of headsets by Diane von Furstenberg that look more like traditional eyewear. (more...) View the full article

News: Steven Holl has been named as the architecture laureate for the 2014 Praemium Imperiale arts prize from the Japan Art Association. (more...) View the full article

Dezeen Book of Interviews: in the second extract from our latest book, Dutch industrial designer Hella Jongerius says there's more to design than simply creating more and more new objects. (more...) View the full article

News: architect David Adjaye has submitted plans to overhaul a house in Hackney – made famous by its former resident who dug a warren of tunnels underneath the property – to create a home for artist couple Tim Noble and Sue Webster. (more...) View the full article

News: a 3D printer on the International Space Station has produced its first object, "paving the way to future long-term space expeditions" according to the US space agency NASA. (more...) View the full article

Opinion: in a desperate grab to attract the attention of children reared on digital devices, board game manufacturers have forgotten that interaction design matters more than brand extensions, says Alexandra Lange. (more…) View the full article

To see 2014 out with a bang, we've pulled together our most read stories of the year – including a silk leaf that could create oxygen in space, furniture for space-poor hipsters and a house with a swimming pool instead of a roof. (more…) View the full article

Peeling plaster and exposed brickwork reveal the interventions made by BEL Architecten to convert this former Antwerp warehouse into a cultural centre (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This raw concrete house in Tokyo was designed by Japanese firm Apollo Architects & Associates as a family home for a couple whose interests include contemporary art and cars (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This week's Dezeen Mail includes a simple handset designed by Jasper Morrison as an alternative to smartphones (pictured), the Bouroullec brothers' first television for Samsung and a Foster-designed drone port. There's also the latest news, jobs and reader comments from Dezeen. Read Dezeen Mail issue 271 | Subscribe to Dezeen Mail View the full article

A multi-directional black staircase bridges the main entrance space in this converted office building in Belgium (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Marble bathrooms and simple furnishings complement period mouldings and restored wooden floorboards inside this waterfront Lisbon apartment recently renovated by local office Rar Studio (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Snarkitecture co-founder Daniel Arsham has opened a solo show at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) Museum of Art in Georgia, which features eroded, rippled and cloth-like wall installations. (more…) View the full article

Most Loved: in the next movie in our exclusive video series, London designer Tord Boontje explains how the decorative paper lampshade he designed in 2004 challenged the dominance of Minimalist design. (more…) View the full article

Milan 2016: this year's Dutch Invertuals exhibition in Milan featured tactile objects designed as physical representations of emotions, beliefs and even galactic phenomena (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

OOIIO Architecture has applied varying tones of stonework to the irregularly stacked blocks that make up this house in central Spain (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Mexico's luxury resort boom is leading to a surge in demand for locally sourced products, according to Mexican design brand Luteca. (more…) View the full article

Instagram users are posting photos that show the almost-finished pair of twisted towers that Bjarke Ingels' firm is building in Miami. (more…) View the full article