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A major initiative aiming to rid a rubbish-riddled area of the Pacific Ocean from its discarded plastic will begin work within the next 12 months. Read more View the full article

The controversial T-shirt worn by New London Architecture chair Peter Murray in protest of marketing rules that prevent the architects of Olympic venues from promoting their work is now available at Dezeen Super Store. (more…) View the full article

Design studio Post-Office has transformed an old photographic storage unit in east London into an office and creative studio (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

London architects Liddicoat & Goldhill added an extension to a south London home with an oak-screened staircase and double-height windows. (more…) View the full article

Motorola has thrown its hat into the folding smartphone ring with a revamped version of its Razr flip phone that was first launched 15 years go. Read more View the full article

Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer has created a collection of sneakers and slip-ons for American shoe company Converse, featuring a handwritten poem celebrating the “sensual curve” for which his architecture is famous (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

News: the Oscars has been given a new logo and visual identity ahead of this Sunday's awards ceremony in Los Angeles. (more...) View the full article

French designer Nelly Ben Hayoun wants volunteers to live with a volcano in their lounge. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London Design Festival 2013: a basketball hoop that catches the ball, an elderly broom and a bucket that's meant for kicking feature in an exhibition of new work by British designer Carl Clerkin (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

The two-L-shaped halves of this house in Singapore by Chinese architects Neri&Hu fold around a courtyard garden and two pools of water. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

American design studio Volido have designed a sofa lined with pyramid-shaped sound-proofing foam. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The ruins of a 17th-century parchment factory and old cattle shed form part of a residential extension by Will Gamble Architects in Northamptonshire, UK. Read more View the full article

The elevated garden of this Singapore house by architects Formwerkz creates a huge canopy to shelter bedrooms beneath. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Skateboarding star Pierre Andre Senizergues wanted to skate over every surface of his new house, inside and out, so he turned to Californian architect Francois Perrin plus designer and skater Gil Lebon Delapoint to make it a reality. (more…) View the full article

A circle of trees will frame an hourglass-shaped hut for Milan that won’t be complete for 100 years. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

American firm Feldman Architecture has inserted a glass pavilion between two white stucco volumes to form this residence in San Jose, California. Read more View the full article

Neon words and symbols embellish the exterior of this temporary wooden pavilion inside the new Library of Birmingham by designers Morag Myerscough and Luke Morgan (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Dezeenwire: Jonathan Glancey interviews architect I. M. Pei, who was recently awarded the Royal Gold Medal for architecture - Guardian. See also: our Dezeenwire story announcing the award. </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London studio VW+BS have designed an office building for Singapore that resembles a giant periscope. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Irish architects O’Donnell + Tuomey have extended a red brick warehouse in central London to provide a new home for The Photographers’ Gallery. (more…) View the full article

London-based design duo Raw Edges arranged hundreds of fabric ribbons around the edge of their display stand for Danish textile manufacturer Kvadrat at this year's Stockholm Design Week. (more...) View the full article

Dutch designer Maarten Baas presented these new versions of his Clay furniture at Spazio Rossana Orlandi in Milan last month. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Portuguese artist Ana Rita Antonio has designed an installation based on fourteen different ways to replace a table leg by piling up other objects in its place. (more...) View the full article

London designers Yael Mer and Shay Alkalay of Raw Edges created an animated pond at the Bloomberg offices in London using equipment the company had thrown away. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Aerial photographs reveal the angular geometries of this rooftop swimming pool in Bangkok by Thai landscape architects T.R.O.P. (+ slideshow) (more...) View the full article