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News: alternatives to the current United Kingdom flag presented by a national flag charity have provoked a debate about whether a new design should be commissioned if Scotland chooses independence in its upcoming referendum. (more...) View the full article

Following Shigeru Ban's Pritzker Prize win, we've collected together his best-known projects from the pages of Dezeen. See our new Pinterest board» Follow Dezeen on Pinterest» View the full article

Padded panels based on tulip petals form a shade for this lamp created by Italian designer Mario Alessiani for furniture brand Formabilio. (more...) View the full article

Giant panes of glass form the walls of this triangle-shaped maze at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City by artist Robert Morris. (more...) View the full article

Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola has used expanded metal mesh to create the furniture in this collection for Italian brand Kettal (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Stockholm design agency Afteroom has created a coat hook, lounge chair and bar stool for Danish design brand Menu's Autumn Winter 2014 collection. (more...) View the full article

News: French architect Marc Mimram has been selected to create a new train station in Montpellier – a building that will bridge over the railway line and feature an intricate pleated roof (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Japanese architect Kunihiko Matsuba has balanced a small white house over the flat rooftops of a dental clinic and garage near Tokyo (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Opinion: unbridled materialism, technology and design combine to challenge the meaning of personhood in William Gibson's latest sci-fi novel. The foundations for this future are already being laid in real life, says Justin McGuirk. (more…) View the full article

An oval museum filled with robots and other technological inventions has been scheduled for construction in Dubai (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

We published hundreds of projects from all over the world in 2014 – from tiny apartments to technology firm offices, cafes and luxury penthouses – but these are the 10 interiors that proved most popular with Dezeen readers. (more…) View the full article

Concrete forms influenced by 1950s architecture were combined with contemporary details for this house that architect Pitsou Kedem designed for himself and his family in Ramat HaSharon, near Tel Aviv (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

The concrete roof of this cultural centre in the French town of Chasseneuil-du-Poitou slopes down to create a cantilevered canopy across the courtyard at its entrance (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

London Design Festival 2015: British artist Alex Chinneck has revealed a 35-metre-tall latticed steel sculpture resembling an upside-down electricity pylon for this year's London Design Festival (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

McDonald's is rolling out simplified new packaging, designed by branding agency Boxer to function as a "mobile billboard" for the fast-food giant (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

To provide children at this primary school with more room to play, London designer Asif Khan has created a stilted structure that stands two metres above the playground (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Pressed plants and colourful petals are frozen within these glass plates by German designer Meike Harde. (more…) View the full article

Milan 2016: German lighting designer Ingo Maurer turned Milan's Torre Velasca into a glowing red beacon with an installation for car brand Audi during Milan design week (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

See the latest from our new and improved recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with Heatherwick Studio, OMA and DSDHA, whose recent projects include an apartment block with two "crystalline pavilions" on its roof (pictured). This is also the last chance to apply for roles with Rankin Photography, Moooi and more... (more…) View the full article

Opinion: commercialisation of the UK's architectural heritage helped lay the foundations for the false nostalgia that is proving such potent propaganda for Brexiteers, says Sam Jacob. (more…) View the full article

South Korean studio Shinslab Architecture sliced off one end of a rusty old ship and turned it upside down to form this installation for the Seoul edition of MoMA's Young Architects Program (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Comments update: angry readers took to Dezeen's comments section this week after we reported on the Kardashians' penchant for Modernist architecture, but could exposure to wider audiences actually be a good thing for the profession? (more…) View the full article

London Design Festival 2016: British designer Bethan Gray created her latest collection of handmade furniture using vibrantly stained wood and brass marquetry (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Earth-coloured ceramic tiles cover the roofs and walls of this nursery located on the outskirts of Paris, which is designed by French studio Nomade Architectes to look like a cluster of buildings (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Danish firm Bjarke Ingels Group has revealed its plans for a loop-shaped station on a new stretch of the Paris Metro. Read more View the full article