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London designer Benjamin Hubert has created a chair that looks like it's wrapped up in a cloak for Italian brand Moroso. (more...) View the full article

Royal College of Art graduate Bilge Nur Saltik has designed dimpled glassware that creates kaleidoscopic effects (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

Snøhetta unveiled its design for the new Paris headquarters of French newspaper Le Monde this week, so we've collected together the multidisciplinary design firm's best projects from the pages of Dezeen and pinned them to a new Pinterest board. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest | See more projects by Snøhetta View the full article

Portuguese architect Eduardo Souto de Moura has completed a cultural centre in Viana do Castelo, Portugal, which is designed to look more like a machine than a building (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

News: the forthcoming National Stadium of Japan by Zaha Hadid Architects is now set to become the main sporting venue for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic games, following the news that Tokyo will be the host city. (more...) View the full article

Graphic designer Cristina Vanko has been writing out all the SMS messages she sends by hand with a calligraphy pen. (more...) View the full article

Dutch supermarket Spar's flagship store in Budapest features a series of undulating wooden forms through its interior by local firm LAB5 architects (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Here are some wintery views of the new spotty stadium for Belarusian football club FC BATE Borisov designed by Slovenian firm OFIS Arhitekti, which is nearing completion and looks set to open later this year (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Milan 2014: objects made out of lava from Mount Etna in Sicily will be presented by design duo Formafantasma in Milan next week (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

News: Yves Behar of San Francisco design studio fuseproject has created a new identity for PayPal as part of the brand's shift towards providing payment solutions on mobile and wearable devices (+ interview). (more...) View the full article

Venice Architecture Biennale 2014: this new movie by White Arkitetker reveals the firm's masterplan for the relocation of an entire Swedish city, before continued iron ore mining destabilises the ground beneath it (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

Opinion: the restored heritage site of Dubrovnik, with its Game of Thrones-buoyed tourism industry, is a historical drag act that exposes conflicting tensions between history, reconstruction and modernity, says Sam Jacob. (more...) View the full article

News: Norman Foster has hit back at the London city officials that have ruled out his proposal to build a new airport on the Thames estuary, claiming that the decision lacked "courage". (more...) View the full article

Sports brand Nike has combined elements from its previous running and basketball footwear designs to create a "SneakerBoot" with a pleated sole and a neoprene cover. (more...) View the full article

Comments update: Thomas Heatherwick found himself at the centre of a flurry of criticism this week, as planning documents revealed some unusual restrictions for his proposed bridge across the River Thames. (more...) View the full article

Lebanese studio Najla El Zein Workspace has created a set of "pleasure tools" by pairing marble with materials including fake eyelashes and gold fingernails for tickling, stroking, scratching and more (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Australian designer Alex Goad has created a system of modular ceramic components for forming structures that can help rebuild diminished coral reef environments (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Milan 2015: illuminated globes balanced on delicate metal supports form lamps in London designer Michael Anastassiades' updated range. (more…) View the full article

Slate-covered walls frame this swimming pool created by architecture studio LAD in the grounds of an Italian villa, which offers swimmers views of the surrounding hills and valleys (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Los Angeles design brand Sempli has launched a set of glasses designed for enjoying different types of craft beer. (more…) View the full article

See the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with The Boundary, Heatherwick Studio and Cousins & Cousins, whose projects include a temporary stripy glass pavilion built for last year's Clerkenwell Design Week. This is also the last chance to apply for roles with Soho House, AECOM and Architype and more... (more…) View the full article

New York-based Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners sought to preserve the "authentic patina of aging materials" in its subtle refurbishment of the former Whitney Museum, which will reopen this month as The Met Breuer. (more…) View the full article

Architects Daniel Libeskind and Richard Rogers are among those paying tribute to Zaha Hadid, after news broke today of her death at the age of 65. (more…) View the full article

Comments update: readers have been discussing Bjarke Ingels' impact on architecture this week, after Time magazine named him as one of this year's most influential people. (more…) View the full article

This pill-shaped corrugated-metal cabin contains a reading room for a rural retreat in Australia's Barragorang Valley (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article