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From millennial pink bathrooms to totems in clashing multi-colours, maximalist design is on the rise, says Claire Bingham, author of More is More. Here she picks out five contemporary designers piling on the pattern. Read more

A dining table surrounded by cartoon-like chairs features in the latest exhibition at New York gallery Chamber, which opened last night without its founder after he was denied entry into the US. Read more View the full article

A mobile town square that packs into a miniature clock tower on the back of a bike will be appearing around north London this month (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

New York designer Shaina Garfield has created an eco-friendly coffin that uses fungus to biodegrade the body so that it decomposes quickly and fertilises the surrounding soil. Read more

Pritzker Prize-winning Australian architect Glenn Murcutt has revealed new images of his first mosque in Melbourne, showing a roof covered in rows of dramatic lantern-like skylights (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

An underwater internet of things monitoring the effects of climate change or sampling waters on distant planets is the dream of a group of MIT researchers who have created a battery-free underwater sensor. Read more

Dezeen promotion: past winners of the New Design Britain awards will show a retrospective of their products at this year's May Design Series in London. (more...) View the full article

One of the most important works of Scottish architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh has been temporarily encased within a large transparent shed, called Hill House Box. Read more

These 3D-printed accessories by London fashion designer Catherine Wales can be ordered to fit any body shape and printed on demand (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Behind our fifth advent calendar window is Portuguese architect Eduardo Souto de Moura, who was awarded the 2011 Pritzker Prize and designed the red concrete museum dedicated to artist Paula Rego (pictured) in his home country. See more architecture by Eduardo Souto de Moura » View the full article

Those unable to visit Mies van der Rohe's iconic Barcelona Pavilion can now tour the building remotely through a virtual-reality experience created by architectural visualisation studio CL3VER. Read more View the full article

A facade of translucent plastic pillows can be pumped up to alter lighting and temperature inside this domed tropical greenhouse in Aarhus by Danish firm C. F. Møller (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Brazilian start-up Hoobox Robotics has collaborated with Intel to produce an adapter kit that allows almost any electric wheelchair to be controlled by the user's facial expressions. Read more

Laser-cut stainless steel creates an intricately patterned surface on the walls of this upgraded metro station in Amsterdam by architecture firm Maccreanor Lavington (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

London designer Emilie Voirin has created a minimal nativity set where characters in the Christmas story are represented by wooden blocks with their names printed in plain black capital letters. (more...) View the full article

The F-Type, the follow-up to British brand Jaguar's iconic E-Type and the first new sports car in this series in over 50 years, has finally gone on sale (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Today is the tenth letter in our A-Zdvent calendar and features John Pawson. His British firm remodelled this old church in Augsburg, Germany earlier this year (pictured) and yesterday announced he'll be the latest designer of a holiday home for Alain de Botton's Living Architecture project. See more architecture by John Pawson Architects » View the full article

Milan 2013: French designer Jean-Marie Massaud has created chunky grey seating resembling the jagged forms of an iceberg for Swedish furniture brand Offecct. (more...) View the full article

Product news: Croatian designer Filip Gordon Frank has put his paperclip-like Mini Me desk lamps into production under his new brand Polymorph. (more...) View the full article

Bangkok designers THINKK Studio have created a modular shelving system made from wooden batons with perforated aluminium surfaces that slot in to create dividers or hide clutter. (more...) View the full article

Royal College of Art graduate Iona Inglesby has launched a company that converts DNA data into unique graphic prints and patterned textiles (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Mexican design studio Peca has created a collection of furniture with structures based on the patterns found in poetry. Read more

News: the number of people riding the Wilkinson Eyre-designed Emirates Air Line has dropped by half since last year, fuelling criticism that the project is not fulfilling its intended role as a key part of London's transportation infrastructure. (more...) View the full article

A black box with pegboards for walls forms the centrepiece of this Chicago office renovated by Australian studio Those Architects, which also includes a batting cage for baseball breaks. Read more View the full article

Product news: diffused light gently glows from a cavity in the side of this ceramic lamp by designers Something of London and Verona for French brand Ligne Roset. (more...) View the full article