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Designed in Hackney: today’s featured designers from the London borough of Hackney are graphic designers Multistorey, who created the geometric interiors and branding for accessories boutique Darkroom. (more…) View the full article

London Design Festival 2015: an exhibition at London's Ace Hotel in Shoreditch includes stackable stools, cast concrete lights and copper cone-shaped ashtrays that were all designed for the venue (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Customers can leave their children playing downstairs and dine beside a four metre-high model elephant at this Bucharest restaurant. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Swiss architects Herzog and de Meuron have designed this apartment tower with overhanging floor plates and terraces for Beirut, Lebanon. Created as part of a wider masterplan to regenerate this area of the city that includes a marina, the building will comprise five different modular floor slabs used in varying combinations to create a mixture of [...]</img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Here’s the next house in the series of eleven by Rotterdam studio Pasel Kuenzel Architects on the site of a former slaughterhouse in Leiden, Netherlands. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2011: Italian brand Superego editions present a collection of ceramic vases resembling tree branches by Italian designer Andrea Branzi in Milan this week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Comments update: Plans to construct Europe's tallest skyscraper next to Peter Zumthor's world-famous spa building in a tiny Alpine village attracted over 140 comments this week. (more…)

German product and jewellery designer Daniel Michel responds to the phasing out of incandescent light bulbs in Europe with this lamp comprising the skeleton of a shade and an invisible bulb. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Architects Universal Design Studio have created a perforated pleated facade for clothing retailer H&M in Seoul, South Korea. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This week on Dezeen, CF Møller revealed photos of Sweden's tallest timber building and Forensic Architecture founder Eyal Weizman was prevented from entering the United States. Read more View the full article

Dezeenwire: the Victoria and Albert museum in London are to launch an open international competition this autumn to design an extension to the museum on Exhibition Road - Independent </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Lebanon architects Atelier Hapsitus’s proposed design for the new headquarters of the BLC bank in Beirut would cantilever over the existing building. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

We need to provoke discussion, not anger, when it comes to talking about diversity, says Michelle Ogundehin, who shares her personal experiences with racism, views on positive discrimination and ways in which individuals can make a difference. Read more View the full article

As part of its takeover of Virtual Design Festival today, ArkDes is giving Dezeen readers a guided video tour of its current exhibition exploring the phenomenon of ASMR. Tune in from 3:00pm UK time. Read more View the full article

VDF products fair: Sydney studio DesignByThem is celebrating the natural texture of recycled plastic via a speckled, multi-coloured furniture collection called Confetti. Read more View the full article

We’ve just sent out the latest issue of Dezeenmail – take a look at it here. Dezeenmail contains a selection of Dezeen’s best stories and comments, along with all our latest competitions and jobs. You can subscribe here. </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

We’ve got together with design T-shirt brand Graniph to offer our readers the chance to win one of ten T-shirts featuring designs from the archive of legendary architectural collective Archigram. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London designers Zerofee have created a mobile web app for following the #milanuncut project. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This house by Spanish architects Subarquitectura spirals down a sloping site in Madrid. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Will fashion ever be 100 per cent sustainable? Dezeen's India Block will be speaking to readers on Twitter this Thursday, 5 September, at 4pm UK time about designers' responsibilities when it comes to fashion sustainability. Join in using the hashtag #dezeenchat. Read more

Dezeen movie: our latest movie was filmed at our DezeenBarBasso party with Wyborowa Exquisite wodka, held at the legendary Bar Basso in Milan last month. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

These duck-shaped funnels for transferring liquids from one container to another are by London designer Roger Arquer. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Hungarian designer Flóra Vági presented a collection for jewellery made from wood, paper and old books at last week’s Budapest Design Week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Australian designers Büro North have completed the interiors and signage for the head office of Australian department store MYER, featuring patterns carved into the walls. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Week two of Virtual Design Festival came and went in a flash! Here's a day-by-day roundup of all the week's collaborations, interviews and video messages. Monday 20 April VDF x MAAT: we kicked off the week with Lisbon's MAAT museum, hosting a virtual launch of its installation and exhibition by architect SO-IL. We exclusively unveiled the architect's Beeline installation, premiered a documentary about SO-IL and conducted a live interview with Florian Idenburg and Jing Liu. Video message: Lonneke Gordijn of Studio Drift shared her thoughts on how the pandemic could lead to a new economic model with creatives leading the way. "We, as a creative community, are already us…