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The concrete and chipboard components of this irregularly shaped holiday home in Japan have been designed to deal with the difficult conditions of its woodland site, from restricted lighting to hilly topography (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Our newly improved recruitment site Dezeen Jobs has launched a cheeky campaign encouraging companies to expand their teams and fill empty desk space. (more…) View the full article

Norwich Cathedral in England has hired a helter skelter so visitors can get a better view of its ornamented roof before sliding down. Read more

Toronto studio Atelier Kastelic Buffey has designed this blackened wood holiday home and boathouse alongside a large deck for diving into Ontario lake. Read more

Facebook has traded in the blue background of its site for a more "modern", all-white design that aims to put privacy at the forefront of users' social interactions. Read more

Tech-savvy hotel company Life House has designed its newest property in Collins Park as an homage to Miami's past as a Quaker stronghold. Read more

Black-stained wood partitions meet time-worn tile floors inside this Valencia apartment, which has been overhauled by Francesc Rifé Studio. Read more

Italian architect Carlo Ratti has designed a system for an office in Turin that instructs heating, lighting and cooling systems to follow occupants around the building like an "individually-tailored environmental bubble". (more…) View the full article

Design Miami 2015: American designer Ian Stell has created an expandable bench that forms two conjoined chairs when contracted. (more…) View the full article

Hølte, a company that offers bespoke fronts for IKEA kitchens, has unveiled a new design studio and showroom in London's Hackney. Read more

There are 259 interior design projects on the longlist for Dezeen Awards 2019, including a pink vegan pizza place, a bunker-like apartment and a library in an old locomotive shed. Read more

Scroll on for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with Moooi, David Collins Studio and Fredrikson Stallard, the London designers whose crystal lamp resembling the human eye is pictured. This is also the last chance to apply for roles with Foster + Partners, The University of Hong Kong, Christopher Jenner and more... (more...) View the full article

Three design students have created a purposefully awkward chair that encourages sitters into a slump to highlight the long-term effects of slouching. (more…) View the full article

Shooting events during the 2016 Olympic Games will take place at this timber and concrete complex in north-west Rio by Brazilian studio BCMF Arquitetos (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Microsoft employees have moved into a new metal-clad headquarters in Denmark, designed by Henning Larsen Architects but based on a paper written by the tech company's founder Bill Gates (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

We've divided and updated our Pinterest board of minimalist projects into sections containing austere architecture, pared-back interiors and essential designs that do more with less. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest › Read more

London-based Mobile Studio Architects has collaborated with students at a US summer camp to create a series of oversized flip-books that depict fictional forest tales. Read more View the full article

We've created a new Pinterest board filled with the best examples of movie theatres, screening rooms and multiplexes from the pages of Dezeen. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest | See more cinemas on Dezeen

Stockholm 2016: acoustics are the hot topic at this week's Stockholm Furniture Fair, with designers and brands launching products aimed at making interiors quieter. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen Guide: things might be winding down towards the end of the year, but there are still design events opening in Istanbul, Rio de Janeiro and Seoul (pictured) this month. (more...) View the full article

Architectural studio Rael San Fratello has installed three pink seesaws in between the metal slats of the US-Mexico border wall, so that children on either side can play together. Read more

The concrete structure of an old printing factory in Paris has been exposed by DAS Studio as part of the building's transformation into a studio for spinning classes (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Design Miami: Belgian designer Jens Praet used bronze drapes cast from sheets of cloth to dress these pieces of brass furniture. (more…) View the full article

Adidas and Stella McCartney used vegan spider-style silk by Bolt Threads to create the Biofabric Tennis Dress, which can "fully biodegrade". Read more

Japanese design studio Nendo has created a range of chairs with wood grain patterns printed onto natural timber for a forthcoming solo show in Milan. (more...) View the full article