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French furniture brand Smarin has created a temporary installation of soft dune-shaped lounge chairs, designed to encourage visitors to stop and take a nap (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

An expansive terrace provides a meditation space at this weekend residence and spiritual retreat in the Utah desert, which US firm Imbue Design completed using stone-filled gabions for some of the external walls (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

New York designer Paul Loebach's flat-pack wooden chair slots together without glue, as demonstrated in a series of vaguely pornographic gifs (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Reina & Asociados has transformed the vaulted brick cellars of the Palacio del Rey don Pedro at Seville's Royal Alcázar into an exhibition space. Read more

From beer cans to CD players, the trend for Minimalist packaging design isn't going anywhere. We've pinned some of the best examples to a new Pinterest board. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest | See more packaging design in our achive View the full article

We're racing towards 500,000 Instagram followers, so we've collated a selection of the most-liked posts from our carefully curated feed so far this year. Click through to see the top 10, and don't forget to follow Dezeen on Instagram! (more…) View the full article

Architecture firm Estúdio 41 has designed this small, white house in Brazil to be highly sustainable, including photovoltaic panels, a green roof and a rainwater collection system. Read more

Architecture educator Matt+Fiona has worked with 100 primary school children to design and built a creative lab for other children. Read more

Finnish artists Pekka Niittyvirta and Timo Aho have shone three lines of light across a Scottish coastal town in this installation that aims to show the impact of climate change. Read more

The latest edition of Dezeen Weekly includes Aston Martin's garage design service and Heatherwick Studio's plans for a "gigantic planted pergola" in Tokyo. Subscribe to Dezeen Weekly >

This series of images by photographer Jérémie Souteyrat captures the everyday activities of people living in contemporary Japanese houses (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

French designer Patrick Norguet has paired raw concrete and sheet metal with colourful ceiling-mounted light boxes to create an unusual interior for this McDonald's on the Champs-Elysées in Paris. (more…) View the full article

London Design Festival 2016: architecture firms have created installations along one of London's most famous shopping streets for the Royal Institute of British Architects' annual Regent Street Windows project (+movie). (more…) View the full article

Stockholm 2015: Swedish industrial designer Jenny Nordberg built each item of furniture in her latest collection by hand in under five minutes (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

In our latest competition, we've teamed up with designer Emily Forgot to offer readers a chance to win three architectural prints. Read more

News: residents of one of the tallest residential skyscrapers in the world have been gradually returning to their homes after a fire that caused more than a thousand people to be evacuated. (more…) View the full article

British artist and designer Gerry Judah's latest sculpture for the Goodwood Festival of Speed is a set of six giant steel spikes that curve upwards to the sky, supporting three historic BMW cars (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Competition: we're giving away a Milano Metro watch by NAVA, courtesy of Dezeen Watch Store, for the best image of Milan's design week posted to Instagram using our #milanogram2016 hashtag. (more…) View the full article

Italian designer Massimo Faion has created a set of bespoke falconry stands for a live performance at this year's Design Days Dubai fair. (more…) View the full article

Researchers and students from the University of Stuttgart employed robots to mould and stitch together this laminated plywood pavilion, which is based on the anatomy of a sea urchin (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

We've created a new Pinterest board full of the best South Korean architecture projects from the pages of Dezeen, including Paul Smith's flagship fashion store in Seoul, pebble-shaped seaside cabins and affordable homes designed for low-income families. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest | See more South Korean architecture

Dutch practice UNStudio has unveiled a masterplan for Karle Town Centre, a garden-filled smart city in Bangalore where buildings will be covered in cooling white paint. Read more

The Dezeen Awards 2019 studio shortlist has been announced. Established studios Studio Gang, Barber & Osgerby, Note Design Studio and and emerging talents Child Studio and Estudio MMX have all made the shortlist. Read more

Milan 2014: new design brand TOG's furniture can be customised using an app and makes choice "the only trend that is acceptable", according to Philippe Starck who has created a range of products for the company (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

American studio Brand Bureau employed a "slightly cheeky camp and wilderness feel" for the conversion of an industrial building in Arkansas into this venue for co-working, dining and playing shuffleboard. Read more