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A 1980s building designed by the late architect IM Pei to house Indiana University's art collection has received a sensitive update by Ennead Architects and architect Susan T Rodriguez that includes a new skybridge, entrance and facilities. Read more View the full article

Burning Man is continuing with plans to host its summer festival despite a number of large-scale events like the Olympics being postponed because of coronavirus. Read more View the full article

A set of roaming artificial islands designed by Marshall Blecher and Studio Fokstrot are set to be built in Copenhagen's harbour. Read more View the full article

Orla Lawn introduces Spelk, a series of smooth and splintered architectural surfaces, as part of VDF's collaboration with Ventura Projects. Read more View the full article

Zozaya Arquitectos has created a traditional palapa with a dried palm roof at the centre of this house in a Mexican beach village. Read more View the full article

London studio APA have completed the interior of a store in Milan for fashion designer Stella McCartney, which features sculptural metal rails and herringbone flooring in different tones and colours. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Grohe's Patrick Speck discusses the potential of touchless bathroom and kitchen products in light of the coronavirus pandemic in this video produced by Dezeen as part of our VDF x Grohe collaboration. Read more View the full article

VDF products fair: Italian brand Fornasetti has unveiled a range of furniture and lighting for the living room that is covered in unpublished sketches and handwritten messages drawn by the brand's founder, Piero Fornasetti. Read more View the full article

Hong Kong designer Michael Young has created a collection of computer bags for Chinese brand Zixag. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

We’ve got together with publisher Gestalten to offer our readers the chance to win one of five copies of Container Atlas: a Practical Guide to Container Architecture. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

In this movie made to coincide with the Design Museum’s Sustainable Futures exhibition, exhibitors at London graduate show New Designers talk about their views on green design.Can’t see the movie? Click hereThe video features an interview with designer Sophie Thomas from the Design Museum’s advisory board, plus graduate designers Sebastian Cox, Tortie Hoare, Rich Pearson, Tom Broadbent, [...]</img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Belgian designer Hubert Verstraeten of Tamawa will present these watches made of Bakelite at Maison & Objet in Paris this week. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Architect Thomas Hillier has created a model of a miniature world based on a story about the journey of a fictional couple through Europe in a caravan made of bread. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: the Victoria and Albert Museum in London have announced a shortlist of seven studios to design an extension to the museum on Exhibition Road – see press release below. More information on the competition website. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Colourful ceiling mosaics mark areas for different activities at this thermal spa in Vienna by 4a Architekten of Stuttgart. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Cologne 2011: Swedish design duo Glimpt presented these strawberry-inspired pendant lamps as part of [D3] Design Talents at imm cologne last week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Here are some photographs of Dezeen’s new offices at The Surgery in north London, designed by London studio Post-Office. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Coded patterns on this beaded dress by Royal College of Art graduate Thorunn Arnadottir feed information to smart phones when photographed. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London Design Festival 2011: British company Another Country presents its second range of furniture together with a new chair and collection of accessories at designjunction this week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: the U.N. World Intellectual Property Agency has reported a rise in the amount paid as royalties and licensing fees from $2.8 billion to $180 billion in the last 40 years, representing a 60-fold increase – The Washington Post The report shows that high income countries such as France, Germany, Japan, Britain and the United States continue to lead the way in research and development but that China’s share in the global market has risen from 2.2 percent in 1993 to 12.8 per cent in 2009. Last week we reported on measures being taken by the UK government to improve intellectual property laws, designer James Dyson also raised the issue when he accused a Chinese…

Dezeen Screen: in this next movie from our series of Dezeen Talks filmed at the Inside awards in Barcelona, Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs talks to Australian architect Ian Moore, whose monochrome conversion of a former grocery warehouse in Sydney won the residential category. Watch the movie » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: in this first instalment from a discussion chaired by Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs, Milan designer Fabio Novembre talks about his work and inspirations. We filmed the talk at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London as part of Peroni Nastro Azzurro’s series on Italian design. Watch the movie » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Skyscrapers in Seoul: the first of two stories about buildings that architect Daniel Libeskind has designed for the Yongsan International Business District that he masterplanned for Seoul, South Korea, features three towers inspired by the movements of a Korean Buddhist dance. (more…) View the full article

Tourists to a remote Swedish island will soon be able to abandon the hotel rooms of a luxury resort to sleep inside triangular huts on a deserted beach. (more…) View the full article

This week high-profile architects have been making the news, as Frank Gehry completed two homes for hurricane victims (above) and Zaha Hadid revealed designs for a limited edition speedboat (below). (more…) View the full article