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Milan 2014: French designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec are launching a collection of glass furniture in Milan for Italian brand Glas Italia. (more...) View the full article

Prada's "radical" Spring Summer 2014 collection referencing themes of femininity and power has scooped the top prize in the fashion category at Designs of the Year 2014. (more...) View the full article

German architecture collective Modulorbeat stacked concrete components normally used for mine shafts to create a tower housing a tiny sauna on the outskirts of the city of Bochum. (more...) View the full article

Zaha Hadid's latest skyscraper project (pictured), Apple's leaked iPhone 6 design and Ikea's "Bookbook" spoof dominated the news this week. Read on for more architecture and design highlights from the past seven days, plus our Dezeen Music Project track of the week. (more...) View the full article

Dutch office Serge Schoemaker Architects meticulously arranged different-sized sections of plywood that "fit together seamlessly like a jigsaw puzzle" across the interior of this angular garden studio. (more...) View the full article

News: underwater cities with infrastructure networks spiralling down into the depths of the oceans could be a reality as soon as 2030, according to a Japanese construction company. (more...) View the full article

With Rem Koolhaas curating the Venice Biennale and Zaha Hadid, Frank Gehry and Moshe Safdie pulling no punches, 2014 was a busy year for opinionated architects. Dezeen's editor Anna Winston chooses her architecture quotes of the year. (more…) View the full article

Japanese studio Nendo has turned woven bamboo baskets into backrests for chairs and storage compartments for tables in this furniture range (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Danish studio Kilo has designed a set of headphones that allow users to create different arrangements of headbands, earpads, cables and speakers (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Pomo summer: Ettore Sottsass' Carlton bookcase was the defining product of the 1980s Memphis Group. In the latest instalment of our Postmodernism series, we explore how its bright coloured laminates and playful form typified Memphis' challenge to Modernism's impersonal aesthetic. (more…) View the full article

In a newly released video, American architect Jeanne Gang explains how natural crystal formations inspired the shape of Vista Residences, a new skyscraper proposed for Chicago that will be the world's tallest building designed by a woman (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

An image created by French graphic designer Jean Jullien in response to the terrorist attacks in Paris yesterday has gone viral, becoming the most-shared symbol of unity with the French city. (more…) View the full article

Stockholm 2016: British designer Tom Dixon has created a collection of seven rugs influenced by patterns found around London for Danish manufacturer Ege. (more…) View the full article

A long-awaited cultural centre designed by architects Patrick Berger and Jacques Anziutti is nearing completion on the site of Les Halles – a historic Parisian marketplace demolished in the 1970s. (more…) View the full article

A path of narrow brass lines leads visitors around the different areas of this restaurant in Munich, which is set inside an important Modernist building. (more…) View the full article

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is reopening after three years of renovation, including an extension by architecture firm Snøhetta that piggybacks on the original Mario Botta-designed building (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This set of images by photographer Iwan Baan provides a first look inside Herzog & de Meuron's extension to the Tate Modern art gallery, set to open next month in London (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

An early 20th-century pier in central Montreal is to receive an overhaul by local firm Provencher Roy, which will add a towering beacon and a public promenade (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Italian studio Pedevilla Architects has used red pigmented concrete to give an Alpine fire station in South Tyrol a muted yet distinctive colouring (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Opinion: meaningful architectural reactions to crises may take time, but quick temporary structures can be just as effective, and both are far preferable to not responding at all says Mimi Zeiger. (more…) View the full article

Brexit: the Royal Institute of British Architects has written to the UK's Brexit minister David Davis to warn that construction is facing a skills deficit. (more…) View the full article

Design brands are looking for new ways to infiltrate each area of the home and are creating products that cover all the bases. From beautiful stationery to hotel shampoos, we've rounded up five of the most successful examples. Read more View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Italian brand Meridiani has created a collection of dining tables available in a variety of shapes, finishes and sizes. Read more View the full article

As the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas got underway this week, BMW and Toyota revealed futuristic concept cars, a "cute" home robot became a reality and Lego launched a kit for teaching children how to code. Read more View the full article

Daniel Libeskind has revealed his latest project – an £11.5-million centre for cosmology and astronomy researchers at Durham University in England. Read more View the full article