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The "most radical" changes to civilisation come from the countryside rather than cities, according to architect Rem Koolhaas, who will explore the topic in a major exhibition opening at New York's Guggenheim Museum next week. Read more View the full article

Have your plans for exhibiting in Milan been affected by the postponement of Salone del Mobile to June? Promote your event in Dezeen Events Guide's special digital guide. Read more View the full article

Stanford University's Folding@home project allows users to donate unused computer power to run simulations of how the novel coronavirus is structured – and how ultimately, it could be treated. Read more View the full article

KOY is introducing The Sculptural Forms Of Terracotta, a collection of biomorphic furniture, at VDF x Ventura Projects. Read more View the full article

Research organisation Mercari R4D and students from the University of Tokyo have jointly developed an inflatable electric-scooter that riders can stash away inside their backpack. Read more View the full article

Readers are debating Kate Wagner's coining of the term "coronagrifting" to describe outlandish coronavirus-related proposals and sharing their thoughts on other top stories in this week's comments update. Read more View the full article

New York office Butler Rogers Baskett Architects have been awarded an AIA New York 2010 Design Award for their renovation of a chapel at a New York school. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

VDF products fair: prowling leopards and lush foliage feature in Italian brand Fornasetti's latest range of furniture, called Leopardo. Read more View the full article

Architects Guillermo Hevia García, José Tomás Rodríguez and Nicolás Urzúa have won a competition to reuse a former prison in Talca, Chile, as a public space and arena. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Scroll down for all the latest from Dezeenjobs, including positions with David Chipperfield Architects, Studio Toogood and Tom Dixon, plus this is the last chance to apply for jobs with Urban Outfitters in Philadelphia, Sruli Recht in Reykjavík, United Designers in London and more… Visit www.dezeenjobs.com to see all jobs or browse different job categories [...]</img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This kettle by ECAL graduate Estelle Sauvage uses a light bulb to heat water for a cup of tea. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Tokyo 2010: Japanese designer NOSIGNER presented magnetic jewellery made of pearls at DesignTide Tokyo 2010 this week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This mountainside house by G2 Estudio in Argentine Patagonia is wrapped in a stone and wood facade. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

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Cologne 2011: French brand Ligne Roset presented this folded mesh chair by French designer Francois Azambourg at imm cologne in Germany last week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen interviewed Dutch graphic designer Wim Crouwel last week on the eve of the opening of the exhibition Wim Crouwel – A Graphic Design Odyssey at the Design Museum in London. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

An exhibition of work by London architect Zaha Hadid has opened inside her Mobile Art Pavilion (see our earlier story), which has found its permanent home in Paris having toured New York, Tokyo and Hong Kong since 2008. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London set designer Gary Card has completed the interior of this east London boutique, including a bright orange tunnel. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: this movie by Royal College of Art graduate Markus Kayser shows his Solar Sinter 3D-printing machine at work in the desert, making glass objects by melting sand with sunlight. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

These racy figurines by ceramicist Rebecca Wilson are cast from pieces of fruit. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A recessed balcony carves a rectangular hole in the facade of a writer’s house in north Hollywood. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: England footballer Wayne Rooney has hired architects Pulmann Associates to design a shed in the garden of his £4 million home – The Sun </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A glazed corridor connects the two wooden halves of this seaside house on the east coast of Ireland by Dublin studio A2 Architects. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

British architect Piers Taylor worked alongside students from London’s Architectural Association to design and build a faceted wooden workshop in the woods in Dorset, England. (more…) View the full article

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