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Wearable devices can be stuck onto the stick like plasters, using a new method pioneered by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University. Read more

Bartlett graduate Vilius Vizgaudis has reimagined Paris, Texas, as a sustainable city in a bid to entice president Donald Trump to rejoin the Paris Agreement. Read more

With space at a premium in cities, architects are designing homes that can squeeze into the narrowest of gaps. We've rounded up 12 skinny houses that are four-metres wide or less to show that size isn't everything. Read more

Architects Luigi Valente and Mauro Di Bona have renovated the former church of Saint Rocco in southern Italy into a theatre with a black and white interior. Read more

Dezeen promotion: flooring design brand Forbo has created a range of carpet tiles that can be used to develop a more casual aesthetic in all different zones within an open-plan office. Read more

Architects, critics and politicians are taking to twitter to celebrate Goldsmith Street becoming the first ever social housing scheme to win the RIBA Stirling Prize. Read more

This week on Dezeen, a rural house in Northern Ireland by McGonigle McGrath was named as the RIBA House of the Year, and Glenn Murcutt's MPavilion was unveiled in Melbourne. Read more View the full article

Continuing our review of the year, Semi Han picks out the top 10 museums and galleries that welcomed their first visitors in 2019. Read more View the full article

An appeal has been launched for the 305.3-metre-high Tulip tower designed by Foster + Partners, which was blocked by London's mayor Sadiq Khan last year. Read more View the full article

Architecture studio Bradley Van Der Straeten has extended and a house on a housing estate in Stoke Newington, London, by adding an additional half storey hidden from the street. Read more View the full article

Chainmail curtains contrast with butterscotch-coloured walls in a hotel created by architecture studio Grzywinski+Pons in the shell of a 1970s office block in London. Read more View the full article

Virtual Design Festival has launched with a video featuring self-recorded messages from 35 architects, designers and artists around the world including Stefano Giovannoni, Es Devlin, Ini Archibong, Ben van Berkel and Bec Brittain. Read more View the full article

Studio Tada is presenting a haptic fingernail during the VDF x Ventura Projects collaboration that allows users to experience touch virtually. Read more View the full article

Today, Virtual Design Festival has teamed up with CAMP, Prague's centre for architecture and urban planning, to present a day of talks, starting with a live lecture by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma from 10:00am UK time. Read more View the full article

VDF products fair: Meet is a porcelain surface collection with a wood-like finish, developed by Caesar Ceramics to suit both contemporary and classical interiors. Read more View the full article

Designers FærID of Iceland exhibited a picnic set made of birch with a plaited leather strap at Design March in Reykjavík last week. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Es Devlin, Zoé Whitely, Marc Spiegler and others will join a live panel discussion organised by Therme Art for VDF, which will examine the value of cultural events amidst global unrest. Watch here from 5:00pm UK time. Read more View the full article

Milan 2010: British designer Thomas Heatherwick presented a chair resembling a spinning top at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan earlier this month. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London designer Ross Lovegrove has launched this LED pendant lamp for Japanese lighting brand Yamagiwa. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Hello readers! Over the weekend we installed a new system for submitting and managing comments – scroll to the bottom of any story (including this one) to see it in action.The Intense Debate system allows readers to log in using Twitter, Facebook and other popular networks, respond to comments by others and vote for their [...]</img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Swedish architects Visiondivision have created this undulating concrete habitat for crayfish in a stream in Sweden. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: we’re having a January sale at Dezeen Watch Store, with discounts of up to 35% on watches including Hu by Ross Lovegrove (above). (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: food company Del Monte have begun a trial packaging individual bananas in plastic wrappers. The company claim the packaging extends the shelf life of bananas by up to six days – Daily Mail </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2011: Dezeen will be at Ventura Lambrate in Milan all next week, where we’re collaborating with Yves Behar and Jawbone on the JamScape installation and showcasing our Dezeen Watch Store collection as well as making video documentaries about events and exhibitions in the district for our forthcoming movie website www.dezeenscreen.com. If you’re exhibition there and want us to feature you and your work read on… (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dutch studio MVRDV have won a design competition to build a Comic and Animation Museum in Hangzhou, China, formed of eight giant balloon-shaped forms. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article