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The Shakers are on the verge of extinction following the recent death of one of the sect's three surviving members. So why is their austere style having yet another revival? Read more View the full article

At the Royal College of Art graduate show in London earlier this month designer Elena Figus presented a vaccine carrier that uses evaporative cooling. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Amsterdam-based designer Germans Ermičs has created a collection of coloured glass furniture with strong pigments that fade to clear (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

In our second movie about the World Architecture Festival and Inside Festival, to be held at the Marina Bay Sands hotel (above) in Singapore this October, programme director Paul Finch describes the themes of the two coinciding events. (more...) View the full article

Venice Architecture Biennale 2010: Berlin architect J. Mayer H. has won the inaugural Audi Urban Future Award with his concept for a city where digital information is continually exchanged between people, their environment and their cars. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This month’s top ten is all about cycling so here’s a roundup of our top ten most popular stories about bicycles, tricycles and monowheels. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Every staircase designed by Geoffrey Bawa is unique says David Robson, the leading expert on Sri Lanka's best-known architect. In a Dezeen exclusive, he picks out the 10 that are most worth knowing. Read more

VDF products fair: Kollar is a leather choker by Wilfried Mayer, which is designed to look like a high mandarin shirt collar complete with a mother-of-pearl button on the front. Read more View the full article

Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka has created a transparent mobile phone. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Rotterdam studio 24H architecture have completed this office building in the Netherlands that has a solid concrete and asphalt south facade and a patterned timber north facade. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

British architect Zaha Hadid has died aged 65, following a sudden heart attack. (more…) View the full article

London designer Max Lamb has designed this self-assembly wooden chair for Tokyo furniture brand E&Y. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Munich jewellery designer Patrik Muff has designed a collection of pendents for porcelain manufacturer Nymphenburg. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

We’ve teamed up with luxury outdoor furniture brand Dedon to give away five copies of Dedon: Coming Home, a limited-edition collection of photographs by American photographer Bruce Weber. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Shay Carmon and Ben Klinger of Studio Ve in Israel have created a clock where the two hands are linked by a striped paper-like material, creating ever-changing 3D shapes as the hours go by. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: the latest RIBA Future Trends Survey indicates the architecture profession is still suffering downward trends in work levels and underemployment. See press release below. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dutch designers Peter van der Jagt, Erik Jan Kwakkel and Arnout Visser have developed a system of kitchen tiles that fit round corners to cover all surfaces of a kitchen without breaking up the grid of grouting. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Amsterdam studio Crafted Works has designed a timber cabin in the Netherlands, which has a structural frame that is exposed throughout its interior. Read more View the full article

Charred timber lines this Thai bistro in Kuwait City by architect Rashed Alfoudari. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Here’s a house with gardens on all three levels designed by Singaporean studio Guz Architects on Santosa Island, Singapore. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

We’ve just sent out the latest issue of Dezeenmail – take a look at it here. Dezeenmail contains a selection of Dezeen’s best stories and comments, along with all our latest competitions and jobs. You can subscribe here. </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Architecture students in four different year groups at the University of Kentucky College of Design present projects in this VDF school show. Read more View the full article

Following our hotly debated story about the new-look interiors for fast-food giant McDonalds in France, here’s a revamped outlet for rival Burger King in Singapore that’s designed to imitate a garden. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Italian design company Alessi will present this folding chair by British architect David Chipperfield in Milan next month. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Mork-Ulnes Architects has joined three concrete volumes to form this Sonoma County guesthouse overlooking forested hills recently devastated by fire. Read more