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Chinese architecture studio Wutopia Lab painted a pair of houses pink and blue, filling one with meat and the other with flowers, to explore constructs around gender and food for an architecture biennale in Shenzhen. Read more View the full article

Eight huge wings resembling a cluster of ducks’ feet form the roof of this theatre in Wuxi, to the west of Shanghai, designed by Finnish practice PES-Architects (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Anyspace Architecture Design made only subtle interventions to this centuries-old building in rural China to transform it into this boutique hotel, which features a host of original decor details. Read more

Ornate wooden screens shroud one side of this theatre in Wuzhen, China, while the other side is shielded behind angular brickwork fins (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Atelier Van Lieshout arranged its new furniture pieces for Dutch company Lensvelt around an enormous blue cannon at Ventura Lambrate last month. (more…) View the full article

Over 350 species of bird have made their home at this wetland centre, built by local firm X Architects on a former rubbish dump in the United Arab Emirates (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

X marks the sport where you hang your hat and coat with these hooks that also function as coat hangers. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This X-shaped house by architects Cadaval & Sola-Morales hangs over the edge of a hillside on the outskirts of Barcelona (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Engine noise, fumes and carbon emissions are all nonexistent with X Shore, one of the first electric boat-makers to target the consumer market. Read more

This stacking chair by New York designer Victor Vetterlein has an x-shaped frame and razor-thin legs. (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

Mirrored ceilings and zigzag staircases help form the perplexing interiors of this bookstore in south-west China, which has been designed by architecture studio X+Living. Read more

A team of scientists at Tufts University in the US have created xenobots, tiny robots made from frog skin and heart cells that can walk, work together and heal themselves. Read more View the full article

Shanghai studio Neri&Hu has reinterpreted traditional Chinese architecture and courtyard typologies for the design of a 300-room hotel in one of China's oldest cities (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

This family of concrete artist and designers' studios by Chinese office AZL Architects is located amongst the marshes of the Xixi National Wetland Park in Hangzhou, China (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Riders can use their iPhone as the dashboard for this electric bike designed by Spanish transport firm The Electric Mobility Company. (more...) View the full article

Shanghai studio XL-Muse has used black mirrored flooring and arched shelves to create a tunnel of books inside a Chinese store (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Wooden walls concertina across open-plan living areas to subdivide the space in this renovated stone house and extension by Spanish office XLMS (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

XML architects has completed a bright white interior for a shop that sells only vitamin drinks and water in Amsterdam's Red Light District (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

The latest version of the affordable XO tablet, designed by Yves Behar for the One Laptop Per Child Association, goes on sale this week (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

This office desk by Danish design studio KiBiSi is a cross between an ironing board and a car jack – simply turn the handle on the corner to raise or lower the surface. (more…) View the full article

Parts of the mountain landscape extend into this house in southeast China, which was planned by designer Xu Fu-Min to offer its residents a peaceful retreat from city life (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Here are some more images of Yuya Ushida‘s expanding plastic sofa for Dutch company Ahrend, featured in our movie interview with the designer published yesterday on Dezeen Screen. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Berlin designer Jannis Hülsen upholstered this stool by using bacteria to grow a cellulose skin over its surface. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Designer Tom Dixon launches a flexible new chair for the contract market during the London Design Festival next week. It's made of glass-reinforced nylon and has a faceted back resembling bunny ears. (more...) View the full article