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Illustration duo Mrzyk & Moriceau's music video for The Avalanches' track Subways features a collection of colourful characters embarking on a surreal underground journey (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Architect Matthew Springett and educator Fiona MacDonald, who collaborate as Matt + Fiona, have worked with children with autism to design and build a sensory playground. Read more

Huge green and purple fins shade the glass facades of this children's hospital in Brisbane, designed to match the colouring of native Bougainvillea plants (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Design Miami 2014: Seattle studio Olson Kundig Architects used stacks of timber beams to form the collector's lounge at this year's Design Miami fair (+ interview + slideshow). (more…) View the full article

The slope of an auditorium juts out from the side of this library by Spanish architect Óscar Pedrós to provide a covered space beneath for open-air performances (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Czech studio Stempel & Tesar has completed a house that looks likes it's being swallowed up by the landscape (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Dutch designer Teresa van Dongen has filled a glass tube with octopus bacteria to create a zero-electricity lamp that glows blue when disturbed (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

Weathered steel screens cast chequerboard patterns of sunlight and shadow across the internal surfaces of this house near Tel Aviv by Israeli architect Pitsou Kedem (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Music: the majority of the footage used in this super-slow-motion music video for French pop singer Siska was shot in only five seconds. (more…) View the full article

Milan 2016: an installation modelled on a typical African village has been built at Milan's Palazzo Litta by Berlin architect Diébédo Francis Kéré (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Designer Elissa Brunato has created the Bio Iridescent Sequin, a shimmering embellishment made from trees that is more sustainable than regular plastic sequins. Read more

Product news: items in this furniture range by Paris-based designer Arik Levy have wooden bases inspired by traditional Japanese footwear. (more...) View the full article

Australian studio Fox Johnston has completed three curved toilet and shower blocks as part of an effort to rejuvenate a Sydney beachfront (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

News: these renderings show what New York's skyline will look like in 2018, when many of the city's new tall skyscrapers will be complete (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Micro apartments are being touted as the solution for cities facing an affordable housing crisis, so we've squeezed some examples onto our Pinterest board dedicated to tiny homes. Explore a Wroclaw flat occupying just 13 square metres, a dwelling in Madrid with rooms connected by ladders, and many more. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest | See more micro homes in our archive View the full article

British designer Lee Broom has opened an exhibition of his work called Park Life, in a car park beneath the Space Furniture showroom in Sydney. Read more

Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: Ben Alun-Jones of Knyttan explains how customers can create bespoke knitwear at the company's "factory of the future" and claims mass customisation is transforming the role of designers. (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Samsung has unveiled the latest version of its Galaxy smartphone series featuring an updated slim, cinematic form and stylus pen better suited to creating and editing content. Read more

This wooden chair by British designer Jasper Morrison was created for use in a Tanzanian orphanage and will be sold to fund the centre's development. (more…) View the full article

Why Architects Group has converted a residential building in Mashhad, Iran, into a commercial showroom for the Bouzarjomehr Company with a brick staircase leading to a public roof terrace. Read more

Our pick of the best jobs in architecture, interiors and design available on Dezeen Jobs this week includes opportunities at tech giant Apple and David Chipperfield Architects. Read more

London designer Ilse Crawford will create a hub space for Maison&Objet's Paris fair in September after being awarded the title of Designer of the Year. (more…) View the full article

A steel-framed pergola covered in willow reeds shades the frontage of this seaside sailing school in Cádiz, Spain, by architects Héctor Fernández Elorza and Carlos García Fernández (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

These glass pendant-lighting shades by Czech designer Jan Vacek are intended to look like contraceptive rubber sheaths. (more…) View the full article