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Stockholm 2014: this movie by Swedish brand Massproductions shows how designer Chris Martin's modular sofa system can be arranged to fit any room. (more...) View the full article

A series of bulbous wicker forms by French designer Matali Crasset aim to promote traditional Zimbabwean weaving techniques. (more...) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Film director Francesca Molteni has created a movie for Ceramics of Italy that spotlights the story of Italian ceramics. Read more

This museum in Warsaw, Poland, by Finnish studio Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects has a deep, cavernous entrance hall that cuts right through the building (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

These four "finger-like" extensions to a Vienna restaurant, by PPAG Architects, feature mirrored walls that reflect the surrounding parkland, and windows that slide up above the roof (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Architectural illustrator Federico Babina has created his own version of the Kama Sutra, where buildings rather than people demonstrate sexual positions. (more…) View the full article

Alessandro Mendini, the Italian designer, theorist and editor who passed away this week, speaks to Dezeen about how design magazines have lost their critical edge in this interview recorded in 2015. Read more

Artists, designers and illustrators have responded to the latest terror attacks in Brussels by posting drawings on Instagram and Twitter under tags including #JeSuisBruxelles, #JeSuisBelge and #PrayforBrussels. (more…) View the full article

News: British graphic design studio IDO has redesigned the logo and website for the estate of Gerry Anderson, the creator of classic puppet television series Thunderbirds and Stingray (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

Designers Ron Culver and Joseph Sarafian have developed a method of casting concrete in Lycra stretched by robotic arms, which they believe could be used to create radical new architectural forms (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

This pine-clad cabin by Reiulf Ramstad Architects has two glazed gables that frame views of the Norwegian landscape and a V-shaped plan that follows the slope of the mountainous terrain (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Creative program producers Cut&Paste have teamed up with Intel and HP to run a new product design contest called LaunchBox, with over £14,000 in prizes to be won for potential crowdfunding projects. (more...) View the full article

New photos of British architect David Adjaye's contemporary art centre in San Antonio, Texas, show that construction on the angular crimson building has completed. Read more

Faced with a sharply sloping plot in Portland, Oregon, architect Ben Waechter chose to "build up rather than out" to create a cost-efficient house for a family (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

A modernist house built by Danish architect Jørn Utzon in Hertfordshire, England, has been given a new life with a renovation by architecture studio Coppin Dockray. Read more

Hot pink and orange paintwork accentuate niches in the wooden facade of this school designed by French office Dominique Coulon & Associés for the Parisian suburb of Colombes (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Snøhetta has revealed visuals for a major new opera house in China, featuring a spiralling stepped roof that will connect the upper levels of the building with a riverside plaza. Read more

This cluster of gabled buildings by Hungarian office Bord Architectural Studio provides new tasting rooms for a winery in Hungary's Etyek-Buda region (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

These visualisations show the swathe of skyscrapers set to spring up across New York by 2020. (more…) View the full article

ECAL graduate Renaud Defrancesco has designed a collection of LED bulbs that double as decorative pendant lights. (more…) View the full article

A screen of hollow concrete bricks provides privacy for students using this shower and changing facility at a Shanghai technical college (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Caruso St John Architects has unveiled plans for a new £160 million biomedical laboratory at University of Basel, Switzerland, which features a gridded glass facade and a concrete base with arch-shaped notches. (more…) View the full article

Business news: luxury brand B&B Italia could be sold to a major American furniture group, Dezeen understands. (more…) View the full article

Lighting designer Bernhard Dessecker describes how he referenced the appearance of BMW headlights to create his Iconic Eyes lamp for Moooi in this movie Dezeen produced for the Dutch brand. Read more

Italian brand Boffi will present a modular kitchen system by Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola at its Chelsea showroom during London Design Festival 2015 (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article