Portuguese studio Comoco Architects has converted a warehouse in Coimbra once used for storing industrial materials into an indoor football ground (+ slideshow). More »

Beijing Design Week: designer Arthur Huang used Nike shoe material to create a colourful web in a rusting gas tower during Beijing Design Week (+ slideshow). More »

Dutch design lab Studio Roosegaarde has built a dome of metallic flowers that appear to come to life as they sense the presence of visitors inside a church in Lille, France (+ movie). More »

Architecture magazines are ruining architecture, Brooklyn-based artist and architect Vito Acconci told Dezeen at Vienna Design Week, stating that "architecture is the opposite of an image". More »

This week the UK’s architecture watchdog was forced to apologise for saying that Renzo Piano and Daniel Libeskind are "not entitled to be described" as architects, while designer Andy Martin angered a number of Dezeen readers by unveiling a concept bike that many thought "goes against structural logic" (above). More »

These back-to-front shoes by designer Leanie van der Vyver force the wearer to walk in an unnatural way (+ movie). More »

In this movie we filmed at our Designed in Hackney Day, Sugru founder Jane ní Dhulchaointigh shares her journey through inventing and launching a "space-age rubber" that lets people customise their belongings and endorses the idea that "you don't have to be an expert to do amazing things". More »

News: construction is set to recommence on 56 Leonard Street, a 250-metre-high residential tower in New York designed by architects Herzog & de Meuron and dubbed the "Jenga building". More »

Slideshow feature: the winner of this year's RIBA Stirling Prize will be revealed tomorrow at a ceremony in Manchester, but in the meantime here's a reminder of the six buildings nominated, which include the London Olympic Stadium, a botanical laboratory and two projects by OMA. More »

Canadian architect Omar Gandhi has completed a wooden cabin for two artists that appears to be climbing up a hill in rural Nova Scotia (+ slideshow). More »

Product news: a watering can and an action figure were among the everyday objects scanned and distorted by designer Matthew Plummer Fernandez to create these faceted and richly coloured 3D printed vessels. More »

Beirut producer Trash Inc always brings a smile to our face with his infectious brand of electro, and this brash, irresistibly funky track is no exception. With its cheesy sci-fi synths and sampled dialogue from cult 1950s movie Queen of Outer Space, Astro Dasher sounds like it's been beamed down by a spaceship from some zany CinemaScope vision of the future.

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Footwear designer Tracey Neuls explains why she shies away from "disposable fashion" and reveals that many customers consider her shoes "their best kept secret" in this movie Dezeen filmed at the Designed in Hackney Day PechaKucha, part of a series of talks and discussions we hosted in August. More »

This student housing building in Paris by Slovenian studio OFIS Arhitekti was designed to resembled a stack of wooden baskets. More »