Dezeen Wire: Newham Borough Council are appealing to designers and brands to help them furnish a drop-in centre for victims of domestic and sexual violence during the Olympic Games next month. More
Here are the first official photographs of Wendy, the giant blue spiky air-cleaning sculpture that has been installed in the courtyard of the P.S.1 Contemporary Art Centre in New York (+ slideshow). More
This week on Dezeen we've featured a drive-through airport, a report on the next industrial revolution and two ways to tackle cancer. More
This mobile pavilion for a travelling chef by Barcelona studio Rodero Beggiao Architects will comprise two wedge-shaped modules that can be reconfigured to suit each new home. More
Dutch graphic designer Wim Crouwel has created two new typefaces for London type company The Foundry, based on his work for exhibition catalogues and posters from the 1960s and 1970s. More
Dezeen Wire: journalist Oliver Wainwright has revealed on Twitter that he will be the new architecture and design critic at UK newspaper the Guardian.
Wainwright, who is currently the features editor at UK architecture weekly Building Design, will take over from Jonathan Glancey, who left the role in February.
Royal College of Art graduate James Thompson cast the spaces between objects in the college cafe and used the resulting shapes to make furniture-like sculptures. More
The first five winners of this year's TED Prize for urban innovation have been announced. Recipients include London design studio 00:/ for its project WikiHouse, which involves the construction of wooden houses from a downloaded kit of parts. More
Thin layers are gradually shaved away from a cylindrical block of chocolate to reveal the embedded geometric patterns in this installation by Dutch designer Wieki Somers at the Vitra Design Museum (+ movie). More
French designer Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance has fitted out a restaurant at the top of the tallest skyscraper in central Paris. More
This snaking concrete structure by Norwegian studio Reiulf Ramstad Architects winds down from a road to the beach along the edge of the Arctic Ocean. More
