An Eames House Bird stands guard on the porch of this tiny yellow building in Seoul, which has been adapted by Nordic Bros Design Community to house a fashion boutique (+ slideshow). More about Seoul fashion boutique features yellow walls and an Eames bird above the entrance
This week we reported on the latest setback to hit Thomas Heatherwick's Garden Bridge project, the downsizing of 3D-printing pioneer MakerBot and Renzo Piano's new home for the Whitney Museum (pictured). Read on to catch up with the latest architecture and design news. More about This week on Dezeen
Opinion: you don't have to like Thom Mayne's skyscraper for Vals to understand that architecture needs fantastical projects like it, says Owen Hatherley. More about "Modern architecture needs projects like this"
Milan 2015: design companies are launching fragrances, scented products and cosmetics to diversify their brands into new markets (+ slideshow). More about Furniture and lighting brands move into "big wonderful world" of fragrances
Dezeen promotion: Dezeen has teamed up with the annual What Design Can Do conference to give readers a 15 per cent discount on tickets for this year's event in Amsterdam. More about What Design Can Do offers 15% off tickets for Dezeen readers
Renzo Piano's new building for one of New York's most prestigious museums has been described by critics as an "art tanker", "ungainly" and "more clunky than romantic" – but they like it anyway. More about Renzo Piano's "prodigiously misassembled" Whitney Museum is a grower, say critics
Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka has built a transparent glass tea house beside a historic Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan (+ slideshow). More about Tokujin Yoshioka installs glass tea house beside an ancient Japanese temple
Our job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is a position for an industrial designer at the firm of Mexican architect Fernando Romero, who is designing one of the biggest airports on earth with Norman Foster (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
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Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: in this exclusive video interview, Jörg Preißinger of BMW Group Research and Technology explains how the prototype augmented-reality glasses his team have developed can make the solid parts of a car appear transparent. More about MINI's augmented-reality glasses allow drivers to see through the body of their car
Pre-rusted steel clads this L-shaped extension to a farmhouse in rural Canada, giving the block a burnt orange colouring that complements the red brickwork of its neighbour (+ slideshow). More about Superkül extends Canadian farmhouse with rusty Corten-clad block
Milan 2015: Italian design duo Alcarol has launched a collection of furniture made from worktops taken out of Italian quarries and marble processing labs (+ movie). More about Alcarol turns damaged marble-cutting worktops into resin-coated tables