Exclusive interview: jeweller Shaun Leane was one of fashion designer Alexander McQueen's closest friends and collaborators. As the sellout Savage Beauty exhibition closes at the V&A, Leane spoke to Dezeen about how the duo "tried to change people's perceptions of what jewellery and fashion should be". More about "Alexander McQueen changed fashion and I changed jewellery" says Shaun Leane
Rhode Island furniture company Greycork has created a collection of quick-assembly, flat-pack pieces that are intended "to be a better alternative to Ikea" (+ slideshow). More about Greycork challenges Ikea with a flat-pack living room in a box
Vietnamese office MIA Design Studio has transformed a polluted lake in the city of Qui Nhon into a scenic visitor attraction, with the addition of a waterside park that conceals a new sewage system (+ slideshow). More about Waterside park by MIA Design Studio runs alongside a lake in Vietnam
Our job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for a textiles product developer at Soho House & Co, which has outposts in Europe and North America including Soho House Berlin (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
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A glossy black marble wall divides the glass facade of this extension to a 19th-century townhouse in north London by local architecture office Paul Archer Design (+ slideshow). More about Paul Archer Design pairs glass with marble for extension to a remodelled London townhouse
Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with publishers No Starch to offer readers the chance to win one of five copies of a book that explores architectural styles and iconic buildings with Lego. More about Competition: five copies of The Lego Architect book to be won
Italian studio Henry&Co has used a material created by binding hay and grass to form the seat of this untreated beech wood stool. More about Henry&Co's Chayr features a seat made from hay and grass
The ribbon-like facade of this art museum near Yinchuan, China, was designed by Beijing firm WAA to mimic the layers of sediment left by the gradual shifting of the nearby Yellow River (+ slideshow). More about Undulating facade of Yinchuan art museum references the gradual shift of a Chinese river
Japanese studio Kubo Tsushima Architects has renovated a wedding chapel in Tokyo's Ebisu district – painting each windowsill in colours of the rainbow to "impart faint hues" as light filters through (+ slideshow). More about Rainbow hues are cast onto the walls of Kubo Tshushima's Tokyo wedding chapel
Pomo summer: amid the joy and humour of the Postmodern movement, a serious and experimental form of architecture developed to offer both seductive and frightening versions of reality, says Aaron Betsky in his first Opinion column for Dezeen. More about "Experimental architecture emerged to question Postmodernism's jokes"
LA-based architect and visual artist Dan Huh has created a set of renderings that depict Paul Rudolph's original design for the celebrated Milam Residence in Florida (+ slideshow). More about Visual artist recreates Paul Rudolph house as the architect intended it to be
A Back to the Future-style hoverboard (pictured), Kengo Kuma's first public commission in America and 11 lost icons of Postmodern architecture feature in Dezeen Mail issue 265. There's also the latest news, jobs and reader comments from Dezeen.
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Yves Behar's San Francisco studio Fuseproject has redesigned the set-top box, creating a matt black cube for French TV network Canal+ (+ movie). More about Yves Behar debuts cube-shaped set-top box for Canal+
Kenjiro Sano, who unveiled his logo design for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics last month, has denied allegations that he copied the design from an emblem for a Belgian theatre. More about Tokyo 2020 Olympics logo designer refutes plagiarism accusations
A full-height window and a projecting seating nook interrupt the facade of this suburban Melbourne house created by local studio Pleysier Perkins in a former warehouse (+ slideshow). More about Pleysier Perkins transforms a former warehouse into a private urban residence in Melbourne
Graduate shows 2015: this device by Royal College of Art graduate Gemma Roper allows the user to stream music according to the pace and rhythm they want to listen to (+ movie). More about Gemma Roper's internet radio lets users select music by tempo
Perched on a sloped site along the Hudson River in New York, this house by Foz Design capitalises on its picturesque setting with a living room overlooking the water and an infinity pool facing the woods (+ slideshow). More about RiverBanks house by Foz Design embraces its scenic Hudson Valley setting
Chicago Architecture Biennial 2015: Chilean firm Pezo Von Ellrichshausen and Nigeria-based Kunlé Adeyemi are among the architects collaborating with Chicago design schools to create lakefront kiosks for the city's first design biennial. More about Architects team up with universities to design kiosks for Chicago Architecture Biennial
MVRDV co-founder Jacob van Rijs explains how the staggered formation of his firm's Haus am Hang in Stuttgart gives every floor its own outdoor space in the latest movie from our exclusive series (+ movie). More about MVRDV created "a different kid on the block" with Haus am Hang, says Jacob van Rijs
Pomo summer: as part of our summer series on Postmodernism, Dezeen invited architect and former FAT director Charles Holland to look at some of the movement's most iconic projects that didn't stand the test of time. More about Charles Holland presents 11 lost icons of Postmodern architecture