Music: giant waves, gale-force winds and meteor strikes spoil idyllic scenes in this animated music video for German band Keimzeit (+ movie). More about Sonja Rohleder animates natural disasters for Keimzeit music video
When visitors step inside this viewing tower on the coastline of Lincolnshire, England, an inner chamber tilts forward so the nearby beach becomes visible through a pair of aligned horizontal slots (+ slideshow). More about Angular seaside tower by Gruff and MSA contains a viewing platform that moves underfoot
London studio Softroom has renovated a 19th-century village pub in southern England to host a culinary school, a bar and a glass-fronted restaurant (+ slideshow). More about Softroom converts thatched-roof pub into contemporary restaurant and cookery school
London designers Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby have created a mismatched tableware range for British ceramics company Royal Doulton (+ slideshow). More about Barber & Osgerby designs miscellaneous tableware collection for Royal Doulton
This conceptual airborne structure is designed to absorb moisture from clouds and transport it to arid regions where it would be released as artificial rain to combat future environmental disasters. More about Cloud Capture is an imaginary flying machine for bringing rain to the desert
This week we reported on a manifesto calling for an end to "pointless products" in design, Snøhetta's new kitchen for one of the best restaurants in the world and a prefabricated summerhouse (pictured). Read on to catch up with the latest architecture and design news. More about This week on Dezeen
Extra Moooi: a paper lamp by Studio Job and a unicorn rocking horse by Marcel Wanders are among the new products that will be revealed by Dutch brand Moooi in Milan next week (+ slideshow). More about Moooi unveils 2015 furniture and homeware collection
Architect David Chipperfield has attacked the way the British press reports on architecture and accused journalists of damaging the profession. More about "Shocking" journalism drives a wedge between architects and society says David Chipperfield
Milan 2015: French design brand Moustache has created a video displaying its latest collection rather than shipping all of the products to Milan design week (+ movie). More about Moustache creates video to avoid exhibiting in "disappointing" Milan
British architects and designers are today paying tribute to Moira Gemmill, a major figure in the London architecture and design scene, who has died at the age of 55 after a fatal cycling accident. More about Tributes flood in for "extraordinary" designer Moira Gemmill after fatal cycling accident
Milan 2015: Japanese designer Kosho Ueshima has designed a nanotech toothbrush that cleans your teeth without toothpaste. More about Misoka toothbrush cleans your teeth with nanotech ions instead of toothpaste
The cantilevered upper storey of this house in Katowice, Poland, looks even more dramatic than it really is – because the podium that supports it is camouflaged behind a wall of mirrors (+ slideshow). More about Mirrors emphasise the cantilever of Robert Konieczny's Living-Garden House
Dezeen promotion: applications are now being accepted for HENN's Design Research Exchange summer residency programme focussing on strategies for high-rise development. More about Call for applications to HENN's Design Research Exchange residency 2015
Extra Moooi: today we're launching a new year-long collaboration with Dutch design company Moooi. In the first movie of our Extra Moooi series, Moooi co-founder Casper Vissers explains how the fashion industry shaped the brand's core philosophy. More about Moooi's use of "shocking" naked photography was inspired by the fashion industry
Our job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is a position with Brazilian architect Isay Weinfeld, whose Fazenda Boa Vista Golf Clubhouse in Brazil is pictured. Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
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Japanese studio Naf Architect & Design rounded one corner of this Tokyo home to broaden a footpath, then clad the walls in glossy midnight-blue tiles to offer reflections of the streetscape (+ slideshow). More about Half & Half House in Tokyo has a curving wall to allow pedestrians to cut the corner
Opinion: designer Hella Jongerius and theorist Louise Schouwenberg today launch their manifesto, titled Beyond the New: a search for ideals in design. Here we exclusively publish the full text, in which the pair argue that "design has become an impoverished field" and propose a new idealistic agenda for the profession. More about "It's time to rid ourselves of the obsession with the new"
Milan 2015: a concrete cartoon monkey holding a tray forms this table by Spanish designer Jaime Hayón for manufacturer BD Barcelona Design. More about Jaime Hayón designs monkey-shaped table
This captioned video spotlights Halfbike, a three-wheeled vehicle designed by transportation start-up Kolelinia which allows riders to stand up while pedalling. More about Halfbike riders stand while pedalling to navigate the city
This black building stretches 37 metres along a narrow plot in the heart of Austria's Rhine Valley to provide a home for a young family and a studio for a graphic designer (+ slideshow). More about Juri Troy Architects creates 37-metre-long house and studio in the Rhine Valley