Movable table tops for working at a laptop and hangers for storing coats can be incorporated into this modular sofa, created by British designer Lucy Kurrein for Offecct. More about Lucy Kurrein's modular sofa "rejects the conventional working environment"
This week on Dezeen, UNStudio won a competition to design a cultural centre featuring a rooftop cinema in Paris and OMA revealed plans for a six-sided glass courthouse in Lille. More about This week, UNStudio and OMA unveiled plans for buildings in France
This extension to an historic villa in the Swiss town of Arlesheim by Basel-based studio HHF Architects features an expressed steel frame intended to provide a contemporary counterpoint to the house's traditional architecture. More about HHF Architects adds pergola-like extension to traditional Swiss villa
A skyscraper in Hawaii has become the latest to feature a vertigo-inducing swimming pool, allowing brave swimmers to look down through its transparent base. More about Glass-bottomed pool extends from Honolulu tower by SCB
New York-based designer Joe Doucet has designed a collection of rugs bearing bold graphics, supporting the rights of transgender people living in the US. More about Joe Doucet's graphic rugs celebrate America's transgender community
Dezeen is giving away five copies of LA NY: Aerial Photographs of Los Angeles and New York – a book brimming with aerial images that architect Jeffrey Milstein took while leaning out of helicopters and small aeroplanes. More about Competition: win a book of photos showing New York and Los Angeles from above
Children with type-1 diabetes can administer insulin in a way that is both easy and fun, using this toolkit created by Mexican designer Renata Souza Luque. More about Thomy toolkit could make life easier for children with type-1 diabetes
This captioned movie shows an ovoid micro home by Slovakian firm Nice Architects, which was designed to allow its owners to be self-sustainable and move where they want. More about Egg-shaped micro home allows inhabitants to live off-grid
Our series covering modernist architecture in Palm Springs continues with the city's municipal building, designed by Swiss architect Albert Frey to include large canopies over its entrances – one with palm trees growing through its centre. More about Canopies and porticos shade outdoor spaces at Albert Frey's Palm Springs City Hall
Jay Osgerby has curated 14 designers working with craft to present "thought-provoking" installations based on timely issues for this year's Collect Open exhibition. More about Jay Osgerby selects 14 designers to create installations for Collect craft exhibition
Italian office Piuarch has converted a former aircraft manufacturing facility in Milan into fashion brand Gucci's new headquarters, adding a glazed tower wrapped in metal sunscreens to the rows of brick-clad hangars. More about Piuarch transforms abandoned aircraft factory into Gucci's Milan headquarters
Neville Brody is to leave his role of dean of the School of Communication at London's Royal College of Art, having held the position for seven years. More about Neville Brody to step down as dean of RCA's School of Communication
Land Rover has launched a rugged smartphone designed for outdoor use that is able to survive underwater and withstand extreme temperatures. More about Land Rover designs ultra-tough Explore smartphone for outdoor enthusiasts
Building an Apple Store may be the best way to safeguard the civic character of Melbourne's Federation Square, argues Michelle Tabet. More about "Apple may be the lesser of all evils for Federation Square"
Stefano Boeri Architetti has designed three schools in Albania's capital city, Tirana, that will remain open around the clock to double as community hubs. More about Stefano Boeri Architetti to design 24-hour schools in Albanian capital
An exhibition of work by Jaime Hayon is currently taking place as part of Madrid Design Festival, marking the first time that the Spanish designer has had a retrospective staged in his own country. More about Jaime Hayon's work celebrated in first Spanish retrospective
The seven experimental steel-framed houses that architect Donald Wexler built in Palm Springs are early examples of customisable prefab homes, and are next in our series celebrating the city's mid-century architecture for this year's Modernism Week. More about Donald Wexler pioneered prefab living in Palm Springs with Steel Houses
The MIT Technology Review has released a list of technologies it believes will make the most impact over the next 12 months, including smarter cities, genetic fortune telling and "babel fish" earphones. More about MIT predicts 10 breakthrough technologies of 2018
Simone Rocha and Craig Green were among designers tasked with redesigning Moncler's signature down jacket for its new Genius project, launched at this year's Milan Fashion Week. More about Moncler teams up with eight designers to reinterpret its down jacket
This week's Dezeen Mail features a rainbow light installation at Burberry's London Fashion Week show and Zaha Hadid Architects' proposal to create a network of pedestrian routes across London. Subscribe to Dezeen Mail ›
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