Architects should specify expensive materials including stainless steel and titanium for their buildings to ensure they are recycled afterwards, according to French architect Édouard François. More about "We have to build in gold, silver, titanium and copper" says Édouard François
Fashion designer Virgil Abloh has teamed up with Nike to release a limited collection of 10 re-imagined footwear classics from the brand's extensive archive.
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Thomas Heatherwick has created South Africa's biggest art museum – by hollowing out the inside of a historic grain silo building. More about Thomas Heatherwick reveals Zeitz MOCAA art galleries carved out of Cape Town grain silo
British graphic and motion designer Josh Penn has created a 60-second animation that communicates what it is like to have dyslexia. More about Josh Penn brings awareness to dyslexia with kinetic typography
A row of intricately detailed architectural models take centre stage at this pop-up exhibition celebrating the beauty of engineering by Skidmore Owings & Merrill, which coincides with the Chicago Architecture Biennial. More about SOM exhibits architecture models with stripped-away skins to reveal engineering beneath
Fifteen alternative visions for the famous 1920s Tribune Tower competition are presented as giant models at the Chicago Architecture Biennial. More about Architects reimagine Chicago's Tribune Tower with abstract skyscraper models
Only a month after the Garden Bridge was scrapped, Thomas Heatherwick's plans for a park on New York's Hudson River have been abandoned – and the designer has described the decision as "really, really sad". More about Thomas Heatherwick saddened after plans for New York "treasure island" are scrapped
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Ahead of the second season of cult series Stranger Things, streaming service Netflix has revealed a range of poster designs that directly reference supernatural movies from the 1980s. More about Netflix pays tribute to 1980s sci-fi movies with Stranger Things poster designs
Dezeen promotion: by replacing the lighting inside the National Palace Museum of Korea in Seoul, LG Display has created more space for exhibiting historic artefacts and royal treasures. More about LG Display uses OLED lighting to transform galleries inside National Palace Museum of Korea
Panoramic views of Seattle's harbour are afforded from the overhanging rear of this house, completed by American firm Robert Hutchison Architecture. More about Robert Hutchison's Cantilever House projects towards Seattle harbour
Helsinki Design Week is now in full swing and one of the standout exhibitions is Talentshop, which showcases furniture and homeware by four young designers based in the Finnish capital. More about Helsinki Design Week exhibition presents four of the city's emerging design talents
Dutch firm UNStudio has completed a mixed-use development in the Chinese city of Hangzhou that accommodates a hotel, offices, apartments and shops, within a pair of sinuous towers connected by a podium and landscaped plaza. More about UNStudio completes enormous Raffles City Hangzhou complex featuring twisted glass towers
During London Design Festival, the spa inside the Tom Dixon-designed Mondrian Hotel will host a series of unconventional healing rituals devised by design studio Bompas & Parr. More about Bompas & Parr creates immersive spa experience using eggs, volcanic stones and mud
Dezeen promotion: Turkish designer Fulden Dehneli has been named the winner of Dezeen and Samsung's QLED TV stand design competition, with her idea for a stand that doubles as an adaptable piece of furniture. More about Scandinavian-inspired TV stand design wins Dezeen and Samsung's competition
Set in a patch of dense coastal bushland on the Palm Beach peninsula just north of Sydney, this weekend residence by architect Glenn Murcutt is armoured in blackened zinc panels to defend it from wildfires. More about Glenn Murcutt covers bushland home in zinc panels to protect it against wildfires
Criss-crossing wire rods form the back and seat of this stripped-back metal chair, which was designed by Beijing studio People's Industrial Design Office as an "exercise in efficiency". More about People's Industrial Design Office uses as little material as possible to create wireframe Mesh Chair
An arched opening in the brick wall of this building in central London leads to a community centre lined internally with glazing that looks out onto garden hidden from the street. More about Office Sian adds brick and limestone building to London community garden
Brooklyn-based Office of Architecture has completely gutted and expanded a local row house for an architect, jewellery designer and their two children. More about Office of Architecture includes rooftop bedroom suite in Brooklyn row house overhaul
Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs spoke to Arihiro Miyake about how he realised his dream to become a designer in the first of a new series of talks with Dutch design brand Moooi. More about Watch our talk with designer Arihiro Miyake at Moooi's showroom in London