Swedish furniture giant IKEA has announced that it will work alongside Cape Town organisation Design Indaba to produce its first collection made completely by African designers. More about IKEA to partner with Design Indaba to launch African design collection
Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for a designer at footwear brand Converse in Boston, which teamed up with Nike last year to update its 1920s All Star shoe using knitted Hyperfuse fabric (pictured). More ›
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Carl Hansen & Son has used this week's Stockholm Furniture Fair to relaunch Danish modernist Hans J Wegner's CH23 dining chair, designed at the same time as his famous Wishbone chair. More about Carl Hansen & Son reissues final chair from original Hans J Wegner collection of four
Shanghai studio Linehouse has transformed a former opium factory with green-painted metalwork and pastel-coloured terrazzo to create the Chinese flagship for co-working company WeWork. More about WeWork opens "whimsical" co-working space in former opium factory
A historic, ready-to-assemble metal home by noted modernist architect Albert Frey is moving from a New York storage unit to Southern California this week. More about 1930s modernist Aluminaire House moves cross-country to Palm Springs
Note Design Studio's latest collection for Swedish brand Fogia is intentionally "not eye-catching" and foregoes any additional details and adornments. More about Note Design Studio creates deliberately unassuming tables and stools for Fogia
Intricate models of buildings by Le Corbusier, Norman Foster, Peter Zumthor and more are going on show at New York's Columbia University, alongside photographs by James Ewing. More about Columbia GSAPP presents architectural models and photos in Stagecraft exhibition
Architect Sam Jacob has overhauled a hairdressers-cum-gallery in southeast London, so now customers stare at artworks rather than their reflections while they get a trim. More about Sam Jacob designs Peckham hair salon where clients look at artwork instead of themselves
The UK government is urging schools to promote art and design subjects, after a report found that schools with more creative pupils achieve significantly higher grades. More about Art and design can help drive up standards in schools, says UK government
The story of Mies van der Rohe's iconic Farnsworth House is set for the silver screen, with Oscar-winning actor Jeff Bridges set to play the famous modernist architect. More about Jeff Bridges and Maggie Gyllenhaal to star in movie about Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House
British designer Tom Dixon has unveiled two new lighting designs – a wall-mounted lamp inspired by insulated flasks, and a brass-plated chandelier that can be rotated into different configurations. More about Tom Dixon launches two new lighting designs at Stockholm Design Week
In this movie, Slovenian studio OFIS Arhitekti shows how the tiny Alpine cabin it designed for climbers was helicoptered into its precarious mountain-top position. More about Movie shows climbers' shelter by OFIS being airlifted into remote Alpine spot
Dezeen promotion: Czech brand Bomma has released its new collection of glass lighting, which includes a bondage-inspired lamp and a pendant modelled on soap bubbles. More about Bomma unveils glass lighting collection by six Czech designers
This holiday home on the West Dorset coast is made up of four irregular larch-clad blocks, and was designed by AR Design Studio to replace a house destroyed in a landslide. More about AR Design Studio replaces landslide-damaged holiday home with cluster of larch-clad blocks
Portuguese studio PROD has converted this 18th-century house and stables in northern Portugal into a 15-bedroom hotel, adding an elevated wooden bridge and a vaulted roof to the kitchen. More about PROD transforms 18th-century manor house in rural Portugal into hotel
Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for an interior designer or architect to work for Naomi Cleaver, who has designed numerous student accommodation projects, including iQ Shoreditch in London. More ›
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Design studio Michel/Fabian has created a spoon that claims to improve the flavour of food, by recreating the experience of licking your fingers. More about Finger-shaped Goûte spoon could make food taste better than normal cutlery
Over a third of UK-based architects from EU countries are thinking about leaving the country after the Brexit vote, according to the latest research from the Royal Institute of British Architects. More about RIBA Brexit survey reveals 40 per cent of European architects considering leaving UK
Swedish brand Wästberg has stepped back in time during the Stockholm Furniture Fair, launching a collection of fire-based lighting by Ilse Crawford, David Chipperfield and Jasper Morrison. More about Wästberg launches Holocene collection of non-electric lights
US studio Handel Architects has completed a pair of residential towers with concrete facade elements, designed to respect the proportions of a neighbouring stone cathedral. More about Apartment tower by Handel Architects built next to historic Manhattan cathedral