Milan 2016: designer Ini Archibong has based the coloured glass legs of his Galilee and Orion tables on mythological characters and biblical stories (+ slideshow). More about Ini Archibong creates tables from marble slabs and coloured glass legs
This Slovenian home by Skupaj Arhitekti mimics the gabled form of its Alpine village neighbours, but it also features contemporary details and finishes (+ slideshow). More about Skupaj Arhitekti couples traditional form with contemporary materials for Alpine home
Milan 2016: the old model of working for royalties is "completely dead" according to Stefano Giovannoni, the latest designer to turn entrepreneur and launch his own brand. More about Furniture designers ditch "dead" royalty system and launch their own brands
This week on Dezeen: Zaha Hadid Architects announced it will continue to practice without its founder following her sudden death in the same week as the company's proposal for a car park in Miami Beach was rejected. More about This week, Zaha Hadid Architects vowed to carry on but its Miami Beach car park was rejected
Milan 2016: London studio Industrial Facility has designed a solid wood "chair for church" for Italian furniture brand Mattiazzi (+ slideshow). More about Industrial Facility's stackable Tronco chair for Mattiazzi is designed for church congregations
Australian firm CM Studio has added a pair of white-painted extensions to an end-of-terrace house in Sydney dating back to the 1880s, and remodelled its interiors with grey marble and pale timber finishes (+ slideshow). More about CM Studio updates 19th-century workers' cottage in Sydney with slatted timber extension
Design studio We Like Today has unveiled plans to "revive and repopulate" an area of Brighton and Hove's sea front, with a brightly coloured scheme made from a series of hut-like structures (+ slideshow). More about We Like Today's Sea Lanes aims to reconnect Brighton and Hove residents with the sea
Our US job of the week on the new and improved Dezeen Jobs website is for a marketing assistant at REX Architecture, which was chosen to replace Frank Gehry on the performing arts centre project at the World Trade Center site (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
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Business news: Molteni has become the latest Italian design brand to appoint a non-Italian creative director, signing up Belgian architect and designer Vincent Van Duysen for the role. More about Molteni&C appoints Vincent Van Duysen as creative director to get "more sophisticated look"
To celebrate Earth Day, we've put together some of the best examples of green and eco-friendly projects on Dezeen – from a vertical garden covering the side of a five-storey Parisian block, to a bikini designed to absorb pollution from the sea. See more sustainable design »
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Milan 2016: a hollow head-shaped chamber by Fabio Novembre and a geometrically decorated "prison" by Alessandro Mendini are presented as conceptual interior spaces at the Rooms – Novel Living Concepts show (+ slideshow). More about Rooms – Novel Living Concepts show in Milan presents interior architecture by Italian designers
Architecture firm ODA New York has conceived three glass towers for Brooklyn that feature setbacks and protrusions to ensure tenants are afforded expansive views. More about ODA designs trio of irregularly stacked towers for Williamsburg waterfront
Japanese architect Kengo Kuma has unveiled plans for a new Hans Christian Andersen Museum in the Danish city of Odense, which will revolve around the writer's popular fairy tales (+ slideshow). More about Kengo Kuma reveals plans for Hans Christian Andersen Museum in Odense
Danish architect Bjarke Ingels has been named as one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people of 2016, with a citation written by his former employer Rem Koolhaas that compares Ingels to a Silicon Valley entrepreneur. More about Bjarke Ingels embodies "fully fledged new typology" in architecture says Rem Koolhaas
Our job of the week on the new and improved Dezeen Jobs is for a senior architect at MAD Architects in Beijing, whose Invisible Border installation for Milan Design week is pictured. Visit the ad for full details or browse more architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
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OMA's New York office is almost doubling the size of Quebec's Musée National des Beaux-Arts with a new building in the city's Parc des Champs-de-Bataille (+ slideshow). More about Major art museum extension by OMA underway in Quebec
Dutch design studio PolyLester has created a collection of furniture on wheels that is used to transform an industrial hangar into a venue for exhibitions, workshops, dinners or parties (+ slideshow). More about Mobile furniture by PolyLester provides reconfigurable interior for Amsterdam arts venue
Milan 2016: Moroso has transformed its Milan showroom into an exhibition space filled with products by Ron Arad, marking a longstanding relationship between the Italian company and the Israeli designer (+ slideshow). More about Moroso's Spring to Mind exhibition celebrates 25 years of creative collaboration with Ron Arad
London designer John Pawson has completed the seventh property in Alain de Botton's Living Architecture series: a Welsh valley retreat with a dark skin and a pale interior (+ slideshow). More about John Pawson's Life House is a Welsh countryside retreat built from dark and light bricks
American musician Prince has died suddenly aged 57. By changing his name to a graphic symbol for a period, the artist elevated himself to icon status that would last a lifetime, according to the logo's designer. More about "Prince was the Nike swoosh before Nike was" says musician's symbol designer