Pomo summer: textile designer Camille Walala's collection of home accessories patterned with bold graphics influenced by the Memphis Group will launch at this month's London Design Festival. More about Memphis patterns influence homeware by Camille Walala
Our US job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for a project architect at New York design firm Leeser Architecture, which won a competition to design a hotel in the Zayed Bay district of Abu Dhabi (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
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Danish architecture studio CEBRA has won a competition to design an education campus in Irkutsk, Russia, which the firm described as "a new kind of school" (+ slideshow). More about CEBRA wins international competition to design Smart School in Russia
Movie: Dutch designer Richard Hutten explains why he designed a chair with a distinctive X-shape on the back in the next movie in our exclusive video series for Italian furniture brand Moroso. More about Richard Hutten's X-Chair for Moroso is "actually quite complex"
Design curator Andrew Blauvelt has been appointed director of the Cranbrook Art Museum in the Detroit suburb of Bloomfield Hills. More about Andrew Blauvelt named director of Detroit's Cranbrook Art Museum
Maison&Objet 2015: designers at Italian research studio Fabrica have created a set of glass sculptures for presenting fruit. More about Fabrica designers display fruit in unusual ways with Tutti Frutti glass sculptures
This pair of charred timber holiday homes by Cheshire Architects stand on the side of a hill in New Zealand that slopes down to the Tasman Sea (+ slideshow). More about Blackened timber cabins by Cheshire Architects overlook the Tasman Sea
Our job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for a 3D architect at Studio Fuksas, which has been selected to design a major new convention centre in Canberra (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
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An unofficial drone movie shot over the site of the new Apple Campus 2 in Cupertino, California, shows the latest progress on Foster + Partners' "doughnut" office design (+ movie). More about Drone movie shows Foster + Partners' Apple Campus 2 beginning to rise out of the ground
Maison&Objet 2015: French designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have created a range of outdoor furniture with curving slatted surfaces for Danish brand Hay (+ slideshow). More about Bouroullec brothers design slatted Palissade outdoor furniture for Hay
Submerged below a sandy bank and enclosed by a zigzagging rammed-earth wall, these twelve subterranean rooms provide temporary accommodation for cowboys on an Australian cattle station (+ slideshow). More about Luigi Rosselli constructs ranch housing behind "longest rammed-earth wall in Australia"
This family dwelling in the Colorado mountains by Will Bruder Architects features an exterior made of burnt wood and a roof sheathed in copper (+ slideshow). More about Will Bruder clads a mountain home in Aspen with charred cypress
This first set of official images shows Diller Scofidio + Renfro's The Broad art museum in Los Angeles ahead of its opening later this month (+ slideshow). More about Diller Scofidio + Renfro releases first official photos of The Broad
Opinion: the wedge – a form covered in grass and glass – has become an increasingly popular device for disguising architecture as landscape, says Alexandra Lange. More about "Let's stop acting like the wedge is not architecture"
Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson's solar energy company Little Sun has launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund the production of a mobile phone charger with a built-in lamp. More about Olafur Eliasson launches crowdfunding campaign for solar-powered mobile phone chargers
This week's Dezeen Mail includes Google's new logo, images of The Broad museum in Los Angeles (pictured) and the UK's "worst" building completed this year. There's also the latest news, jobs and reader comments from Dezeen.
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Crowdfunding represents a "huge opportunity" for architects looking to get public projects off the ground, according to the team behind the latest infrastructure project to seek funding on Kickstarter. More about Crowdfunding platforms are "changing the game" for public architecture projects
Dezeen promotion: Mindblower, a new platform created to turn ideas into realised products, is inviting submissions for design concepts to be showcased at this year's London Design Festival (+ movie). More about Idea-to-product platform MindBlower to launch during London Design Festival
At least 11 firms have been invited to apply for the Barack Obama Presidential Library design contract in Chicago. More about Renzo Piano and Diller Scofidio + Renfro competing for Obama Presidential Library
A small writing studio designed by Aaron Neubert Architects on a hill in Los Angeles frames views of the Griffith Observatory and other landmarks through a room-sized picture window (+ slideshow). More about Black Box writing studio by ANX captures iconic Los Angeles views