Milan 2015: Dutch designer Richard Hutten has created a chair with a distinctive X-shaped connector on the back. More about Richard Hutten's X-Chair for Moroso is designed to be seen from behind
Milan 2015: beaver fur and hand-stitched leather cover the familiar forms of gym apparatus in this furniture and lighting collection influenced by body-building culture (+ slideshow). More about Alberto Biagetti and Laura Baldassari upholster gym equipment with fur and leather
A void in the centre of this gabled guest house near Porto contains an entrance onto a patio that links it to the adjacent main property (+ slideshow). More about Oficina d'Arquitectura's Portuguese guest house is cut in two by a recessed entrance
Milan 2015: design duo GamFratesi recruited established names like Cecilie Manz and Ole Jensen to exhibit alongside new designers in a mirrored installation for the Mindcraft exhibition in Milan. More about GamFratesi covers Milanese cloister with mirrors for Mindcraft exhibition of Danish design
A grid of louvred doors and shutters form the exterior of this model-making workshop in Guadalajara, Mexico, allowing enough natural ventilation to prevent dangerous fumes from building up inside (+ slideshow). More about University model-making workshop by Atelier ARS features walls that fold open
Milan 2015: close-up details, architectural facades and textile surfaces are increasingly popping up in our #milanogram2015 Instagram hashtag, as visitors seek out creative new ways of presenting exhibitions and products. More about Dezeen's #milanogram2015 highlights: day four
Milan 2015: British designer Bethan Laura Wood has created an installation of giant canapé-shaped sculptures for the relaunch of a 1960s tableware collection cast from lettuce leaves. More about Bethan Laura Wood creates installation of oversized canapés for lettuce-shaped plates
Architecture and design studio Snøhetta has developed a new graphic identity for Norway's 44 national parks, featuring a logo designed to look like a doorway on a hillside (+ slideshow). More about Snøhetta designs new visual identity for Norway's national parks
Milan 2015: Dutch designer Hella Jongerius has spent four years updating her iconic Polder sofa for Swiss furniture brand Vitra, which was launched in Milan this week. More about Hella Jongerius updates her "young classic" Polder sofa
The latest news from Milan design week, including United Nude's 3D-printed shoes by Zaha Hadid and the UK's pavilion for the World Expo, feature in this week's Dezeen Mail. Click through for our pick of the best news, jobs and reader comments from Dezeen.
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Extra Moooi: take a closer look at the huge portraits that provide the backdrop for new furniture, homeware and carpets by Dutch brand Moooi with this digital version of its Unexpected Welcome exhibition in Milan. More about Moooi's Milan 2015 exhibition is captured in a 360-degree virtual showroom
Milan 2015: leading designers have spoken out about the "awful" intrusion as visitors and journalists scramble to grab photos and interviews at design fairs. More about Digital media is turning design fairs into "a kind of wild west" say designers
Dezeen promotion: American furniture company Emeco has unveiled a new seating collection made using reclaimed materials by British designer Jasper Morrison at Milan's Salone Del Mobile furniture fair. More about Emeco launches new collection in Milan designed by Jasper Morrison
A glazed corridor climbs up around the exterior of this Japan office building, intended by architect Masato Sekiya to create the impression that the structure has been "cut in half by glass" (+ slideshow). More about Masato Sekiya wraps a glass corridor around an office block in Japan
Milan 2015: IKEA has collaborated with designers to create kitchen installations focused on children, disabled people and the future of cooking at a pop-up space in Milan (+ slideshow). More about IKEA Temporary presents kitchen concepts at Milan pop-up
Scandinavian architecture firm CF Møller has presented its plans to build Denmark's largest sewage-pumping station in Copenhagen. More about CF Møller plans Denmark's largest sewage-pumping station
Milan 2015: photography and product design students at Swiss university ÉCAL have paired up to create interactive objects and installations that investigate the selfie phenomenon (+ movie). More about ÉCAL students examine the selfie at PhotoBooth exhibition
The smooth concrete exterior of this monolithic office block in Tokyo is interrupted by square windows in an assortment of sizes (+ slideshow). More about Florian Busch scatters square windows across the concrete facades of a Tokyo office
Milan 2015: a machine that converts dog poo into battery power, fashion accessories laced with catnip and a 3D printer that uses ink made from salamander bacteria are among products designed by students from the HEAD Geneva School of Art and Design. More about Geneva students make ink from salamanders and electricity from dog poo for Milan show
This house on a hillside in Leiria, Portugal, has two wings – a three-storey block that follows the slope of the site, and a bedroom block that cantilevers out at an angle (+ slideshow). More about Vidigal House by Contaminar has a V-shaped plan enclosing a triangular garden