Interview: neglected techniques represent a new set of opportunities says Sebastian Cox, one of a number of young designers that are championing the revival of traditional crafts in the UK. More about Using traditional crafts in design is not "sentimental" says Sebastian Cox
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: playfulness is essential to creativity claims London designer Dominic Wilcox, who says that creatives should not "worry about what other people think" (+ movie). More about Dominic Wilcox: "I'm deadly serious about being playful"
News: work has begun on a Greek Orthodox Church designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava to replace a building that was destroyed by the collapse of New York's World Trade Center buildings on 9/11. More about Work starts on Calatrava-designed Greek Orthodox Church on World Trade Center site
A swimming pool designed with an angular roof to prevent echoes (pictured), a sweary Frank Gehry and a 3D-printer turned into a tattooing machine feature in Dezeen Mail issue 226. Click through for all the latest news, jobs and reader comments from Dezeen.
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News: Italian design brand Moroso has produced a limited-edition set of the table designed by architect Daniel Libeskind for an installation by artist Marina Abramovic (+ slideshow). More about Libeskind's table for Marina Abramovic produced as limited-edition by Moroso
Strips of untreated oak are used to clad every surface of this house in the English countryside by London office Peter Feeny Architects (+ slideshow). More about House in Oxfordshire is covered in oak to create a "simplified volume"
Opinion: from Chicago's rat problem to transport startups like Bridj and Uber, data is being used to predict behaviour and manage our cities. But the idea of the "Predictive City" should be treated with a healthy dose of scepticism, argues Dan Hill. More about "A city is more than just the sum of its previous behaviours"
Inside Festival 2014: architect Joyce Wang explains how she used styles from throughout Hong Kong's history to design the restaurant that was named World Interior of the Year 2014 in this exclusive video interview. More about Joyce Wang's Mott 32 restaurant is "true to Hong Kong's past"
News: a TU Delft graduate has presented an unmanned aerial vehicle with built-in defibrillation equipment, which could fly to a patient suffering from a heart attack in a fraction of the time it would take an ambulance to drive. More about Ambulance Drone could deliver life-saving equipment "within one minute"
News: a "fully functional" new prototype of a vehicle that is both an aircraft and a car, called the AeroMobil, was made public yesterday after a development and build time of just 10 months (+ slideshow). More about Latest AeroMobil flying car prototype set for Europe's roads and skies
A group of graduates from London's Bartlett School of Architecture has developed an experimental technique for creating intricate building components by wrapping sticks in stretchy fabric and using them to cast concrete (+ slideshow). More about Bartlett students create building components from skeletal modules wrapped in stretchy "skin"
Dutch Design Week 2014: retro-reflective thread is woven into a range of fabrics by Marlies Schets to create a line of accessories that reflect light at night, turning them into cycling safety garments. More about Marlies Schets' reflective fabrics turn everyday accessories into cycling safety gear
Hundreds of terracotta panels shade the sunny northern facade of this new engineering building at the University of Queensland in Australia, designed by architects Richard Kirk and Hassell (+ slideshow). More about The University of Queensland opens engineering facility with a louvred terracotta facade
These prickly looking shoes and accessories by Dutch designer Jólan van der Wiel were formed using magnets and worn during Iris van Herpen's latest catwalk show (+ slideshow). More about Jólan van der Wiel creates spiky shoes for Iris van Herpen using magnets
News: the massive 6 million-square-metre Dubai Creek Harbour development launched this week will include a pair of record-breaking towers, according to the developers. More about Dubai plans to build world's tallest twin towers
Design agency Pentagram has used a simple grid of squares to create a new visual identity for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)'s research centre (+ movie). More about Pentagram rebrands MIT Media Lab with grid-generated glyphs
News: technology and food have replaced products and furniture as the new frontiers for designers, according to Thomas Widdershoven, creative director of Design Academy Eindhoven (+ interview). More about Design Academy Eindhoven "needs to get a grip on technology"
World Architecture Festival 2014: in this exclusive video interview Vietnamese architect Toan Nghiem discusses the use of bright colours in The Chapel, the community centre that was crowned World Building of the Year 2014 earlier this month (+ movie). More about The Chapel by a21studio is like "a big colourful lantern"
News: The Rom Skatepark in east London has become the first European facility of its kind to be awarded protected status (+ slideshow). More about London's The Rom becomes first listed skatepark in Europe
London office Peter Barber Architects has remodelled a Victorian sheltered housing scheme in the city, employing different types of brick and render to indicate where new additions meet the original buildings. More about Peter Barber uses a "collage of materials" in hostel for homeless people