Threads of silk resembling strands of hair form the upper of these shoes by German designers Nicole Goymann and Christoph John. More about Nicole Goymann and Christoph John create shoes from deconstructed silkworm cocoons
Billowing curves sweep across the concrete facade and continue inside this house near Tehran, designed by Iranian studio Next Office (+ slideshow). More about Next Office covers house near Tehran in a curved concrete facade
New York 2014: to celebrate New York design week, the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum commissioned designer Joe Doucet to create a limited edition collection of "snap fit" marble tables. More about Joe Doucet designs flat-pack marble furniture for New York's Cooper-Hewitt museum
BMW's MINI brand has teamed up with Italian bespoke sports-car design company Touring Superleggera to create the MINI Superleggera Vision (+ slideshow). More about MINI and Touring Superleggera unveil open-top concept car
Feature: the warmth of brass has made it "metal of choice" for today's designers, who showed products in the material on both sides of the Atlantic this month, finds Dezeen style editor Dan Howarth. More about "Nostalgic comfort" brings brass back into contemporary design
A temporary structure in London designed to recreate the humidity of a rainforest was popular last week, so we've created a new Pinterest board that collects together examples of unique pavilions from around the world. See our new Pinterest board »
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News: every electrical device in the home will be linked to the internet within a decade, according to the CEO of connected home products brand Nest (+ interview). More about Within ten years "everything will have data in it", says Nest CEO
This house in the Australian desert by Dunn & Hillam Architects hunkers down into the earth and features a large angled roof to protect it from extreme temperature fluctuations (+ slideshow). More about Dunn & Hillam Architects use angled roof to protect Desert House from the sun
Catalan designer Eugeni Quitllet has used plexiglass to create the backrests for wooden chairs in this collection for Italian brand Alias. More about Eugeni Quitllet joins plexiglass backrests to Tabu chairs for Alias
A huge folding wall lifts up to reveal the contents of a weathered steel auditorium at this abandoned printing factory in Beijing, which Chinese studio Origin Architect has converted into a theatre complex (+ slideshow). More about Origin Architect transforms Beijing factory into a theatre complex
London-based Samuel Wilkinson Studio has designed an office space to house a business incubator, featuring fixed furniture and leafy embellishments (+ slideshow). More about Samuel Wilkinson embellishes Seeds office interior with leaves
Clerkenwell Design Week 2014: British design brand Another Country has collaborated with New York studio Workstead to produce a lighting collection formed from reconfigurable metal rods. More about Workstead bolts together metal rods to form lighting for Another Country
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: developing "living architecture" could help humanity survive, claims senior University of Greenwich lecturer Rachel Armstrong, who is investigating how we could grow a city in space. More about "Growing a city from the bottom up" could save the human race
Alternating cubes of timber and glass cover the back of this Sydney house extension by Australian office Panovscott, offering a balance of light, shade, views and privacy. More about Panovscott creates Sydney extension with alternating timber and glass facade
Input Creative Studio has created a New York studio for a children's portrait photographer with a playhouse-shaped niche in one wall (+ slideshow). More about Photography studio by Input Creative Studio features a turquoise playhouse
Behind the traditional ceramic-tiled facade of this nineteenth-century building, Portuguese studio OODA has completed a modern renovation to create 14 studio flats (+ slideshow). More about OODA completes modern apartment renovation behind tiled facade in Porto
A series of wooden partitions divide the interior of this apartment in Tokyo by local architects Camp Design Inc, creating a multilayered space with hidden alcoves and areas (+ slideshow). More about Wooden wing walls divide Tokyo apartment by Camp Design Inc
Dezeen Music Project: a character made from yellow wool unwinds in this heart-wrenching stop-motion music video created by animator Ainslie Henderson for UK band James. More about Music video for James' new single Moving On is a stop-motion meditation on life and death
This week's job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is a position for a lead architect/ designer at international architecture firm Powerhouse Company, whose 100-metre-tall broadcast and observation tower design is pictured. Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
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Clerkenwell Design Week 2014: Stockholm architect and designer Hanieh Heidarabadi has created a brass pendant lamp with the intention that people will 3D-print their own shades. More about Shades for Make Lamp by Hanieh Heidarabadi can be custom 3D-printed