Dezeen Mail issue 197 includes our latest coverage of Milan 2014, Herzog & de Meuron's design for a hospital in Denmark and controversial plans for the redevelopment of Battersea Power Station, as well as the latest news, jobs and reader comments from Dezeen.
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Milan 2014: Dezeen readers can download the first in a series of experimental publications created by Jospeh Grima's algorithmic journalism machine in Milan, including content from talks by Clemens Weisshaar and Atelier Bow Wow. More about Download the first FOMO experiment in algorithmic publishing direct from Milan
This weekend cabin in a Washington national park, by Seattle architect Tom Kundig, features a protective steel exterior that slides across its windows and a floor raised up on stilts to prevent flooding. More about Tom Kundig creates "virtually indestructible" steel cabin on stilts
News: analysing trends and listening to what consumers want will ultimately result in bad design, says Spanish designer Jaime Hayón. More about "If I listen to the market, I'll be designing crap" says Jaime Hayón
Opinion: there's no excuse for excluding women from the design conversation in Milan, says Kieran Long who offers a ready-made Rolodex for a fairer male/female split. More about "There is without doubt institutional prejudice in the furniture industry"
Milan 2014: American furniture company Emeco has revealed a collection of stools and tables made from recycled and reclaimed materials in collaboration with Nendo (+ slideshow). More about Nendo reimagines the Navy Chair to create new stool for Emeco
Milan 2014: Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola has created a modular sofa system covered in jersey material for Italian brand Moroso (+ slideshow). More about Patricia Urquiola upholsters modular sofa for Moroso in jersey fabric
Eight intersecting arches give a towering symmetry to this copper-coated mausoleum erected in the English countryside for a revered Iranian philosopher (photography by Edmund Sumner). More about Towering copper memorial by Borheh honours an Iranian philosopher
Milan 2014: design duo Formafantasma is presenting a collection of engraved drinking glasses that form new patterns when stacked together, at an exhibition curated by Rossana Orlandi in Milan More about Formafantasma shows engraved glassware at Bagatti Valsecchi in Milan
Milan 2014: Venetian designer Luca Nichetto has reimagined a traditional Tyrolean chair for his latest collaboration with Casamania, debuting in Milan this week. More about Casamania launches La-Dina chair by Luca Nichetto at Milan design week
A concrete tunnel slices through the base of this Tokyo house by Japanese architect Makiko Tsukada, creating a round hole in the facade that reveals the underside of a staircase (+ slideshow). More about Curving concrete creates a tunnel through Tokyo house by Makiko Tsukada
Milan 2014: Dutch designer Hella Jongerius is launching her first range of rugs as the newly appointed design director for Dutch firm Danskina (+ movie). More about Hella Jongerius reveals "expression of yarn and colour" with rugs in Milan
News: Herzog & de Meuron has won a competition to design a hospital in a Danish forest, with plans for a building shaped like a four-leaf clover (+ slideshow). More about Herzog & de Meuron wins contest for Danish forest hospital
Architect Anupama Kundoo discusses the power of craft and working with traditional stone masons, in the second of our series of movies from BE OPEN's Made In… India Samskara exhibition in New Delhi. More about Don't surrender to "standardised products" says Indian architect Anupama Kundoo
Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with MVRDV to give readers the chance to win a pink Twin House cushion from the studio's Vertical Village furniture collection, which launched in Milan this week. More about Competition: large house-shaped cushion by MVRDV to be won
Austrian firm Coop Himmelb(l)au has completed a major new concert venue and music school in the Danish city of Aalborg, which claims to be "one of the quietest spaces for symphonic music in Europe" (+ slideshow). More about Coop Himmelb(l)au's House of Music invites orchestras to Aalborg
News: the proliferation of computer renderings and prototypes on sites like Dezeen is making real products "look extremely boring," according to Dutch designer Marcel Wanders. More about "Virtual design" is making life difficult for furniture companies says Marcel Wanders
Milan 2014: a series of talks will launch this afternoon in Nike's Aero-static dome at Palazzo Clerici, forming part of the FOMO algorithmic publishing project organised by Joseph Grima with Dezeen. More about Formafantasma and Martino Gamper among speakers announced for Milan FOMO talks
Milan 2014: explore the space created by Marcel Wanders and Casper Vissers in Milan to showcase the new range from their brand Moooi, with this interactive showroom. More about Moooi creates interactive experience to share Milan showroom with digital visitors
Milan 2014: Werner Aisslinger, Martino Gampa and Robert Stadler are among 22 contemporary designers that have interpreted Danish textile brand Kvadrat's Divina fabric for a show in Milan this week (+ slideshow). More about Kvadrat's Divina fabric interpreted by 22 contemporary designers