Feature: the first branch of Habitat opened its doors 50 years ago today, changing the British public's relationship with furniture and homeware forever. But can the shop that brought flat-pack furniture, the duvet and the wok to the UK make a come back, asks Dezeen editor Anna Winston (+ slideshow).
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Dezeen Music Project: English electronic group Metronomy's latest single Reservoir is accompanied by an animated music video created with felt-tip pens by director Daniel Brereton. More about Daniel Brereton animates Metronomy's Reservoir music video using coloured pens
Undulating layers of timber create a cave-like interior inside this cafe in Indonesia by local studio OOZN Design. More about OOZN Design creates cavernous cafe in Jakarta using undulating timber slats
Loyn & Co Architects has completed a home in a protected area of Welsh countryside, with old vernacular buildings sitting alongside modern additions featuring bare concrete and rusted steel (+ slideshow). More about Loyn & Co's Stormy Castle house pairs concrete and glass with traditional stone
Following the popularity of a collection of mass-produced glass items reformed into sculptural vessels this week, we've collected together glassware projects from the pages of Dezeen, including a curvaceous wine bottle by Zaha Hadid and pill-like vases by Fabio Novembre. See our new Pinterest board »
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These conceptual three-legged structures have been developed by Najjar & Najjar Architects to allow Beirut's fishing community to reclaim sections of the coastline whilst generating electricity for local residents (+ slideshow). More about Kinetic Iris structures would generate wave power along the Beirut shoreline
David Kohn Architects has transformed the ground floor and basement of a 1970s office building in London's Mayfair into a gallery space for auction house Sotheby's that exposes the existing concrete ceiling beams (+ slideshow). More about David Kohn completes Sotheby's gallery in London's Mayfair
A new invention by Danish studio Norm Architects for Menu claims to make your favourite beer taste even better by whisking up beery foam you can pour on top (+ slideshow). More about Beer Foamer by Norm Architects promises better pints
Milan 2014: Dutch designers Laura Lynn Jansen and Thomas Vailly have created a collection of tableware by "growing" stone over a structural skeleton using the same natural process that forms stalagmites and stalactites in caves (+ slideshow). More about Laura Lynn Jansen and Thomas Vailly "grow" stone tableware
These renderings depict a house designed by Ström Architects for the English town of Swanage, with a cantilevered section that shelters a parking space (+ slideshow). More about Ström Architects designs a country house protruding over a wall
Milan 2014: Swedish architecture and design studio Claesson Koivisto Rune has designed a wallpaper collection influenced by the shapes and patterns found in Modern architecture (+ slideshow). More about Claesson Koivisto Rune launches wallpaper collection influenced by Modernism
Dezeen exclusive: Zaha Hadid Architects has released a movie documenting the spaces of the firm's recently completed Jockey Club Innovation Tower (JCIT) in Hong Kong, as well as new shots by photographer Iwan Baan. More about Zaha Hadid's Hong Kong Innovation Tower laid bare in new movie and photographs
Our most popular story this week has been a cliffside home overlooking a loch that mixes silvery larch wood with traditional Scottish stone. Read on for more architecture and design highlights from the past seven days plus our Dezeen Music Project track of the week. More about This week on Dezeen
These rectangular shoes by student designer Maria Nina Vaclavek play on the contrast between geometric forms and the curving shape of the wearers feet (+ slideshow). More about Rectangle shoes by Maria Nina Vaclavek reveal outlines of the wearer's feet
A faint pattern of cherry blossom petals decorates window screens and furniture inside this tea house in Japan by Hiroyuki Ogawa Architects. More about Hiroyuki Ogawa patterns Japanese tea house with subtle cherry blossom motif
News: the winners of the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum's 15th annual National Design Awards have been announced, with Brooks + Scarpa taking the prize for Architecture Design. More about Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt announces National Design Awards winners 2014
This week's job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is a position for a designer at Bompas & Parr, whose projects have included a jelly mould of Buckingham Palace (pictured) and a musical spoon you listen to through your mouth. Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
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Designer Ivor Williams has created a clock that displays your heartbeat instead of the time (+ interview + movie). More about Uji wall clock moves its hands in time with your heartbeat
Red, blue and green lights moving across a faceted triangular structure created multicoloured shadows in this installation by Australian lighting specialist Flynn Talbot (+ movie). More about RGB lighting installation by Flynn Talbot casts multicoloured shadows
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: computer scientist Hiroshi Ishii claims MIT Media Lab's Transform project consisting of thousands of physical, motorised "pixels" should be considered a completely new creative medium. More about MIT Media Lab's shape-shifting table top is "equivalent to the invention of painting"