A single piece of felt wraps around the back and armrests of this solid wooden rocking chair by Rome designer Giancarlo Cutello (+ slideshow). More about Felt-upholstered rocking chair by Giancarlo Cutello
News: Taiwanese city Taipei has been announced as World Design Capital 2016, having been the only city to submit a bid for the title. More about Taipei announced as World Design Capital 2016
This boxy wooden house by Canadian studio MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects extends over the edge of a rocky outcrop on the Atlantic coastline of Nova Scotia (+ slideshow). More about Cliff House by MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects is perched over a rocky outcrop
Opinion: as a sixth cyclist dies in London in two weeks, Sam Jacob argues that roads should be designed "in a way that incorporates intelligence as well as brute engineering" and asks:" "Who is the city for?" More about "It's time to refigure the design problem of the London street"
Dezeen has teamed up with online design store Clippings.com to curate a digital pop-up shop full of gift ideas for Christmas. More about Dezeen and Clippings.com team up for Christmas online pop-up
News: British architects are experiencing the first annual increase in their workload since 2009, according to the Royal Institute of British Architects. More about Recession "coming to an end" for British architects
Motor brand MINI has launched the latest incarnation of the iconic car at the firm's production plant in Oxford, UK (+ slideshow). More about The new MINI launches
News: Zaha Hadid Architects has unveiled its design for the first of several new stadiums that will hold football matches during the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup. More about Zaha Hadid unveils design for Qatar 2022 World Cup stadium
This synthetic biology project by designer Ai Hasegawa imagines that a woman could gestate and give birth to a baby from another species, in this case a dolphin, before eating it (+ movie). More about I Wanna Deliver A Dolphin... concept for humans giving birth to their food by Ai Hasegawa
News: robots could soon be operating on beating human hearts while a surgeon based in a different part of the world directs the procedure remotely, according to a designer working on a new generation of medical equipment. More about Robot surgeons to operate on beating human hearts
An art gallery designed by David Chipperfield Architects to showcase the largest private art collection in Latin America opened this weekend in Mexico City (+ slideshow). More about Museo Jumex by David Chipperfield opens in Mexico City
Interview: with a new monograph and an exhibition in New York, Brazilian architect Isay Weinfeld talks to Dezeen about his 40-year career, his love of Radiohead, and the buildings he has yet to design (+ slideshow + interview). More about "I'd love to design a brothel or a gas station" says Brazilian architect Isay Weinfeld
Volcanic soil was mixed with cement to create the building blocks of this house in south-west Japan by Tokyo studio Aray Architecture (+ slideshow). More about Shirasu house with volcanic soil brickwork by Aray Architecture
These metal carafes by Amsterdam-based designer Michael Schoner look as if they have been chopped to create a spout (+ slideshow). More about Carafe with a chopped spout by Michael Schoner
This Corten steel footbridge arches across a new bypass in Spain to connect the small town of Sant Pere Sacarrera with a network of woodland pathways (+ slideshow). More about Sant Pere Sacarrera Footbridge made from Corten steel by Alfa Polaris
Australian studio Tony Hobba Architects sourced weathered steel piles that had previously been used as flood barriers to build this kiosk beside a surfers' beach in Torquay, Australia (+ slideshow). More about Third Wave Kiosk built from weathered steel piles by Tony Hobba Architects
Dezeen Music Project: French artist Bertrand Lanthiez created this audiovisual installation by projecting white light along criss-crossing woollen threads (+ movie). More about Sounds of Threads music visualisation using strands of wool by Bertrand Lanthiez
Following the popularity of UNStudio's recent skyscraper in Singapore, our latest Pinterest board is filled with dozens of projects by the Dutch architecture studio, including a colourful airport terminal in Georgia and a concept for a giant Ferris wheel in Japan. See our new UNStudio board »
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White and black painted patches create artificial shafts of light and shadows on the walls of this salon in Japan by Tokyo studio Takara Space Design. More about GreeM hair salon with artifical light and shadow by Takara Space Design
This golden public toilet in Wembley, London aims to evoke the days when lavatories were "civic buildings that aimed to inspire confidence and pride in a place". More about Golden public toilet by Gort Scott aims to "inspire confidence"