News: the founder of Swedish furniture giant IKEA, Ingvar Kamprad, has stepped down from the board aged 87 in what he calls a "generational shift" for the company. More about IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad steps down
Foster + Partners has completed a 58-storey bowed tower in Calgary, Canada (+ slideshow). More about The Bow by Foster + Partners
Colourful strings are threaded around looms to envelop this Barcelona restaurant headed by Catalan chef Ferran Adrià (+ slideshow). More about Pakta restaurant by El Equipo Creativo
News: the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in New York has named Caroline Baumann as its new director. More about Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum names new director
The London store of Swedish denim brand Nudie Jeans has been fitted out as a repair station to mend old jeans (+ slideshow). More about Nudie Jeans London by Maria Erixon Levin
Austrian designer Clemens Auer has created a pair of tweezers made from a single loop of metal. More about Tweezers by Clemens Auer
News: architect Daniel Libeskind has refuted allegations that he was given an unfair advantage and received unlawful payments for designing a new building at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg in Germany, where he is also a part-time professor. More about Daniel Libeskind dismisses "totally false allegations" of unlawful payments
News: toy brand Lego has revealed the design by Danish studio BIG for a visitor centre based on its famous plastic bricks. More about BIG's designs for Lego visitor centre unveiled
Orthopedic practices to correct body deformities influenced the leather straps and buckles in this fashion collection, presented by Marina Hoermanseder at Graduate Fashion Week earlier this week (+ slideshow). More about Ilpox by Marina Hoermanseder
Sou Fujimoto's newly unveiled Serpentine Gallery Pavilion (above, photographed by Iwan Baan) is the big news in this week's issue of Dezeen Mail, which also features all the latest news, jobs, competitions and reader comments from Dezeen.
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Shoes are displayed in metal mesh columns at this footwear store in Osaka, Japan (+ slideshow). More about Lucca llena shoe store by Ryutaro Matsuura
News: Zaha Hadid Architects has been appointed to design a new stadium in Qatar that will host matches during the 2022 FIFA World Cup. More about Zaha Hadid Architects to design stadium for Qatar World Cup
Competition: Dezeen and UK designers Dorothy have teamed up to give readers the chance to win one of five prints that group Hollywood actors into constellations named after films they have starred in (+ slideshow). More about Competition: five Hollywood Star Charts by Dorothy to be won
These pendant lamps designed by London studio Faudet-Harrison for design brand SCP comprise two concentric cylinders. More about Boundary lights by Faudet-Harrison for SCP
An inflatable pavilion covered with a clear tensile membrane has been installed in east London by Paris architects Atelier Zündel Cristea (+ slideshow). More about Peace Pavilion by Atelier Zündel Cristea
New York 2013: designers Young & Battaglia debuted a glass pendant lamp with a tiny chandelier inside for design brand Mineheart at ICCF last month. More about King Edison pendant lamp by Young & Battaglia for Mineheart
Plump pastel silicone garments moulded from knitwear feature in this collection by Royal College of Art graduate Xiao Li. More about RCA Fashion 2013 collection by Xiao Li
News: Sou Fujimoto, the architect of this year's Serpentine Pavilion, has defended the Japanese practice of hiring unpaid "open desk" interns, describing the system as a "nice opportunity" for both the employer and intern. More about Unpaid architecture internships in Japan are a "nice opportunity" says Sou Fujimoto
News: the fictional bridges depicted on Euro banknotes have been been transformed into reality at a new housing development near Rotterdam. More about Fictional bridges on Euro banknotes constructed in the Netherlands
Even though 3D-printed haute couture garments have been gracing the catwalks, the real breakthroughs in printed clothing will come from more practical and subversive quarters, reports Claire Barrett in this article for our one-off magazine Print Shift. More about "3D printing will infiltrate fashion through streetwear, not haute couture"