Milan 2013: we've just sent out a special edition of our Dezeen Mail newsletter full of useful information and links about Milan design week, which starts tomorrow - plus read on for details of a party we're co-hosting at Bar Basso on Thursday evening! More about Dezeen Mail: Milan 2013 special
Bright red louvres screen the gabled walls of this office building in Tilburg, the Netherlands, by Dutch architects Équipe (+ slideshow). More about Proyecto Roble by Équipe
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: in our next movie from Design Indaba in Cape Town, designer Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg discusses synthetic biology - a new field of science that could see designers creating artificial lifeforms. More about "We've been designing biology for 10,000 years"
The designers of a shape-shifting house have now developed a folding table that swings open to change shape from a square to an equilateral triangle. More about The D*Table by The D*Haus Company
Slideshow feature: Zaha Hadid's Sheikh Zayed Bridge in Abu Dhabi is pictured in these new images by London photographers Hufton + Crow. More about Sheikh Zayed Bridge by Zaha Hadid photographed by Hufton + Crow
This clinic by architect Kimitaka Aoki in the Ibaraki prefecture of Japan is designed to look like a cluster of smaller buildings (+ slideshow). More about Y Clinic by Kimitaka Aoki of ARCO Architects
Milan 2013: designer Daniel Rybakken will launch a table lamp that dims as it's pushed down a thin vertical stand at Euroluce in Milan this week. More about Ascent lamp by Daniel Rybakken for Luceplan
Layers of blue fabric pleated into origami-like patterns bounced down the catwalk at Central Saint Martins graduate Jaimee McKenna's Autumn Winter 2013 show. More about Autumn Winter 2013 collection by Jaimee McKenna
Architecture firm Haworth Tompkins has installed a bright red auditorium amongst the brutalist concrete of London's National Theatre (+ slideshow). More about The Shed at the National Theatre by Haworth Tompkins
Dezeen archive: following Sam Jacob's Opinion column about plans to extend the copyright term for design in the UK, here are all the stories on Dezeen about copying in architecture and design. See all our stories about copying »
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Milan 2013: London studio Industrial Facility will present a lamp with a glass base wrapping round the beam of light in Milan this week. More about Semplice lamp by Industrial Facility for Oluce
Milan 2013: Swedish collective Front will launch six new products in Milan next week, including leather stools shaped like squidgy animals and a plywood table with burnt-on doodles (+ slideshow). More about New furniture and lighting by Front
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: Google Creative Lab creative director Alexander Chen explains how he created a digital string you can pluck like a viola and discusses Google Glass and the future of user interface design in this movie we filmed at Design Indaba in Cape Town last month. More about "Digital technology will continue to disappear"
Milan 2013: British designer Jasper Morrison will present a chair inspired by camping furniture for Italian brand Mattiazzi in Milan next week. More about Fionda chair by Jasper Morrison for Mattiazzi
This week architecture news has been dominated by the call for Denise Scott Brown to be recognised as Pritzker Prize laureate alongside her husband and partner, Robert Venturi, who won in 1991. Scroll on for a recap of the last seven days in design. More about This week on Dezeen
Milan 2013: the design world descends on Milan next week. To help you navigate the hundreds of events around the city we've compiled a map with our pick of the best exhibitions, parties and talks. More about Dezeen's Milan 2013 map
A McDonald's restaurant and a petrol station are concealed within this faceted glass shell in Georgia, designed by architect Giorgi Khmaladze (+ slideshow). More about Fuel Station + McDonalds by Giorgi Khmaladze
Milan 2013: Dutch brand Moooi has sent us these sketches by designers including Marcel Wanders, Studio Job and Joost van Bleiswijk for the Dutch firm's new collection launching in Milan next week. More about Unexpected Welcome sketches by Moooi
Dezeen promotion: Italian design brand Pedrali will commemorate it's fiftieth anniversary with a mirrored installation and the launch of a new chair in Milan next week. More about Pedrali celebrates fiftieth anniversary in Milan
A plant-covered twisting tower shaped like a DNA strand by Belgian architect Vincent Callebaut is under construction in Taipei, Taiwan (+ slideshow). More about Agora Garden by Vincent Callebaut