Milan 2013: French architect Jean Nouvel will curate an exhibition of office spaces in Milan in April, presenting a range of scenarios to replace the "grey cultural world" of purpose-built offices (+ interview). More about "Apartments make better places to work than offices" - Jean Nouvel
News: London design studio Brand42 has won an award for design effectiveness after its redesign of Mail Online made it the most popular news website in the world. More about Daily Mail website wins design award
Russian studio Arch Group has filled an old building in Moscow with its portable sleeping capsules to create the first Sleepbox hotel. More about Sleepbox Hotel Tverskaya by Arch Group
Graphic designer David Pearson has censored the cover of George Orwell's classic novel 1984 as part of his series of redesigned books for publisher Penguin. More about Great Orwell book covers by David Pearson
Visitors to an exhibition of work by architects Haptic can take a rest inside a wooden cabin filled with coloured light and smoke (+ movie). More about Light Touch installation by Haptic
Dezeen promotion: issues of design and architecture magazine Domus can now be read on an app with layout and navigation designed specifically for the iPad. More about Read Domus magazine on the iPad
Stockholm 2013: Swedish designers Claesson Koivisto Rune, Monica Förster and Folkform have collaborated with 400-year-old fine metals company Skultuna to produce this collection of brass objects. More about Brassware by Skultuna
Bold primary colours punctuate this stark concrete extension to a secondary school outside Lisbon by Portugese architect CVDB Arquitectos (+ slideshow) More about Braamcamp Freire Secondary School by CVDB Arquitectos
The news that Foster + Partners wants to 3D print buildings using lunar soil leads 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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News: the UK government has abandoned controversial plans that would have removed design and other creative subjects from the school curriculum, it was announced today. Campaigners who fought the plans described the move as "fantastic news" for the design industry. More about UK government backs down on plans to "demolish" creative education
Dezeen promotion: the A' Design Award is now accepting architecture, interior and design project submissions for this year's competition. More about A' Design Awards and Competition 2013 call for entries
Stockholm 2013: robotic arms move across a landscape of delicate glass objects at this installation inside Stockholm's Skeppsholmen Caverns (+ slideshow). More about Glass Elephant installation at Stockholm Design Week
Opinion: in this week's column, Sam Jacob argues that instead of liberating us, 3D printing will merely "bind us even more closely to fewer and fewer corporations". More about "We can't draft a new world and print it out"
Dutch architecture firm Groosman Partners has suspended an office complex beneath the eight-metre-high ceiling of a former industrial machine hall in Rotterdam (+ slideshow). More about RDM Innovation Deck by Groosman Partners
Competition: we're giving readers the chance to win one of five copies of a new book full of stories from the furniture design industry, which includes a chapter about the story of Dezeen. More about Competition: five copies of Behind the Scenes to be won
News: the way design is sold to the public is "stuck" in the past and hasn't changed since the seventies, according to the founder of a brand that aims to sell high-quality furniture online (+ interview). More about Furniture brands "terrible" at selling online
Stockholm 2013: Swedish designers Claesson Koivisto Rune used recycled aluminium to create these small and colourful pendant lamps for Swedish lighting brand Wästberg. More about W131 by Claesson Koivisto Rune for Wästberg
Japanese designer Yusuke Seki plans to bring traditional Japanese dress back into fashion with this modern kimono shop in Kyoto (+ slideshow). More about Otsuka-Gofukuten kimono store by Yusuke Seki
Product news: Swiss architect Peter Zumthor has designed a collection of glass condiment containers for Italian design brand Alessi. More about Glassware by Peter Zumthor for Alessi
Jay Gort from Hackney studio Gort Scott Architects argues that the beleaguered British high street is actually a thriving location of "collision and conflict" in this talk filmed by Dezeen at our Designed in Hackney Day last year. More about "High streets are places of collision and conflict" – Jay Gort