In case the ancient Mayan prediction turns out to be true and the world does end tomorrow, Central Saint Martins fashion graduate Minki Cheng has created a collection of apocalypse apparel for surviving extreme conditions in style (+ slideshow). More about Doomsday Survival by Minki Cheng
Danish studio BIG has designed an observation tower shaped like a honey dipper for Phoenix, Arizona (+ slideshow). More about Phoenix Observation Tower by BIG
This gymnasium in Utrecht by Dutch studio NL Architects has no windows but features walls that swell outwards to let light in from above (+ slideshow). More about Gym Hall Nieuw Welgelegen by NL Architects
Product news: a clock with disappearing hands and pen pots made of heat-shrink tubing are among the objects in the first collection from La Vague, a new online shop and collective offering work by young designers. More about First collection by La Vague
Huge rectangular holes puncture the walls and ceilings of this four-storey split-level house in Tokyo by Hiroyuki Shinozaki Architects, the next window of our A-Zdvent calendar. Read more about House T »
More about Dezeen's A-Zdvent calendar: House T by Hiroyuki Shinozaki Architects
Designer Philippe Malouin describes how the Olympics has changed Hackney in this movie we filmed at Dezeen Live during 100% Design. More about "Hackney is changing" - Philippe Malouin at Dezeen Live
News: German car brand Audi has announced a new design strategy, bringing the interior and exterior design studios together to encourage faster innovation and stimulate greater dialogue between the teams. "You can't survive if you just depend on one brain to do a complex thing like a car," said Audi head of exterior design Achim Badstübner. More about Audi announces new design strategy
News: UK firm Foster + Partners has unveiled plans to overhaul New York Public Library's flagship branch on Fifth Avenue by inserting a contemporary lending library into unused reading rooms and stacks at the back of the building. More about Foster + Partners unveils plans for New York Public Library
Sunken cruise ship the Costa Concordia would be transformed into a watery memorial garden in this competition-winning conceptual design by London architecture graduates Alexander Laing and Francesco Matteo Belfiore. More about New Concordia Island by Alexander Laing and Francesco Matteo Belfiore
New Habitat creative director Polly Dickens has unveiled her first full collection, 18 months after the household furnishings chain went into administration and closed all but three of its UK stores (+ slideshow + interview). More about New collection aims to take Habitat "back to what it was many years ago"
These seven star-shaped lights appeared in the flat expanse of Nevada's Black Rock Desert during the 2012 Burning Man festival (+ slideshow). More about Starlight by Erich Remash, Jeremy Berglund, Don Peterson and Chad Ingle
Product news: British furniture designer Bethan Gray has created a collection of oak and linen lamps for department store John Lewis. More about Noah lighting by Bethan Gray for John Lewis
House S in Osaka by Suga Atelier has a concrete facade that looks like a rockface and it's the latest addition to our A-Zdvent calendar. Read more about House S »
More about Dezeen's A-Zdvent calendar: House S by Suga Atelier
Berlin and Shanghai-based studio Playze stacked up perforated shipping containers to create offices for an organic farm in Shanghai, China (+ slideshow). More about Tony's Farm by Playze
French architecture practice Tetrarc has applied a camouflage print onto the walls of this social housing complex in Saint-Gilles Croix de Vie to create the impression of shadows cast by trees (+ slideshow). More about Mervau housing by Tetrarc
Following MAD's spiralling towers in Canada (top left) and proposals for contorted buildings by BIG (bottom right), our latest archive contains all our stories about twisted buildings. See all the stories »
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Competition: we're giving readers the chance to win one of five packs of greeting cards that can be crafted into model boats. More about Competition: five Not Just a Card packs to be won
Smart glasses, wearable computers and skin-mounted sensors will soon guide people through airports and shops and allow them to pay for goods and services, according to John Hanke, the head of Google Maps (+ interview). More about "The idea is that the phone disappears"
In this movie filmed by Dezeen for Philips Lumiblade, German designer Daniel Lorch explains the ideas behind his desk lamp, which will be the first to use OLED technology when it goes into production next year. More about "It will be the first proper OLED desk lamp"
News: New York mayor Michael Bloomberg will today lead the groundbreaking ceremony for the world's tallest modular building, a 32-storey residential tower in Brooklyn's Atlantic Yards development by Manhattan-based firm SHoP Architects. More about World's tallest modular building breaks ground in New York