MAD founder Ma Yansong has created a chair for Italian brand Sawaya & Moroni that's designed to be arranged like clusters of fungi. More about Ma Yansong's Mogu Chair is based on the rounded shapes of mushroom caps
Dezeen promotion: architects David Chipperfield, Diébédo Francis Kéré, Ma Yansong and Elizabeth Diller will join Dr Joan Clos of UN-Habitat for the centrepiece conference of the Royal Institute of British Architects' International Week in July. More about David Chipperfield, Diébédo Francis Kéré, Ma Yansong and Elizabeth Diller to speak at RIBA International Week
Dezeen has teamed up with MAD Architects to give away five signed copies of a book overviewing the firm's past, present and future work. More about Competition: win a copy of MAD's first monograph signed by founder Ma Yansong
MAD architects founder Ma Yansong has created a series of carpets shaped like juicy steaks for labradors (+ movie). More about Ma Yansong designs meat-patterned rugs for dogs
Movie: in this exclusive video interview filmed in Venice, Ma Yansong of Chinese architects MAD explains his concept for a "shan-shui city", a high density urban development inspired by traditional Chinese paintings of mountain ranges. More about MAD wants to "invent a new typology" for high-rise architecture, says Ma Yansong
News: Chinese architect Ma Yansong has revealed plans for a mixed-use complex in Beijing featuring skyscrapers, office blocks and public spaces modelled on mountains, hills and lakes. More about Ma Yansong unveils mountain-inspired skyscrapers for Beijing
Ma Yansong of Chinese studio MAD is exhibiting architectural models and sculptures in a Beijing courtyard to illustrate his vision for a future city influenced by nature and shaped by human emotion (+ slideshow). More about Shanshui City exhibition by Ma Yansong
Competition: we're giving readers the chance to win one of five copies of a new book of projects by Ma Yansong, director at Beijing architecture studio MAD, including the recently completed China Wood Sculpture Museum in Harbin. More about Competition: five Ma Yansong monographs to be won