NASA certifies first 3D printer for use in space
News: a 3D printer approved by NASA will be flown to the International Space Station next year so astronauts can print components, tools and equipment on-demand in space. More
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Vision by MINI
Car brand MINI has previewed design ideas ahead of the launch of its new model later this year, including Union Jack door pockets and a disco floor (+ movie). More
Aedas to design twisting skyscraper for Shanghai
News: architecture firm Aedas has won a competition to design a twisting 33-storey skyscraper for Shanghai, China (+ slideshow). More
Beyond the Screen by OBBA
This apartment block in Seoul by South Korean designers OBBA has a semi-outdoor stairwell screened behind a section of open brickwork in the centre. More
Competition: five Centre Pompidou and Villa Savoye kits to be won
Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with designers Another Studio to give readers the chance to win one of five MONUmini kits for building a tiny Centre Pompidou or Villa Savoye. More
World Design Guide map of London Design Festival 2013
Following the success of our digital map-based guides to London Design Festival 2012 and Milan Design Week 2013, we're creating an even better version for this year's LDF - so if you're exhibiting or organising an event and want to be included FREE, submit the details here! More
Two Magpies Bakery by Paul Crofts Studio
London firm Paul Crofts Studio has completed a bakery on a high street in Suffolk, UK, with a motif based on a magpie's nest set into the douglas fir serving counter. More
New Pinterest board: apartments
Our new Pinterest board features beautiful apartments and loft interiors from around the world, including Napoleon I's old apartment, a renovation in Mayfair featuring a staircase that merges with the kitchen and bathtub, and lots more.
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"The streets become big party rooms" - Alison Brooks on Newhall Be
Architect Alison Brooks talks about how residents come together in the streets of her firm's Be housing project in Essex, UK, in this movie produced by Living Projects. More
Titanic by Luka Or for Monkey Business
Product news: this pencil cup and stationery holder that appears to be sinking into the desk has been designed by Luka Or for Israel design brand Monkey Business. More
Competition: five pairs of Richard Rogers exhibition tickets to be won
Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners to give away five pairs of tickets to a retrospective exhibition of work by architect Richard Rogers at the Royal Academy of Arts. More
Dezeen archive: floor tiles in Barcelona apartments
Dezeen archive: here's a roundup of some of the most beautiful Barcelona apartments we've featured with decorative geometric floor tiles (+ slideshow). More
"Protest by way of marketing prevents us achieving anything"
Opinion: in this week's column Sam Jacob argues against what he calls PRotest, proposing that new forms of outcry through marketing and the media are confusing and "only make us more alienated". More
"It's about trying to grab light and views where you can" - Riches and Mikhail on Church Walk
In this movie by producers Living Projects, architects David Mikhail and Annalie Riches explain how their Church Walk housing project created four compact but light and airy homes on the small awkward site of a former junkyard in north London. More
This week on Dezeen
Our featured architect this week is Richard Rogers, who we interviewed to coincide with the opening of his retrospective at the Royal Academy of Arts in London and his eightieth birthday. Read on for more plus Dezeen Music Project track of the week. More
Dezeen Music Project: Change by Wave Crushers
The music we used on the soundtrack to today's movie about this year's Blickfang designworkshop is a track called Gettin' Funky by Wave Crushers, which we featured on Dezeen Music Project in June.
Here's another great house record by the same producers, released by German label Aux Audio. We think it might be even funkier than their previous track.
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Chelsea Town House by Moxon Architects
London-based Moxon Architects has completed a contemporary glazed extension to this Grade II listed town house in south-west London. More
"The Pompidou captured the revolutionary spirit of 1968" says Richard Rogers
In our second exclusive video interview in our series of movies about Richard Rogers, the British architect reveals that key elements of the Centre Pompidou in Paris, which he designed together with Italian architect Renzo Piano, were strongly influenced by the radical thinking of the 1960s. More
Zoë Ryan appointed as curator of Istanbul Design Biennial 2014
Istanbul Design Biennial 2014: British curator and writer Zoë Ryan has been appointed as curator of the second Istanbul Design Biennial, to be held from 18 October to 14 December 2014. More
Designjunction 2013
Dezeen promotion: design show designjunction will take place at the Sorting Office from 19 to 22 September during London Design Festival. More