Barber and Osgerby to design trains for London's Crossrail
News: design duo Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby have been appointed to design the trains for Europe's biggest railway and infrastructure project. More
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Frank Gehry reveals "under the radar" refurb for Philadelphia Museum of Art
News: Frank Gehry has unveiled his masterplan to overhaul and expand the Philadelphia Museum of Art by adding underground galleries that won't disturb the architecture of the existing Beaux Arts building (+ slideshow). More
Vo Trong Nghia plans bamboo "lotus pods" for Vietnam's Milan Expo pavilion
Milan Expo 2015: a proposal by Vo Trong Nghia Architects to build towering bamboo structures modelled on lotus pods has been selected for Vietnam's pavilion at the World Expo 2015 in Milan (+ slideshow). More
Digital bobbleheads are the "provocative future" for cars, says Plummer-Fernandez
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: designer Matthew Plummer-Fernandez is reimagining the dashboard figurine as a personalised avatar to help drivers communicate with cars for the Dezeen and MINI Frontiers exhibition this September. More
House of the Infinite by Alberto Campo Baeza designed as "a jetty facing out to sea"
The expansive roof of this seaside house in Cádiz, Spain, by Alberto Campo Baeza stretches out towards the shoreline like a flattened extension of the rugged terrain (+ slideshow). More
Taste Condiment Set brings uniformity to the dinner table
Hong Kong designers Tomas Rosén and Nicol Boyd have created a flexible condiment set to put an end to mismatched bottles, jars and containers on the dining table (+ slideshow). More
Brass squares give patchwork facade to Stockholm ferry terminal by Marge Arkitekter
Squares of brass alloy create a textured grid on the walls of these three ferry terminal buildings in Stockholm by Swedish studio Marge Arkitekter (+ slideshow). More
Dezeen's top ten FIFA World Cup 2014 architecture and design stories
With the FIFA World Cup 2014 drawing to a close in Rio de Janeiro later today, here is a countdown of the ten most popular Dezeen stories about the tournament including boot design, jersey graphics, stadium architecture and informal pitches. More
World Cup 2014 final features "most tested" football ever
Players in tonight's World Cup final in Brazil will battle for possession of the Brazuca, the official tournament ball. Adidas global football innovation director Antonio Zea told us how robot legs, shooting machines and wind tunnels were employed to make this "the most tested match ball ever" (+ interview). More
Elly Ward's conceptual tower offers a vision of a child-friendly vertical city
A mile-long street provides play space in this conceptual skyscraper by RCA graduate Elly Ward, which examines how children's experience of and contribution to city life can be enhanced (+ slideshow). More
Smartphone app Human draws maps of urban movement
The creators of activity tracking app Human have visualised the routes taken by its users to create moving maps that show the world's cities throughout the day (+ movie). More
Penda's modular bamboo hotel could be expanded horizontally and vertically
Design collective Penda has developed a concept for a flexible, portable hotel made from rods of bamboo, designed to bring guests closer to nature (+ movie). More
New Pinterest board: nurseries and kindergartens
Three kindergartens have been published on Dezeen in the last week, so we've gathered together all of the preschools from the Dezeen archive and added them to a new Pinterest board.
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Concrete Voidwall house by AND is punctured by glazed incisions
Glazed voids run up the sides and over the roof of this concrete house by South Korean studio AND, giving each room its own enclosed patio and increasing the flow of light inside (+ slideshow). More
Heal's launches Autumn/Winter 2014 furniture collections
British high-street brand Heal's has released its latest furniture collections, with the themes Future Craft, Modern British and Industrial Chic. More
Kate Moross applies "psychedelia" to Wild Beasts music video
Dezeen Music Project: this colourful music video by director Kate Moross for UK band Wild Beasts is overlaid with trippy 90s-style graphics. More
BIG's combined power plant and ski slope is "turning science fiction into fact"
Movie: in the final part of our series of exclusive video interviews with Bjarke Ingels, the architect compares his design method to the family game of Twister and claims BIG's Amager Bakke Waste-to-Energy Plant will "transform people's perceptions" about public utility buildings. More
Rooftop hangar by TDO provides launchpad for James Bridle's surveillance balloon
Artist James Bridle has teamed up with architecture studio TDO to build a rooftop hangar on a south London car park, from which a military surveillance balloon makes a daily flight to snoop on the area (+ movie). More
Discarded marble tiles form products by Paolo Ulian and Moreno Ratti
Italian designers Paolo Ulian and Moreno Ratti have created a collection of prototype products made from unwanted marble tiles. More
Stairs spiral around interior of Adept's Dalarna Media Library in Sweden
Stairs and bookshelves wrap around a triple-height atrium inside this university library, which Danish architecture studio Adept describes as a "spiral of knowledge" (+ slideshow). More