BIG wins competition to design Museum of the Human Body in Montpellier
News: Danish architecture firm BIG has won a competition to design a new Museum of the Human Body in Montpellier, France. More
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To celebrate World Toilet Day, here are Dezeen's favourite unusual toilets
As it's World Toilet Day, here's a selection of our favourite toilets from the Dezeen archives, including a straw-bale urinal for rock festivals and a pissoir that straps to a tree. More
Taipei announced as World Design Capital 2016
News: Taiwanese city Taipei has been announced as World Design Capital 2016, having been the only city to submit a bid for the title. More
Spruce Stove that burns a whole tree trunk by Michiel Martens and Roel de Boer
The wood for this stove by Michiel Martens and Roel de Boer needn't be chopped as whole tree trunks can be fed into it (+ slideshow). More
Jørn Utzon's unbuilt Schauspielhaus digitally resurrected by Virtual Design Unit
News: Swiss studio Virtual Design Unit has created a computer model of an unbuilt Zurich theatre designed by Jørn Utzon in 1964, to show that the building "could be built now" (+ slideshow + interview). More
Shreddies underwear that stops farts smelling
This underwear by British company Shreddies is designed to stop farts from smelling (+ slideshow). More
Nomadic Furniture by Jorge Penadés
Spanish designer Jorge Penadés has devised a chair made from simple wooden boards that collapses into a backpack (+ slideshow). More
Software developed to disguise 3D printing files shared online
London designer Matthew Plummer-Fernandez has developed a piece of software that allows users to visually corrupt 3D-print files so they can't be recognised on file-sharing sites. More
Catenary Pottery Printer using analogue parametric design by GT2P
Chilean studio Great Things to People (GT2P) has built a machine to generate pottery objects using an analogue version of parametric design. More
Can City mobile aluminium furnace by Studio Swine
London designers Studio Swine built a mobile foundry and used it to cast aluminium stools from drinks cans they collected on the streets of São Paulo (+ movie). More
Synapse mind-controlled toy car by Alejo Bernal
Dutch Design Week 2013: Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Alejo Bernal wants to help people improve their concentration spans by controlling a toy car with their minds. More
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Nola colour-mixing lamps by Studio Drift at Eat Drink Design
Dutch Design Week 2013: Amsterdam designers Studio Drift have created a series of colour-mixing LED lamps with hand-blown glass domes. More
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Wrong Colour Furniture System by Minale-Maeda
Dutch Design Week 2013: the aluminium structures of these cabinets by Rotterdam studio Minale-Maeda poke through their plywood skins to create a coloured grid on the inside and dashed patterns on the outside. More
Designing Modern Women 1890–1990 at MoMA
An exhibition about how women shaped twentieth-century design is on show at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. More
Precious Plastic by Dave Hakkens
Dutch Design Week 2013: Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Dave Hakkens has made his own machines for recycling plastic to make new products locally and plans to share the designs so others around the world can do the same. More
Dystopian Brutalist Outerwear by Martijn Van Strien
Dutch Design Week 2013: this fashion collection made of heavy-duty black tarpaulin by graduate designer Martijn Van Strien is on show at Design Academy Eindhoven as part of Dutch Design Week, which kicked off yesterday. More
Phonebloks mobile phone concept by Dave Hakkens
Dutch Design Week 2013: Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Dave Hakkens' concept for a mobile phone made of detachable blocks has gone viral, attracting over 16 million views on YouTube and garnering almost a million supporters online (+ movie + interview). More