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Competition: five tickets to What Design Can Do to be won
Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with What Design Can Do to offer readers the chance to win one of five tickets to the annual design conference in Amsterdam. More
Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with What Design Can Do to offer readers the chance to win one of five tickets to the annual design conference in Amsterdam. More
The upper storey of this home in the Lithuanian countryside is contained within a pointy shale-clad roof, while glazed walls provide woodland views for rooms on the ground floor (+ slideshow). More
Milan 2015: dark surfaces appear to be slipping off these glass furniture pieces by Japanese studio Nendo (+ slideshow). More
The blackened timber walls of this family holiday home by WT Architecture are hidden within the shell of an old stone mill in the Scottish countryside (+ slideshow). More
Royal College of Art student Axel Bluhme has developed an interactive drum machine that uses an analogue interface of spinning discs and magnets to combine digital sounds (+ movie). More
A facade divided into angled segments creates a sharp pattern of light and shadow across the front of this brick apartment building in Kuwait by local architecture firm Studio Toggle. More
Architecture studio Akoaki has created an angular aluminium pod called The Mothership, which contains a DJ booth for staging pop-up events and funk concerts in Detroit's North End neighbourhood (+ slideshow). More
Austrian design firm EOOS and water research institute Eawag hope to improve sanitation levels in areas of extreme poverty with a mobile toilet that contains its own water filtration system (+ movie). More
This mosque near Istanbul by Emre Arolat Architects, which features cast concrete walls and a "cave-like" prayer hall, has been shortlisted for this year's Design of the Year award (+ slideshow). More
The mirrored glass surface of this park pavilion in Edmonton, Canada, helps the structure merge with its surroundings during the day and glow from within at night (+ slideshow) More
Design March 2015: French and Icelandic design collective Iiif has designed Petits Volcans, a glassware collection comprising five vessels that represent different types and stages of volcano. More
Danish firm Gottlieb Paludan Architects has designed a series of substations, cooling plants and waterworks in its home country, all designed to demonstrate modern brickwork techniques (+ slideshow). More
Photo essay: for the last four years Hannes Coudenys has been photographing houses across Belgium but, instead of selecting the best examples, he only shoots those he deems ugly. More
An interactive streetlight that records the shadow of a passerby and plays it back to the next pedestrian is among this year's Designs of the Year nominees (+ movie). More
Skylights illuminate the timber-lined atrium of this daycare centre by ZAmpone Architectuur, where furniture, sleeping nooks and even the staircase are all designed to be accessible for little occupants (+ slideshow). More
The curator of a new exhibition of drawings by Scottish architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh has selected six works for Dezeen, explaining how he used his drawing skills as "a valuable promotional tool". More
Following the recent announcement of projects shortlisted for Scotland's national architecture awards, we've created a new Pinterest board dedicated to Scottish buildings, including houses, museums and educational facilities.
Green panels create a grid across the facade of this restaurant in Bupyeong, South Korea, folding open to reveal the upstairs dining room to the street (+ slideshow). More
DesignMarch 2015: when Greenlander Liss Stender launched her homeware products, she made the national news and created "a kind of shock." She spoke to Dezeen about working in the Arctic and being a design pioneer in a country with a strong craft tradition (+ interview). More
Music: Japanese director Hiro Murai used a thermal imaging camera and heat lamps to shoot the murky visuals in this music video for rapper Earl Sweatshirt's new single Grief. More