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Álvaro Siza clads International Design Museum of China in red sandstone

Blocks of red sandstone cover the volumes of a new design museum designed by Álvaro Siza and Carlos Castanheira on the Chinese Academy of Art campus in Hangzhou, eastern China.

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Panasonic's human blinkers help people concentrate in open-plan offices

Panasonic's Future Life Factory is developing wearable blinkers, designed to limit your sense of sound and sight, and help you focus on what's directly in front of you.

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Coloured e-paper could have "wide and far-reaching" impact on fashion design

Flexible electronic paper could be available in colour as early as next year, allowing designers to create clothing, accessories and other products that double as display screens.

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New Tendency overhauls East German radio centre to create Red Bull music studios

Berlin-based design studio New Tendency has updated a GDR era broadcast building to create a temporary workspace for participants enrolled in Red Bull's music academy scheme.

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Grohe's Euphoria SmartControl system aims to make showering "intuitive"

Dezeen promotion: kitchen and bathroom manufacturer Grohe has launched a pared-back shower system that can remember users' water flow preferences and easily alter spray power.

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Beem's inaugural lighting collection features two graphic LED pendants

British designer Samuel Wilkinson has revealed the first two designs from new his lighting brand Beem, featuring curved, straight and spiralling lines.

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Mecanoo completes world's largest performing arts centre in Taiwan

Mecanoo's 141,000-square-metre National Kaohsiung Centre for the Arts, described as the "world's largest performing arts centre under one roof", is now open in Taiwan.

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"Curious, dark" black furniture dominates Design Week Mexico 2018

Black never goes out of style, but a trend for dark furniture and homeware was particularly evident at this year's Design Week Mexico.

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Barclay & Crousse's award-winning Edificio E captured in movie by Cristobal Palma

Architectural photographer Cristobal Palma has created a film showing Peruvian firm Barclay & Crousse's concrete university building in Piura, which was awarded the Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize 2018.

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Banksy authenticates work that self-destructed in auction room

The destruction of a painting, sent through a shredder at the moment of its sale, has now been confirmed to be the work of street artist Banksy.

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StudioAC coverts Toronto church into minimal Pape Loft

Toronto firm StudioAC has overhauled part of a church in the city, creating a contemporary two-bedroom home with a curved balustrade clad in pale wood.

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Tom Sachs updates Nike Mars Yard trainer to resemble shoes worn by astronauts

New York-based artist Tom Sachs has released an updated version of his Nike Mars Yard trainers, which look like the lunar overshoes worn by astronauts.

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"Wonderful stuff"

In this week's comments update, readers are pleased to hear first hand what it is like to live in BIG's affordable housing development in Copenhagen.

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Water Institute headquarters by Perkins+Will sits on Mississippi River

Global architecture firm Perkins+Will has created a waterfront building for a research organisation in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, that is designed to remain fully functional during floods.

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Iridescent turquoise bricks front Damien Hirst's new studio by Stiff + Trevillion

Iridescent blue bricks and an art-deco-style cornice form the exterior of Damien Hirst's new headquarters in London's Soho, designed by architecture studio Stiff + Trevillion.

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Lago's new collection contains 400 pieces of furniture for day and night

Dezeen promotion: the new collection from Italian home furniture brand Lago contains 400 pieces, including beds, sofas, chairs and mirrors.

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Tonkin Liu shrinks architectural shell lace structure to create prototype windpipe stent

Architects Mike Tonkin and Anna Liu have created a prototype stent that adapts to a patient's throat for use after tracheal transplant surgery.

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