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View online     Photos and scans reveal abandoned ruins of Casa Sperimentale The ruins of Casa Sperimentale, an experimental concrete treehouse built by Giuseppe Perugini and Uga de Plaisant, have been digitally recorded for a new exhibition. Read more ›   Alessandro Mendini discusses end of ideology in design in exclusive audio interview from 2015 Alessandro Mendini, the Italian designer, theorist and editor who passed away this week, speaks to Dezeen about how design magazines have lost their critical edge in this interview recorded in 2015. Read more ›   Precht's The Farmhouse concept combines modular homes with vertical farms Precht – the architecture studio of Penda co-founder and Chris Precht and his wife Fei – has developed a concept for modular housing where residents would produce their own food in vertical farms. Read more ›   "We don't have the power to stop our extinction" says Paola Antonelli Humans will inevitably become extinct due to environmental breakdown, but we have the power to design ourselves a "beautiful ending", says Paola Antonelli, who will next week open a major exhibition in Milan called Broken Nature. Read more ›   Pierpaolo Piccioli designs puffer evening dresses for Moncler Moncler has unveiled a collection of padded full-length evening dresses by Valentino creative director Pierpaolo Piccioli at Milan Fashion Week. Read more ›   FormRoom fashions Instagrammable interiors for Milk Train ice cream shop Cloud-like ceilings and neon signage are just some of the playful features that design studio FormRoom employed to create this Instagram-friendly ice cream store in central London. Read more ›   Shellworks turns discarded lobster shells into recyclable bioplastic objects Four designers from the Royal College of Art and Imperial College have developed a series of machines that turn seafood waste into a biodegradable and recyclable bioplastic. Read more ›   Mary Gaudin photographs little-known Werry/Francis Houses by New Zealand modernist John Scott The sunlit spaces of a mid-century modern family home in New Zealand, designed by the late architect John Scott, are captured in these new images by photographer Mary Gaudin. Read more ›   OMA adds iridescent glass escalator to New York's Saks Fifth Avenue Dutch architecture firm OMA has updated the Saks Fifth Avenue department store in Manhattan with a glass escalator that appears multicoloured from different angles. Read more ›   Dezeen Weekly features a hotel in Eero Saarinen's JFK terminal building The latest edition of our newsletter Dezeen Weekly features a restored modernist airport terminal and the latest judges added to the Dezeen Awards panel. Subscribe to Dezeen Weekly › Read more ›   Studio Drift deconstructs everyday objects for Materialism series at Frieze LA Amsterdam-based Studio Drift "de-produced" a bicycle and a pencil into the chunks of the materials used to make them for an exhibit at the inaugural Frieze Art Fair in Los Angeles. Read more ›   White Arkitekter develops maternity unit concept for hospital in the Democratic Republic of Congo White Arkitekter has created a concept for a new mother and baby health unit at the Panzi Hospital in Bukavu, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Read more ›   Burberry apologises for "insensitive" noose hoodie in latest misstep by fashion brands Burberry has apologised for a hoodie with a cord that looked like a noose, which was worn by a model during London Fashion Week. Read more ›   "Artist Robert Ryman made architecture with more success than any other" Frank Gehry once told Aaron Betsky that his favourite architect was actually an artist. After probing the work of late minimalist Robert Ryman, Betsky agrees that the painter's use of white made him a master manipulator of space. Read more ›   Architecture | Interiors | Design | Technology | Jobs           You have received this because you are subscribed to Dezeen Daily. Unsubscribe | Forward to a friend Dezeen Limited, 8 Orsman Road, London N1 5QJ, UK Contact us | Submit a story | Advertise