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View online     Puma launches self-lacing trainers Sports brand Puma has unveiled its Puma Fi trainers, which have laces that can be tightened at the swipe of a finger. Read more ›   Hanson Robotics' Little Sophia is a coding companion for young girls Hanson Robotics has created a "little sister" version of AI robot Sophia, intended to help young girls learn to code and gain an understanding of STEM subjects. Read more ›   Watch Neri&Hu's lecture live from Stockholm Furniture and Light Fair 2019 Chinese designers Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu discuss the disappearing village cultures of China in their lecture at Stockholm Furniture and Light Fair 2019. Watch the livestream here from 12.00pm UK time. Read more ›   Malmö Upcycling Service repurposes waste materials to make sustainable furniture Swedish design collective Malmö Upcycling Service says "you can't sit with us" unless you rethink the sustainability of your production methods, in an exhibition of furniture made from recycled materials. Read more ›   Careers guide: Michael Caton explains how he came to lead a team of architects at WeWork Michael Caton once delivered furniture in New Jersey, but now leads the architecture team that provides workspaces for creative startups at WeWork in New York. He explains how he got there, in this interview for the Dezeen Jobs careers guide. Read more ›   ODA unveils plans for renovation of Rotterdam's historic post office ODA has revealed visuals of Post, an adaptive reuse scheme that will revive Rotterdam's former post office, and include the construction of a 150-metre-high tower. Read more ›   Erbalunga Estudio creates restaurant interior inspired by its Mexican menu Colours inspired by the Mexican city of Monterrey are used to decorate the interior of this taco restaurant in Vigo, Spain by locally based designers Erbalunga Estudio. Read more ›   Watch Matti Klenell's lecture live from Stockholm Furniture and Light Fair 2019 Swedish designer Matti Klenell discusses the design of the new public spaces at Stockholm's Nationalmuseum during his lecture at the Stockholm Furniture and Light Fair 2019. Read more ›   Snøhetta unveils S-1500 chair made from discarded fish nets Architecture studio Snøhetta is working towards a more circular economy with its latest chair design, which is made from recycled plastic and steel taken from Norwegian fish farming industries. Read more ›   Lacime Architects arranges leisure centre in Suzhou around reflective pools Lacime Architects based the layout of Shimao Longyin Leisure Centre, in China, around a series of classical Chinese gardens to create serene outdoor circulation areas. Read more ›   Agency 59 office by MSDS celebrates "rawness" of historic Toronto car factory MSDS Studio championed the "explicit materiality" of coarse concrete columns and floors when designing the offices for an advertising agency, located inside a former car factory in Toronto. Read more ›   Ceramics of Italy predicts tile trends for 2019 Dezeen promotion: playful patterns, colourful marbles and a return to tradition are among the trends to look out for in the tile industry this year, according to organisation Ceramics of Italy. Read more ›   BIG proposes gondola for its Oakland A's ballpark redesign BIG has unveiled an expansive cable-car system with two transit hubs to be built in Oakland, as part of the architecture studio's plans for a new baseball stadium in the California city. Read more ›   Watch our talk on the future of urban spaces live from Stockholm Dezeen discusses the future of urban spaces in this talk with furniture brand Vestre, design studio Front and landscape architect Thorbjörn Andersson. Watch the talk from Stockholm Design Week live from 5:30pm UK time. Read more ›   Note Design Studio creates artificial snow dunes on rooftop in Stockholm Visitors to Stockholm Design Week can clamber over a snowy landscape without getting wet, in an installation created by Note Design Studio. Read more ›   "This is everything that is wrong with design" In this week's comments update, readers are questioning Nikolas and Lukas Bentel's decision to design vision-impairing Squiggle Glasses. Read more ›   Vintage Airstream becomes mobile office for Silicon Valley entrepreneur California firm Edmonds + Lee Architects has converted a 1960s travel trailer into an office and crash pad for an on-the-go tech entrepreneur who enjoys spending time in nature. Read more ›   Studio McLeod and Ekkist create balloon-powered flying houses concept The latest instalment in our Dezeen x MINI Living video series explores a concept for flying houses by Studio McLeod and Ekkist, which would allow people to move between cities and the countryside using hot air balloons. 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