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View online     Marlène Huissoud creates sculptural chairs as hotels for city-dwelling insects French designer Marlène Huissoud asks humans to "Please Stand By" with her first chairs, which are designed to be refuges for insects. Read more ›   Gerrit Rietveld: Wealth of Sobriety unearths the architect's lesser-known projects Photographer Arjan Bronkhorst has created a book that aims to expose under-the-radar projects by revered Dutch architect Gerrit Rietveld. Dezeen has picked out seven of the most intriguing. Read more ›   "We want African design to be functional" says Design Week Lagos founder Design has not been valued in Africa for decades, says Nigerian interior designer Titi Ogufere, who has launched a design week in Lagos in a bid to change that. Read more ›   Mind-controlled exoskeleton allows paralysed patient to move again Researchers at the Clinatec laboratory in Grenoble have created an exoskeleton, which paralysed users can control with their mind in order to help them move both their arms and legs. Read more ›   VSHD Design creates geometric gym in Dubai shopping mall Brutalism and underground fight clubs were used as a point of reference for VSHD Design when designing this gym in Dubai. Read more ›   Tom Fereday reinvents the traditional breeze block as a versatile building tool Australian designer Tom Fereday has developed a faceted cement breeze block that can be flipped over and combined in various ways to create angled surfaces. Read more ›   BIG opens Copenhill power plant topped with rooftop ski slope in Copenhagen BIG has completed the "cleanest waste-to-energy power plant in the world" in Copenhagen, Denmark, which is topped by an artificial ski slope that is open all year round. Read more ›   Five movies not to miss at New York's Architecture and Design Film Festival New York's Architecture and Design Film Festival founder has picked out five screenings to get in the diary ahead of the event's opening next week, including movies that explore the lives and works of architect Denise Scott Brown, Bauhaus educator László Moholy-Nagy and 20th-century architect Bruce Goff. Read more ›   Snøhetta installs curved Best Weapon bench to encourage conversations at UN Headquarters Architecture firm Snøhetta has installed a smile-shaped aluminium bench at the United Nations Headquarters in New York to promote "a message of peace and conflict resolution." Read more ›   MIT researchers develop emissions-free cement production process Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers have demonstrated an experimental way of manufacturing cement that releases no carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Read more ›   CLB situates Queen's Lane Pavilion between two creeks on remote Wyoming site Perforated metal screens and glazed walls define the exterior of this low-lying house in the American West, which was designed by CLB Architects to preserve wetlands and wildlife habitat. 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