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View online     Dezeen announces plans for digital guide to Milan design week 2020 Are you exhibiting or holding an event in Milan this April? If so, get your event listed in Dezeen Events Guide, which is launching a special section dedicated to the world's biggest design fair. Read more ›   Samsung releases foldable Galaxy Z Flip smartphone Samsung has brought the early noughties flip phone into the 21st century with its Galaxy Z Flip smartphone, which has a 6.7-inch flexible glass display that folds down to fit in the palm of your hand. Read more ›   Gundry & Ducker gives White Rabbit House makeover with green hues and terrazzo Archways, chequerboard terrazzo, and sherbet hues feature in this 1970s house in London, overhauled by architecture studio Gundry & Ducker. Read more ›   Patrik Schumacher and Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg are judges for Dezeen Awards 2020 Architect Patrik Schumacher and TV presenter Michelle Ogundehin will be joined by artist-designers Jaime Hayon and Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg to judge the third edition of Dezeen Awards. Read more ›   French public buildings to be built with 50 per cent wood The French government has announced plans for a sustainability law that will ensure all new public buildings are built from at least 50 per cent timber or other natural materials. Read more ›   Fictive Erosion furniture uses sand casting to mimic natural rock formation process Swedish designer Kajsa Melchior has created a collection of furniture and lighting with organic silhouettes, shaped like geologic formations using just pressure, water and air. Read more ›   Roman Plyus designs Buhairest bar in Hungary to look good on Instagram A towering sculpture by Kaws and a graphic polka-dot print floor feature within this Budapest bar, which interior architect Roman Plyus has designed to be instantly Instagrammable. Read more ›   Minimalist McDonald's adverts feature ingredients lists but no brand name Advertising agency Leo Burnett has designed minimalist posters for McDonald's with just lists of ingredients in the Helvetica font and no mention of the fast food chain's name. Read more ›   Competition: win a two night-stay at Kip's Kingsbridge Hideaway In our latest competition, we've teamed up with Kip Hideaways to give readers the chance to win a two-night stay for four people at the Kingsbridge Hideaway in Devon, as well as a year's membership to Kip. Read more ›   Bradley Van Der Straeten adds hidden half-storey extension to London home Architecture studio Bradley Van Der Straeten has extended a house on a housing estate in Stoke Newington, London, by adding an additional half storey hidden from the street. Read more ›   Over The Edge is a minimalist house with a cantilevered corner The ground appears to have fallen away beneath this minimal house, designed by architectural designer Jonathan Burlow in Kent. Read more ›   "Finally getting architecture where it should be again" In this week's comments update, readers are in disagreement over the American Institute of Architects publicly protesting against an order that federal buildings be built in "classical architecture style." Read more ›   Guggenheim New York releases teaser video ahead of Rem Koolhaas Countryside exhibition The "most radical" changes to civilisation come from the countryside rather than cities, according to architect Rem Koolhaas, who will explore the topic in a major exhibition opening at New York's Guggenheim Museum next week. Read more ›   IM Pei's Eskenazi Museum renovated with subtle additions in Indiana A 1980s building designed by the late architect IM Pei to house Indiana University's art collection has received a sensitive update by Ennead Architects and architect Susan T Rodriguez that includes a new skybridge. Read more ›   Watch the video of the discussion on how to be an entrepreneur at Dezeen Day Roksanda Ilincic, Benjamin Hubert and Dara Huang explained how they built their businesses at Dezeen Day last October, with Huang revealing that the secret to success as an entrepreneur is "finding people better than you". 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