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A bouncy spiral vase and IKEA's first chubby meatball plate feature in Swedish designer Gustaf Westman's festive tableware collection, created for the retailer to prove that "there's not one cookie-cutter way of celebrating". Read more

South Korean carmaker Hyundai has unveiled a compact EV concept designed specifically for driving in European cities, whose swooping form was determined by the properties of steel. Read more

Dezeen has revealed the 189 projects longlisted for this year's Dezeen Awards interior categories, including designs by Holloway Li, Perkins&Will, Keiji Ashizawa Design, Linehouse and Buckley Gray Yeoman. Read more

A repurposed 19th-century farm and a dwelling clad in burnt larch feature in New Scottish Houses, a book celebrating modern homes in rural Scotland. Read more

Dezeen Showroom: Flokk has released a new mesh version of its HÅG Tion task chair, the result of a collaboration with Big-Game, Anderssen & Voll, and Hunting & Narud. Read more

With an emphasis on "long-term thinking",  American architecture studio Miller Hull Partnership has placed a modular wood cabin on steel columns on a sloped island site in Washington state. Read more

Dezeen Showroom: designer Cecilie Manz and Swiss brand Impact Acoustic have released an acoustic wall cladding system made of recycled cotton that has a pale, tactile appearance reminiscent of tofu. Read more

Cork cladding, curved ceilings and mirrored surfaces animate this holiday home in Portugal, renovated by Atelier Local to feel spacious despite its compact plot. Read more

UK studio Charles Holland Architects has collaborated with RASKL to create a demountable, timber bandstand on Mitcham Fair Green in south London. Read more

Dezeen Showroom: a bedside lamp with a ceramic base that casts a sun-like glow is among 11 new products featured on Dezeen Showroom. Read more

The Netherlands' Nieuwe Instituut has opened the fourth in its series of New Store pop-up shops, this time inviting consumers to participate in the production and recycling of a clothing item made from local wool. Read more

Designer Michael Anastassiades has been awarded this year's London Design Medal, with architect Norman Foster, activist Sinéad Burke and emerging designer Rio Kobayashi also recognised. Read more

Dezeen has announced the 262 buildings longlisted for this year's Dezeen Awards architecture categories, including projects by Foster + Partners, Snøhetta, David Chipperfield, Open Architecture, Schemata Architects, and White Arkitekter. Read more

Italian studio NM3 has created a pared-back store interior for fashion brand Miss Sixty in Milan, which juxtaposes gleaming steel and bright yellow hues with nude tones and amber glass screens. Read more

Dezeen School Shows: artwork informed by the work of artist Marcel Duchamp is among the projects being exhibited at Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar's New Exhibition Ghūl. Read more

This boutique hotel in Puerto Escondido, Mexico, by CAAM + Arquitectos revolves around a sandy inner courtyard and is intended to be "discovered through the feet". Read more

Raw blocks of grey basalt stone bring tactility to this minimalist home extension in London, designed by local architecture studio EBBA. Read more

To mark the beginning of harvest festival season in many parts of the world, we've rounded up nine examples of residential architecture that prioritise food production. Read more

Architect and designer Tanuvi Hegde has created a chair that aims to help reduce stress by inviting users to play with a metal ball built into its wooden frame. Read more

New York studio Rockwell Group has unveiled interiors for a steakhouse inside a newly renovated office building on Park Avenue, featuring sumptuous red walls and strong geometry. Read more