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London-based design brand Ventete has developed a blow-up cycling helmet that uses air instead of foam to absorb impact and easily fits into a bag when deflated. Read more

Promotion: French furniture brand Tiptoe has celebrated its 10th anniversary by asking 10 designers and artists to creatively reinterpret its first product – the clamp-on table leg. Read more

The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features Herzog & de Meuron's Art Basel trophies. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. Read more

Canadian studio Ste Marie has created three interconnected yet distinct hospitality venues at the base of a residential tower in Edmonton, Alberta. Read more

Finnish company Ixi has revealed what it describes as the world's first "auto-focus glasses", which change their optical power depending on where the wearer is looking. Read more

Dezeen Showroom: Canadian design brand Bocci has brought intrigue to portable table lamps with 118p, a rechargeable version of its dramatic 118 pendant light. Read more

Architecture studio De Rosee Sa has completed a house in Cornwall, UK, with barn-like volumes and natural materials that draw on the surrounding coastal landscape. Read more

The creation of a National Design Studio illustrates an "unprecedented" concern for web design in the US government, says the nation's first chief design officer, Joe Gebbia, in this exclusive interview. Read more

Low fees are a constant source of frustration for architects. As part of our Performance Review of the profession, Nat Barker delves into the issue. Read more

Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia has confirmed to Dezeen that he has been appointed America's first chief design officer by president Donald Trump. Read more

London studio Wright & Wright has expanded the University of Oxford's Corpus Christi College Library, tucking a limestone-fronted extension into its original Grade I-listed site. Read more

Rome-based StudioTamat has designed eclectic interiors for an Italian villa, blending modernist influences with floral wallpapers and playful shapes. Read more

Furniture brand Karimoku has worked with design duo Christian + Jade on an exhibition that chronicles the vast spectrum of Japanese tree species and their "profound process of ageing". Read more

A traditional Japanese cladding method informed the overlapping wooden panels used to display knives at Tojiro Knife Gallery in Osaka, Japan, designed by creative agency L/O. Read more

MIT Design Intelligence Lab has designed Geolectric, a lantern that explores alkaline-based geopolymers as a sustainable alternative to consumer electronics, and was given as a gift to the Irish president. Read more

Dezeen Showroom: a collection of woollen rugs decorated with patterns that reference flowers, forests and leaves is among six new products featured on Dezeen Showroom. Read more

The Pyramids: Special Economic Vortex Zones of North America explores pyramidal structures throughout the continent. Here, the book's creator Ian James comments on ten of the weirdest and most interesting examples. Read more

Conservation group DC Preservation League and law firm Cultural Heritage Partners are suing US president Donald Trump to prevent him altering the appearance of the 19th-century Eisenhower building in Washington DC without a review. Read more

Dezeen Showroom: Belgian flooring brand Modulyss has released carpet tiles decorated with a dappled motif that recalls the effect of light on water. Read more

Four-metre-high rammed-earth walls frame the plot of Backyard Community Club in Accra, Ghana, completed by local studio DeRoche Projects. Read more