Pared-back student halls in Berlin and a Brussels residence with contrasting black-stained and white walls feature in this week’s roundup from Pinterest, which highlights the best monochrome home interiors. Read more
Dezeen promotion: British architect David Adjaye has been unveiled as the international guest of honour at this year’s Interior Design Show in Toronto, which takes place next week. Read more
A beta version of a virtual-reality programme that gives designers the option to draw and manipulate 3D objects has launched. Read more
US firm Montalba Architects looked to California’s modernist heritage to design this boutique set up by celebrity twins Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. Read more
A wave-like roof covers this vast transport hub in Utrecht designed by Dutch firm Benthem Crouwel Architects for the largest railway station in the Netherlands. Read more
Dutch firm OMA has been granted permission to build its first major UK project – a cultural centre in Manchester named Factory. Read more
Dezeen promotion: an alternative world map thought to be the most accurate 2D projection ever made has taken the top prize at the Japan Institute of Design Promotion’s Good Design Awards. Read more
The V&A museum in London has named British politician Tristram Hunt as it new director, following the resignation of Martin Roth. Read more
Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for an assistant furniture designer for Paul Smith in London, who previously applied his trademark stripes to some of Hans J Wegner’s mid-century chairs (pictured). More ›
Cedar shingles, slate and oak were all used to build this rural music centre in Cumbria, England, designed by Newcastle-based studio Mawson Kerr for a charity offering musical therapy. Read more
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