Better Shelter is the latest IKEA product to be hacked, according to the head of the company’s charitable foundation, who told Dezeen the modular refugee cabin is now being used to create doctors’ surgeries and schools. Read more
In this exclusive video from BIG, partner Jakob Lange discusses how its plans for a Hyperloop high-speed transportation system between Abu Dhabi and Dubai will transform how people live. Read more
More than 35 haute couture pieces from the archive of Dutch fashion designers Viktor & Rolf feature in an exhibition at Melbourne’s National Gallery of Victoria. Read more
Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for an animator/visualiser at London design studio PriestmanGoode, which recently revealed a design to tackle train overcrowding. Read more stories on PriestmanGoode or browse more architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
Chinese designer Sheng-Hung Lee has created a concept for a new kind of sea defence that functions like a set of giant plant pots. Read more
Chinese studio Livil Architects has added a monolithic stone-clad canteen featuring cave-like interiors and an office building to a school in the town of Batang, Tibet. Read more
Dutch studio BETA has transformed an old school in Amsterdam into a hub for entrepreneurs featuring full-height windows that can be retracted to open the entire facade. Read more
Dutch designer Christian Heikoop has created a flat-pack furniture collection that is assembled in the same way as a tent. Read more
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