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Ladders link the first floor, mezzanine and skylight of this house in Sapporo, Japan, by Akasaka Shinichiro Atelier. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

UK designer Austin Houldsworth has erected a machine at a park in Cheshire, UK, to fossilise a pineapple and a partridge. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Faceted glass triangles create glowing crowns around a trio of stadiums for the World University Games currently taking place in Shenzhen. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

We’ve teamed up with publishers Phaidon to offer readers the chance to win one of five copies of their new monograph about Dutch designer Hella Jongerius. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

American studio Pugh + Scarpa have completed a mixed-use building in Los Angeles clad in perforated metal panels, which open to reveal balconies and glimpses of the brightly-coloured building. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Crates of old vinyl records inspired this magazine holder by London designer Hugo Passos. (more…) View the full article

VDF products fair: The Sundae seating collection, created by Australian designer Jason Ju for DesignByThem, features chubby, marshmallow-like curves that envelop its occupier. Read more View the full article

Swedish design duo Elding Oscarson have completed this office for design consultants No Picnic in Stockholm, divided in two by a reflective aluminium wall. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Glassware brand Nude's new collections include a bird-shaped carafe designed by Tomas Kral to "put a smile on the user's face". Read more View the full article

This shopping centre and apartment block by Slovenian architects OFIS Arhitekti is due to begin construction in Ljubljana, Slovenia, next year. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2013: wingback armchairs by Spanish designer Jaime Hayón for Danish brand Republic of Fritz Hansen were unveiled in Milan earlier this month (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Venice Architecture Biennale 2010: this stepped wooden pavilion by Irish studio dePaor Architects is on show at the Venice Architecture Biennale. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Korean designers Joon&Jung have hand-crafted this set of speakers by strapping punctuated ceramic cubes onto a stack of twigs. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: Thomas Heatherwick has designed a distillery and visitor centre for gin brand Bombay Sapphire at an abandoned mill in Hampshire, England. (more…) View the full article

Zaha Hadid Architects have unveiled their design for the largest cultural building in China, to be located in Chengdu in the Sichuan Province. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Hennebery Eddy Architects has clad a fire station in rural Oregon with charred wood, turning "the destructive manner of fire into an image of beauty" (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Slideshow: architect Frank Gehry has inserted a theatre into the base of tower in New York City. (more…) View the full article

Dezeenwire: football club West Ham United have won the bid to move into the Olympic Stadium after the London 2012 Olympic Games. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Slideshow feature: this week we’ve published three more of the wooden cabin-like artists’ studios that Saunders Architecture of Norway have designed for the picturesque Fogo Island in Canada, so here’s a slideshow rounding up all four completed so far (photographs by Bent René Synnevåg). (more…) View the full article

Embracing the circular economy and closed-loop design is the only way for brands to achieve business success while safeguarding the planet, according to a senior member of the innovation team at Adidas. Read more

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VDF products fair: The Piper 103 sofa by RODA is distinguished by a slender, metallic body that is dressed by woven "belts" of coloured fabric. Read more View the full article

Architecture and design studio Snøhetta has developed a new graphic identity for Norway's 44 national parks, featuring a logo designed to look like a doorway on a hillside (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Argentinian architects Adamo-Faiden have completed a club house in the middle of a lake near Buenos Aires. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Space: designer Jan Rose exhibits furniture and lighting made of knitted steel and leather at Dezeen Platform at Dezeen Space today. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article