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Dutch architects MVRDV have unveiled their design for an office building in Paris, where the middle section will appear broken and twisted open. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This boat made entirely from plastic bottles by Exploration Architecture is making its way across the Pacific Ocean from San Francisco to Sydney in order to highlight environmental damage to the seas. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

VDF products fair: More than 50 glass spheres and hemispheres make up the Homo wall sculpture by Russian designer Grigory Gorkovenko, which can function as a clock, light and vase. Read more View the full article

Buildings adapted to marine environments and paper structures designed for funeral ceremonies are among the sustainability-focused architecture proposals in this VDF school show by Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD). Read more View the full article

The next building in our series from the new Yongsan International Business District in Seoul, South Korea, is a skyscraper designed by French architect Dominique Perrault, with faceted glass that will ripple across the surface. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: London watch brand Uniform Wares have launched the latest range in their 300 Series of chronograph watches, which are available now at Dezeen Watch Store. (more…) View the full article

Tokijin Yoshioka has sent us a short video of his Stellar installation at Swarovski Crystal Palace in Milan this year. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Japanese designer Morie Nishimura has made a series of hinged brass mirrors that look like butterflies when mounted on a wall. (more…) View the full article

Since our story on the P-Tree urinal that straps to a tree (above, bottom left) was so popular, this month’s top ten is all about toilets. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Paris designer Guillaume Delvigne has created a lamp with a single bulb dangling on the end of a flex, which is draped over a stand. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The roof of a cafe pavilion in a German town cemetery is edged with both round and pointed arches. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Competition: we’ve teamed up with Brownbook magazine to give away five copies of their latest issue plus five copies of their recently published book Evolving Spaces. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The jagged glass edges of this restaurant by Norwegian studio Reiulf Ramstad Architects point up towards a sheer cliff face. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

An irregularly-shaped glass top is supported by a network of beech struts to form this table by Italian designer Paolo Cappello. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Designers Antrepo have created conceptual packaging design for well-known supermarket products by stripping back the existing graphics in stages. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London Design Festival 2010: Mark Holmes of Minimalux has launched a new collection of products including a stainless steel knife and spork, a silver and cork pill container (above) and an aluminium mobile. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Inside awards: in the first of a series of Dezeen Talks filmed at the Inside awards in Barcelona last week, Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs talks to Dutch designer Jeroen Luttikhuis of interior design studio OPERA Amsterdam about the Ceramics Study Galleries at the Victoria & Albert museum in London, which won the display category. Watch the movie » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Herringbone brickwork and fretted screens decorate the facade of two apartment blocks in Prague. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London Design Festival 2010: designer Paul Cocksedge installed sheets of Corian as though fluttering around a hallway at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London for one day during the London Design Festival last week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: a limited edition watch that displays the time in eight international cities by British designer Crispin Jones of Mr Jones Watches is now available at Dezeen Watch Store. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: graphic design magazine Grafik has ceased publication as its owners have gone into administration. More information on the Grafik blog </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: critic Stephen Bayley is to chair the London Design Museum’s Brit Insurance Designs of the Year awards this year. See press release below (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

San Francisco studio CCS Architecture have completed a house comprising two buildings in the Santa Cruz mountains of California, where the roof of one extends over the other. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

We’ve just sent out the latest issue of Dezeenmail – take a look at it here. Dezeenmail contains a selection of Dezeen’s best stories and comments, along with all our latest competitions and jobs. You can subscribe here. </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Los Angeles designers Ball-Nogues Studio have collaborated with UCLA Architecture and Urban Design students to create a courtyard stage set made of coffee tables. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article