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Competition: we've teamed up with publishing and events company Media 10 to give Dezeen readers the chance to win one of 25 pairs tickets to the 100% Design exhibition, taking place during next week's London Design Festival. (more...) View the full article

Here are the 18 winning entries from the Dezeen x Design Association container design competition to win a free exhibition space in Tokyo during Tokyo Designers Week 2010. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

In this series of drawings French designer and photographer Clo’e Floirat documents her thoughts on design in Berlin, where she’s lived for three years. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This week on Dezeen, the RIBA named the UK's best new buildings and Diébédo Francis Kéré revealed his Serpentine Pavilion in London. Read more View the full article

In the most exotic VDF video message we received, interior designer Natalie Papageorgiadis explains how she found herself stranded in the Maldives as the world went into lockdown due to coronavirus. Read more View the full article

In this first movie in our series of Dezeentalks at [D3] Design Talents, Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs talks to Italian designer Harry Thaler, one of two joint winners of the [D3] Contest young designers competition at imm cologne earlier this year. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This time last year Ai Weiwei covered the floor of the Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall with porcelain sunflower seeds and graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister talked to us about his work at Vienna Design Week. David Kohn Architects installed an event space called Skyroom on the roof of the Architecture Foundation’s London offices and an underground railway station with criss-crossing concrete beams reminded our readers of a sci-fi computer game. Meanwhile, British car manufacturer Aston Martin announced that they would launch a luxury compact city car and Copenhagen-based KiBiSi designed a furniture range resembling sand bags. Structural engineer Cecil Balmond lef…

Toronto firms Public Work and Greenberg Consultants have completed a new park underneath the city's Gardiner Expressway, to provide "a vital artery for pedestrians and cyclists". Read more

A chunky timber shell wraps over the north facade and roof of a woodland retreat near Berlin by German architects Scheidt Kasprusch. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

DezeenTV: here’s another video shot by Brazilian photographer Pedro Kok, this time the Marquise do Parque do Ibirapuera in São Paulo, Brazil, designed by Oscar Niemeyer in 1952. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

At Dutch Design Week designer Pepe Heykoop presents a collection of leather lampshades made by underprivileged women in Mumbai. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen promotion: École des Ponts ParisTech has launched Build'in, a platform that reflects the university's move towards digital technologies, as the construction industry changes. Read more View the full article

Slideshow: our second project this week by Madrid studio Exit Architects is a civic and cultural centre inside a former prison in Palencia, Spain. (more…) View the full article

Tokyo 2010: Japanese designer NOSIGNER presented magnetic jewellery made of pearls at DesignTide Tokyo 2010 this week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen promotion: this video shows Basque woodworking company Axalko crafting a bicycle frame from wood. (more…) View the full article

Here’s a frame made to display the wood waste generated during its own production, created by Japanese designer Hironobu Yamabe. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This pair of pavilions by Dutch studio Hansteerds Architectuur mark the entrance to a cemetery in the city of Blankenberge, Belgium. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

VDF studio profiles: Studio Vincent Eschalier is a French architecture practice that prides itself on its diverse portfolio that features a range of bold housing projects. Read more View the full article

Dezeen Screen: our latest movie on Dezeen Screen was made by Gwenael Lewis for Canadian lighting brand Bocci and features this colourful chandelier by Omer Arbel. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: work finally starts this week on architect Denton Corker Marshall’s design for a new visitor centre at Stonehenge, a prehistoric stone circle in England, after years of wrangling and delay, English Heritage has announced (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dezeenwire: British furniture designer Robin Day has died aged 95 – Guardian </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

With Milan design week about to start, we asked designers to name their favourite hangouts in the city. Highlights include a plant-filled gin distillery, a "chocolate factory" and a locomotive factory converted into a gallery. Read more View the full article

A multi-faceted gold block dominates this perfumery in Wrocław by Polish interior designers Theza. (more…) View the full article

See the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with Benjamin Hubert, DSDHA and Studio Egret West, whose library in London (pictured) completed the £80m Clapham One regeneration scheme. This is also the last chance to apply for roles with Herzog & de Meuron, Lee Broom, Allford Hall Monaghan Morris and more... (more...) View the full article

Here’s a similar storage system to the bicycle showroom we published this morning, this time for a kid’s playroom. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article