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Photographer Julien Lanoo has sent us these pictures of an archives centre designed by Paris studio LAN Architecture, which has an exterior of stainless steel studs set into earth-coloured concrete to reflect the colour and texture of the surrounding French landscape. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen promotion: architects and designers working across Europe are invited to submit their hospitality projects to the 2020 edition of the AHEAD Europe awards. Read more View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: the VOID V01 watch by Hong Kong designer David Ericsson is now available in a copper finish at Dezeen Watch Store. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Architecture firm Dialog has revealed plans for a cross-laminated timber university building in Canada, which it says will be the first of its kind. Read more View the full article

Opinion: New York's design scene would benefit from looking outward and engaging with America's manufacturing centres further west, says Alan G Brake, who found a lack of originality at the city's design week this year. (more…) View the full article

Today Virtual Design Festival partners with Braun to present a series of talks and a competition to win a Braun speaker and watch. The collaboration kicks off at 12:00pm UK time with a live talk with designer Benjamin Wilson and writer Dr Peter Kapos about the past, present and future of the influential design brand. Read more View the full article

As Dezeen’s fifth birthday falls this week, we’ve been digging through the archives collating the most memorable stories, events, parties and so on since we launched in November 2006. Today we present the five most memorable experimental projects we’ve been involved in – regardless of whether they worked. They include an exhibition about rubbish, a gallery full of speakers and cars covered in flowers… (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: artist Ai Weiwei, architect Bjarke Ingels and designer Joris Laarman are among the winners of WSJ. Magazine‘s first Innovator of the Year Awards, a prize honouring the world’s most creative and progressive individuals. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Product news: Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec's minimal suspension lamps that create a tangle of wires to produce a climbing plant effect have gone into production. (more...) View the full article

These models by New York studio Boym Partners are used to unlock and download DJ Matthew Dear’s latest album, entitled Black City, and you can download a free track from the album here. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

French designer Inga Sempé will present this ash chair and table for Swedish brand Gärsnäs at the Stockholm Furniture Fair in Sweden next week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

White lighting tracks with red edging swoop across the ceiling in this Shanghai supermarket by Head Architecture of China. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: Justin McGuirk attacks “success culture” and applauds grassroots design in his review of the London Design Festival - Guardian </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Swedish furniture and homeware brand IKEA have released this 140-page cookbook without any words. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Competition: we’ve teamed up with British designer Michael Young to give away five signed copies of his new book that chronicles his time working in China. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Scroll on for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with Tom Dixon, Thomas Heatherwick and Vitsœ, plus this is the last chance to apply for roles with Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Marcel Wanders and more. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The Temporium: come down to our Christmas pop-up store The Temporium in London from 9-19 December and register your details for a chance to win one of several great giveaways, including a signed, limited-edition copy of Peter Blake: Alphabets (above), a 675 Chair by Robin Day, a Rabbit light by Front for Moooi and more. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This captioned video produced by Dezeen for Autodesk reveals Philippe Starck's A.I. chair for Kartell, which the software company claims is the first chair designed using artificial intelligence to be put into production. Read more

Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: unsettling scenes of building sites are screened amidst a full-scale scaffolding structure inside Poland's Biennale pavilion, which focuses on the plight of the construction worker (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Brazilian artist Ernesto Neto has created a series of site specific installations in and around the Hayward Gallery in London, including this domed nylon structure. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This house by Kazuya Morita Architecture Studio in Osaka Prefecture, Japan, is completely lined with with pine shelves to display the owners’ extensive collection of books. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Five existing concrete kiosks in Madeira have been wrapped in volcanic basalt and overlapped by the walls of a new registry office. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dutch designer Chris Kabel has created a circular bench made from one 10 metre-long wooden beam. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Faceted wooden panels divide the interior of this house in Kyoto, Japan, by architects ALPHAville. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Swiss bathroom brand Laufen presents three collections from designers Patricia Urquiola, Konstantin Grcic and Marcel Wanders at the Virtual Design Festival products fair. Read more View the full article