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Students at the Architectural Association in London have constructed leaf-like sculptures that curl down from a fourth-floor roof terrace to a ground level courtyard. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> 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

Dezeen Screen: this next movie in our series filmed at the London Design Festival 2010 features curator Max Fraser talking about Lab Craft, an exhibition of work that marries craftsmanship with digital technology. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> 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

New York showroom DDC NYC is exhibiting three furniture collections at VDF's products fair, including Zanotta's updated model of Carlo Mollino's skeletal Reale table. Read more View the full article

This Tokyo house by Japanese architects Key Operation has been designed around the movements of the client’s pet cat, writes Yuki Sumner. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Scroll down for all the latest from Dezeenjobs including positions with Heatherwick Studio, John McAslan + Partners and Cinimod Studio, plus this is the last chance to apply to work with Studio Greg Lynn in Vienna, UNStudio in Amsterdam and more… (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

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

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

Thai designer Decha Archjananun has made a series of vases with concrete bases to hold water and wire frames to support flower stems. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Stone and whitewashed walls surround a holiday home on the Greek island of Mykonos designed by K Studio, which has a tree poking through its shady wooden pergolas. Read more 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

Check out the latest issue of Dezeen Mail for all the best stories and comments from Dezeen, including a hut grown from cherry trees over 100 years, a glass bedroom in the forest, a library concealed under firewood and a “haunted” Japanese house. There’s also an update from Dezeen Wire, the latest movies on Dezeen Screen, all our new competitions and jobs and an invitation to our party in Barcelona tonight. Take a look at it here. Dezeen Mail is sent out every couple of weeks and you can subscribe here. </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Architect Carlos Barba of French studio AR+TE Architectes has completed this nursery school with an undulating roof in Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche, France. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen promotion: metal chain-link manufacturer Kriskadecor aims to help shared places like offices and hotels adjust to the "new normal" after coronavirus with space dividers made from aluminium links. Read more View the full article

Dezeen Screen: London interior designer Ilse Crawford is one of the judges of the Inside awards. In this movie filmed by Dezeen she talks about designing the Food Bar at the Grand Hotel in Stockholm for chef Mathias Dahlgren. Watch the movie » Dezeen readers can save 25% on the price of entering the Inside awards and attending the festival in Barcelona from 2-4 November – simply quote VIP code DEZEEN when entering online at www.insidefestival.com. Entries close on 30 June. </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

NABA is exhibiting a student furniture collection called Dots as part of the VDF collaboration with Ventura Projects. Read more View the full article

London Design Festival 2011: British company Another Country presents its second range of furniture together with a new chair and collection of accessories at designjunction this week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> 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

Japanese firm Kazunori Fujimoto Architect & Associates have completed a concrete house in Fukuoka that resembles a half-submerged submarine. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

In this week's comments update, readers are disgusted by a marketing campaign for a gold flip phone launched by Pablo Escobar's brother. Read more View the full article

Design students Wing Yi Hui and Lap Ming Wong of the Oslo School of Architecture and Design have completed a domed latticed pavilion as part of a performance-oriented design project. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This extension to a family house with marble brise-soleils on the rear façade in New South Wales, Australia, is by Australian practice Carter Williamson Architects. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Here’s another stadium designed by German studio GMP Architekten (see our earlier stories here and here) for the 2010 FIFA World Cup starting this week in South Africa. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article