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The latest completed venue for the London 2012 Olympics is the Basketball Arena, a PVC tent designed by Sinclair Knight Merz with Wilkinson Eyre and KSS. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The future is fleshy, according to Lucy McRae. As a new exhibition of her work opens at NGV in Melbourne, the designer explains why she believes the human body holds the key to the development of technology. Read more

Opinion: fiction is essential reading for architects because it explores ideas about homes and buildings that are "normally repressed," argues Sam Jacob in this latest column. (more...) View the full article

French studio Explorations Architecture have completed a sports hall in Tours, France, with a curving timber roof that sags in the middle. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Three art and design schools in France have joined forces to exhibit ESTorama as part of VDF's collaboration with Ventura Projects. Read more View the full article

Compeixalaigua Design Studio of Barcelona have created a range of flexible silicone dishes for steaming and serving food. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Here are some photographs of the recently completed Coca-Cola Beatbox, a pavilion in the London 2012 Olympic park that can be played like a musical instrument (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

London firm Zaha Hadid Architects has completed a 330,000-square-metre retail, office and entertainment complex in Beijing (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Designers Studio Sløyd developed a collection of chunky pine chairs to demonstrate a contemporary take on a wood it feels is unfairly neglected. Read more View the full article

Reykjavik fashion designer Sruli Recht has designed a limited-edition white larch cane and hand-cut Carrara marble eyeshades for the blind. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Norwegian designers Daniel Rybakken and Andreas Engesvik presented a lamp filtered through layers of coloured screens in Milan last month. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Swedish design trio Front have created a giant, three-headed shower installation constructed from a maze of standard copper pipes (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Dezeen Wire: Swedish textile designer Fanny Aronsen has died from cancer aged 55. More details to follow. </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: the ceremony for next year’s Pritzker Prize for architecture will take place in Beijing, the first time the ceremony has ever been held in China. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Scroll down for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeenjobs, including positions with the Urban Outfitters design team in Philadelphia, architects Studio Seilern in London and Icelandic designer Sruli Recht, plus this is the last chance to apply to work with Herzog & de Meuron, OMA and more… (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A sloping corridor coils around the inside of a house in Osaka to connect three staggered storeys. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London designer Héctor Serrano presents this series of jars with cork lids at Maison&Objet, which opens today in Paris. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: designer Paul Priestman is one of the judges of the Inside awards. In this movie he talks about designing aircraft interiors. 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

Scroll on for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with us at Dezeen, architects Matteo Thun & Partners and designer Marcel Wanders, plus this is the last chance to apply for roles with Herzog & De Meuron, Paul Cocksedge Studio, The Architectural Review and more… (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Rooms in this Bangalore house are arranged around a large indoor pool that occupies a double-height atrium below a glazed roof (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

London Design Festival 2010: Clemens Weisshaar & Reed Kram have installed eight robotic arms to scrawl messages from the public across the air in Trafalgar Square, and Dezeen readers can use a special VIP code to get their messages prioritised. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Architect Alex Josephson, co-founder of Toronto studio Partisans, speaks to Dezeen in a live Screentime talk sponsored by Enscape as part of Virtual Design Festival. Watch the broadcast live from 2pm UK time. Read more View the full article

A jungle of bushy ferns and sprouting begonias fills the windows of Replay’s Barcelona boutique. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A series of lamps, tables and storage made by New York designer Stephen Burks in collaboration with basket weavers in a village outside of Dakar is on show at the Design Exchange in Toronto. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen promotion: registration is open to attend the Interiors UK furniture and lighting fair, which will take place in Birmingham next month. (more...) View the full article