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Dezeen promotion: design brand Luminaire present a lecture and reception with furniture designer Patricia Urquiola at their Coral Gables showroom in Miami on 3 February. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Indigenous trees and wooden workbenches line the inside of Apple Iconsiam in Bangkok, the first Apple Store to open in Thailand, designed by Foster + Partners. Read more

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

Designer Thomas Fiechtner of Vienna, Austria, has made this task lamp that can be balanced in two different positions to vary the light intensity. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Rain would repair rather than damage roads if they were made of the tyre-based pavement invented by Israel Antonio Briseño Carmona, a Mexican student and winner of the nation's James Dyson Award. Read more View the full article

Time is running out to secure your place at our agenda-setting architecture and design conference in London on 30 October. Buy your ticket today to avoid missing out. Read more

This bar in Shanghai by 3GATTI Architecture Studio has an undulating cave-like form created by apertures cut into fins along its length. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

DezeenTV: in this second movie in our Dezeentalks at [D3]Design Talents series, London designer Tomás Alonso talks about being an exhibitor as part of [D3]Design Talents at imm cologne, his favourite projects and making a mess at OKAY Studio. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

San Francisco designer Yves Béhar of Fuseproject has designed these electric car-chargers for public and home use. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

From a zine profiling Yorkshire's best designers to a bike share branded in local dialect, this VDF school show features projects created by York St John University students to celebrate the UK's northern region. Read more View the full article

French designer Julien Renault presented this chair with a circular frame at Interieur 2010 in Kortrijk last week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: Grafik magazine is to cease publication once again. The graphic design magazine only reopened under new ownership in February this year after its previous owners went into administration in June 2010. Read a statement from the magazine’s editorial team and owners Woodbridge & Rees here and read critic Rick Poynor’s take on the news here. </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

News: a Russian YouTube video claims to show an iPhone 6 created by appropriating different parts from a factory production line. (more...) View the full article

Australian skincare brand Aesop have launched in New York with a kiosk at Grand Central that’s made from over 1000 copies of the New York Times. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The Temporium: Spanish designer Cristian Zuzunaga will be selling these scarves printed with a pixel-like pattern at our pop-up store The Temporium in London next month. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London firm Tony Fretton has sandwiched two rows of brick houses between a pair of canals in the town of Den Helder in the Netherlands (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Dezeen Wire: AA student Aditya Aachi has been awarded the 2011 Foster + Partners Prize for a sanitation infrastructure concept in Haiti, which was severely damaged by an earthquake in 2010. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Israeli studio Pitsou Kedem Architects knocked four apartments into one to create this two-storey penthouse in Tel Aviv, which features a rooftop pool offering views out over the city (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dezeenwire: architect Norman Foster is working on designs for Apple’s new campus in Cupertino, California – El Economista (in Spanish) via Gizmodo More Dezeen stories about Foster & Partners </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

We’ve just sent out a special edition of our Dezeenmail newsletter packed with information about The Temporium, the pop-up design store that opens on Thursday at 221 Brompton Road, London. Click here to read the newsletter </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenmail issue #51 is out now – have a look at it here. Dezeenmail is sent out roughly every two weeks and 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> View the full article

Chile-based designer Margarita Talep has created a sustainable, biodegradable alternative to single-use packaging, using raw material extracted from algae. Read more

Beijing Design Week 2011: golden plates and cutlery become slowly submerged underwater when this table is set. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

(Mostly) Designed in Hackney: east London designers Dominic Wilcox, Ed Carpenter, André Klauser, Barnaby Barford and Donna Wilson have created a range of alternative souvenirs for visitors to east London during the Olympic games. (more…) View the full article

Comments update: Italian architect Renzo Piano, designer of The Shard in London, unveiled a new skyscraper proposal for the city last week – and readers weren't impressed. Read on for more on this and explore our comments page to keep up to date with the latest discussions. (more…) View the full article