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Polish firm Neostudio Architekci have added a timber-clad extension to this farm building in Poland to create a residence. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London Studio Doshi Levien have designed this min-spa for Italian brand Glass Idromassaggio. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Simple plaster surfaces and grey stone floors help create a gallery-like setting inside the Valextra store in Milan, which has been overhauled by British designer John Pawson. Read more

The latest edition of Dezeen Weekly includes the schedule of talks, interviews, movies and more taking place during Virtual Design Festival and 10 key buildings from the book Chinese Brutalism Today. Subscribe to Dezeen Weekly › View the full article

26 designers including Tord Boontje, Timorous Beasties and Michael Eden (above) will show work marrying craftsmanship with digital technology at Tent London later this month. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

World Architecture Festival 2012: Vietnamese architect Vo Trong Nghia won two awards at the World Architecture Festival last month and in this second interview he discusses how “green buildings” that use less energy are the future of architecture in Vietnam, like his naturally ventilated Binh Duong School that won the schools category. (more…) View the full article

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

Dezeen promotion: furniture and lighting designers including Russel Pinch (above), La Dune and Diffuse will exhibit prototypes at trade show Decorex International in London from 25 to 28 September 2011. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Ten conceptual showrooms for the home of the future are presented in this exhibition at temporary arts venue Depot Basel in Switzerland. (more…) View the full article

This coin-operated wedding machine by British designers Concept Shed dispenses a pair of plastic wedding rings and a personalised receipt to newlyweds. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This algae-producing tower designed by Sir Peter Cook and Gavin Robotham of London studio CRAB came second in the recent Taiwan Tower Conceptual International Competition. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This week's Dezeen Mail includes Vipp's holiday cabin designed as "battery-charging stations for humans", and the rise of the female-only design exhibitions in New York following the election of President Trump. Subscribe to Dezeen Mail › 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

Dezeen Watch Store has teamed up with the Seven Dials district in Covent Garden, London to present a pop-up store from 29 June to 10 July. (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

Dutch designer Floris Wubben has created a second chair using his method of binding willow branches at they grow (see the first in our earlier story). (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: in this movie we filmed at the inaugural Qubique design show in Berlin in October, Margo Konings and Margriet Vollenberg of Organisation in Design guide us through a sample of pieces on show as part of Ventura Berlin, the area they curated at the show. Watch the movie » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: this movie filmed by Spanish graphics studio Taller de Casqueria shows a theatrical dance performance taking place inside the Espacio Andaluz de Creación Contemporánea, a contemporary arts centre that is under construction in Córdoba by architects Nieto Sobejano. Watch the movie » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Hand cranks are used to lift up huge glass doors that open to a courtyard in this Mexican restaurant, which Seattle firm Olson Kundig has completed in downtown Austin. Read more

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

Show RCA 2011: footwear designer Victoria Spruce presented these sculptural shoes at the Royal College of Art graduate show earlier this month. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Kieran Long will speak to Dezeen in a live Screentime conversation as part of our collaboration with ArkDes for Virtual Design Festival. Watch it here live from 4:00pm UK time. 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

Dezeen interviewed Dutch graphic designer Wim Crouwel last week on the eve of the opening of the exhibition Wim Crouwel – A Graphic Design Odyssey at the Design Museum in London. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> 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