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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

Urko Sanchez Architects has designed a concrete compound in Djibouti for the charity SOS Children's Villages International as a home for vulnerable children. Read more

In this week's comments update, readers are questioning the thinking behind Gus Wüstemann's concrete-heavy housing block. Read more

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

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

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

In this VDF x Alcova interview, Ismail and Adnane Tazi of homeware brand Trame discussed how their cross-cultural collections build "virtual bridges across the Mediterranean". Read more 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

University of Lincoln graduate Sebastian Cox has made a range of furniture from unseasoned coppiced hazel wood. (more…) </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

Earth is banked up to the ground floor windows of this residence in Hidaka, Japan, by Japanese architects Suppose Design Office. (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 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

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

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

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

So what sets one organization’s waiting room apart from another? I recently talked with designers who offered up these suggestions: 1. Better layouts: Offer a variety of settings for different social experiences, including niches for professionals looking to do some work on their laptops to kid-friendly nooks where parents and kids can pass the time without disturbing others. 2. Good lighting: Having a variety of lighting sources (including overhead, tabletop, and decorative) and bringing in natural light with views to the outdoors are sure ways to improve the overall feel of a space. 3. Hospitable furnishings: Efforts to provide a comfortable place to sit …

A wave of hotels have opened, or been recently revamped across England. From an upscale roadside diner in Oxfordshire, to a listed Georgian manor in Hampshire, here are six of the best. Read more

Spanish studio Eneseis Arquitectura have inserted this glass-fronted box housing a cultural centre into a town square in Alicante, Spain. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dublin creative agency Boys and Girls has installed a new reception desk supported by giant Jenga blocks at one end and balloons at the other. (more…) 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

When you stand inside one of these riverside pavilions in Turku, Finland, you can hear what’s going on beneath the water’s surface. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This week Dezeen focussed on devices you wear to monitor your health, including the relaunch of UP by Jawbone (above). Scroll on for more news highlights and our top new track from Dezeen Music Project. (more...) View the full article