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The floors and ceilings are covered in the same boards in this tiny Tokyo apartment renovated by Japanese architects TANK. (more…) View the full article

This cliffside home by Dualchas Architects on the north-west coast of Scotland's Isle of Skye mixes silvery larch wood with traditional Scottish stone. (more...) View the full article

Scroll on for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with Tom Dixon, and Sruli Recht, plus this is the last chance to apply for roles with Marc Newson, Universal Design Studio, FormFormForm and more.. (more…) View the full article

This tree-top hotel room by Swedish architects Cyrén & Cyrén, is accessed via a bridge leading from the hilly forest to an entrance on the roof. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Here are some photographs of the completed Tree Hotel by Tham & Videgård Arkitekter, a mirrored glass box suspended round the trunk of a tree in Harads, northern Sweden. (more…) </img></img> </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

This time last year Álvaro Siza completed an L-shaped auditorium clad in grey tiles and white marble and Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka created a boutique interior for Issey Miyake’s collapsible clothing range. The V&A announced the shortlist for their Exhibition Road development, which was eventually awarded to AL_A, and a house in Switzerland featuring a faceted concrete volume placed on top of a traditional stone building was a hit with our readers. Less popular were a complex mountainside house in Patagonia, which was described by one reader as “the worst kind of self-indulgent, egotistical architectural gymnastics,” and a conceptual algae-producing tower …

Based on a Japanese puzzle, the legs of this table by German design studio DING3000 knot together to create support for the blue glass tabletop. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

These photos from British designer Austin Houldsworth show the results of his machine, featured in our earlier story, built to fossilise a partridge (above) and a pineapple. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Slideshow: car brand Mini will present a panel-van version of the Mini Clubman at the International Geneva Motor Show next month. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Bags of rice and bottled condiments are displayed on simple plywood units inside this former Tokyo greengrocers that has been converted into a tiny rice shop, cafe and a home for the proprietor (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Design competition: there’s only one week left to enter our competition with Design Association in Japan to win free exhibition space at Tokyo Designers Week Container Exhibition during Tokyo Designers Week 2010 from 29 October to 3 November. More details » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen promotion: architects and designers working across Europe are invited to submit their hospitality projects to the 2020 edition of the AHEAD Europe awards. Read more View the full article

This kettle by ECAL graduate Estelle Sauvage uses a light bulb to heat water for a cup of tea. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

As voters took to the polls last week for the UK's general election, the Royal College of Art's MA fashion students were putting on their end-of-year show at an old studio in east London. Design reporter Alice Morby picks her highlights from the evening's catwalk show, installations and performance pieces. Read more View the full article

Mid-century homes in Palm Springs and vintage advertisements from the 1950s are just some of the things that design studio Daytrip drew upon to create the vibrant interiors of this central London office. Read more View the full article

Dezeen Screen: designer Andre Fu is one of the judges of the Inside awards. Here he talks about the Upper House Hotel he designed in Hong Kong plus the importance of calm and comfort in an interior. 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 atwww.insidefestival.com. Entries close on 30 June. </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Japanese studio UID Architects have completed this timber house at the foot of a mountain in Japan that has wide openings in the walls and roof, as well as between the ground and first floors. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen readers were surprised to discover that David Bowie was an extensive collector of Memphis furniture last week, and speculated how much his collection will sell for in our comments section this week. Read more View the full article

Dezeen Space: today at Dezeen Platform, Portuguese designer Manuel Netto presents a lamp that can only be turned on by moving the bulb. (more…) </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

A prayer room occupies a white turret in this house in Chandigarh designed by architecture studio Charged Voids to reference the work of Le Corbusier. Read more View the full article

From two precariously placed hiking shelters designed by OFIS, through to a stilted timber-frame hideaway on an old ski slope, we've rounded up 10 of the best mountainside cabins on Dezeen. Read more

Product design graduate Amila Hrustić of Bosnia and Herzegovina has created a collection of dresses embellished with clustered geometric shapes. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London Design Festival 2010: more from Mark Holmes of Minimalux (see the new collection Part 1 in our earlier story), this time a series of machined and anodised aluminium desktop objects. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article