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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

These wooden drawers on a light metal frame are by Tokyo designer Keiji Ashizawa. (more…) </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

Skyscrapers in Seoul: Renzo Piano Building Workshop have sent us the first image of a 620-metre-tall tower they are designing for Seoul, South Korea. (more…) 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

This wire and concrete seating by London studio VW+BS for design brand Decode is one of ten benches to be exhibited by The Lollipop Shoppe during the London Design Festival next month. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

German photographer Menno Aden has shot a series of Berlin interiors from an unconventional viewpoint: looking down from the ceiling. (more…) 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

SayDesign is presenting Venture, an exhibition of furniture by emerging designers from Sarawak, for VDF's collaboration with Ventura Projects. Read more View the full article

These lamps by Paris designer Arik Levy consist of dark grey ceramic vessels with brightly glazed interiors. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Converse has released a movie explaining the changes it has made to its classic Chuck Taylor All Star basketball sneakers, which have been redesigned for the first time in over 80 years. (more…) View the full article

London Design Festival 2011: British designer Mark Holmes presents a lamp shaped like an incandescent bulb for his design brand Minimalux in London this week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This week Marc Newson unveiled the camera he designed for Japanese brand Pentax and Nike launched a wristband that can tell whether you’ve done any exercise. Meanwhile, Austrian designer Nina Levett caused a stir with a trio of provocative videos that show her at work in her studio. Zaha Hadid signed an agreement to design new headquarters for an Iraqi bank, whilst the Royal College of Art in London announced that architect Charles Walker and designer Ab Rogers will be leading their architecture and interior design departments in the forthcoming summer term. A large metal slide convinced a few readers that they’d like to work at Lego’s Denmark office, but some felt th…

Folds, pleats and tucks in this suit by graduate designer Carolina Reis exaggerate the movements of its wearer. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Grey and white blinds create a chequerboard pattern against the facade of this Barcelona school by MMDM Arquitectes. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

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 house in Zellerndorf, Austria, by Vienna studio Franz Architekten comprises three separate units linked by glass passages. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> 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

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

Threefold Architects of London have converted a set of Grade II-listed warehouses into a family home just outside Bath, England. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan designer Emanuele Pizzolorusso has created a series of maps for Italian brand Palomar that are designed to survive being screwed up and stuffed into a pocket or bag. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Brussels production studio Villa Eugénie designed a looping rollercoaster studded with multicoloured lights for Dior Homme's Summer 2017 catwalk show (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

At Interieur 2010 in Kortrijk this week Amsterdam architects UNStudio present a set of two tables that incorporate upholstered seats. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: in an interview with Farah Nayeri for Bloomberg Businessweek, architect Rem Koolhaas describes the European Union as “an incomplete machine” and claims that it will “disintegrate” unless political leaders complete the task of integration begun when the EU was founded. Koolhaas also talks about working in China, the global workforce currently inhabiting the countryside and his former employee, Zaha Hadid, who he says was “a very independent and massively talented person from the beginning.” Dezeen spoke to Rem Koolhaas and other partners from his practice OMA at the opening of OMA/Progress, an exhibition at the Barbican art gallery in London. You can see t…