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As part of today's collaboration with ArkDes for Virtual Design Festival, curator and editor Carlos Mínguez Carrasco explains how the architecture centre's idea for its book Kiruna Forever came about and why Kiruna's history is so fascinating. Read more 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…

Scroll down for the latest update from our recruitment site Dezeenjobs, including jobs with Dezeen Watch Store, graphic designer Micha Weidmann and architects Foster + Partners, plus this is the last chance to apply for roles at Campaign, Acconci Studio, Brinkworth, LS:N Global and more… (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

We’ve written a lot about paper projects recently so this month’s top ten is all about the most popular paper products from Dezeen’s archive. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Lots of new jobs on our recruitment site Dezeenjobs this week, including positions with Danish architects Schmidt Hammer Lassen, London designer Tom Dixon and broadcaster Al Jazeera English, plus this is the last chance to apply for jobs with Vitra, Vitsœ, SCP and more… (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: in his latest article for the Financial Times architecture critic Edwin Heathcote analyses how some cities have successfully reinvented themselves as hubs of creativity and commerce – Financial Times Heathcote states that “the city stands out as an engine of progress and modernity,” using examples from urban centres such as San Francisco, Milan, Turin, Pittsburgh and London to demonstrate how intelligent state funding can encourage creative vitality and economic growth. </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This austere house outside Warsaw by Polish architect Robert Konieczny has a folding exterior that allows varying degrees of enclosure. (more…) </img></img> </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

An adjacent busy road is screened from this house by Japanese firm FORM/Kouichi Kimura Architects, hidden behind a wall suspended over the terrace edge to line up with the boundary wall. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: Danish designer Jens Martin Skibsted talks about his bicycle brand Biomega and the future of urban cycling in this previously unseen video filmed by Dezeen during the London Design Festival 2010. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A century-old tree soars up through the roof of this restaurant in Beijing, which C+ Architects has decked out with rammed-earth tiles, travertine and timber. Read 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

Japanese studio Ninkipen! have completed a family house in Nara, Japan, comprising staggered rectangular volumes. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This week on Dezeen, OMA completed its first project in Dubai while the city's controversial Dubai Frame neared completion despite an ongoing lawsuit. Read 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

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

Did IKEA copy the design of a bed by e15? Readers are debating whether the German brand is right to take the Swedish furniture giant to court in this week's comments update. Read more View the full article

This simple brick house by architect Germán Müller features a series of large windows, offering generous views of the scenic setting in Santa Fe, Argentina (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Danish architects BIG have completed their 8 House residential project with a figure-of-eight plan in Copenhagen. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A conceptual New York skyscraper, imagined as "the longest building in the world", had some readers exercising their imagination in this week's comments update. Read more View the full article

Children visiting the Centre Pompidou in Paris can join workshops in the recently-opened education centre designed by Mathieu Lehanneur. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Italian design brand Pedrali showcased its selection of wooden furniture at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan last month. (more...) View the full article

We’re offering readers the chance to win one of five copies of the new paperback edition of Twenty-First Century Design by Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Barcelona studio Dear Design have completed this shop in Valencia with shoes displayed on a metal lattice for Spanish outfitters Munich. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article