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Dutch studio MVRDV have won a design competition to build a Comic and Animation Museum in Hangzhou, China, formed of eight giant balloon-shaped forms. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Architects should be more proactive in driving forward development proposals, says architect Elizabeth Diller in this exclusive video interview Dezeen filmed at the RIBA International Conference in London. Read more View the full article

Japanese studio Kazuya Saito Architects have completed this wood-framed house on a narrow site in Tokyo, Japan. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

British studio MoreySmith delved into the archives of online fashion retailer Asos for textiles patterns to use while refurbishing the brand's London headquarters (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

DezeenTV: here is architectural photographer Cristobal Palma’s second video featuring collaborations between architects Giancarlo Mazzanti Arquitectos and Felipe Mesa of Plan B (see the first in our earlier post), this time the Flor del Campo school in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> 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

If pharmacy packaging leaves you feeling perplexed about what you’re taking, then these medicine packets named after symptoms rather than ingredients will be right up your street. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: as the September 11 Memorial nears completion in New York, architecture critic Rowan Moore examines the political and professional infighting that continues to dominate the rebuilding of the World Trade Centre site - The Observer </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Scroll down for all the latest from Dezeenjobs, including positions with Studio Greg Lynn in Vienna, architects UNStudio in Shanghai and Amsterdam, furniture brand Vitsoe and designers Cinimod Studio in London. This is also the last chance to apply to work with architects Studio Octopi, Established & Sons and more… (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

Japanese designer Chikara Ohno of Sinato has installed coils of aluminium sheeting at the Diesel Denim Gallery Aoyama in Tokyo. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A staircase doubles up as a bookcase inside this renovated apartment in Barcelona by Croatian architect Eva Cotman (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Australian studio Alexander & Co has added wooden furnishings and a caged rattan ceiling to the formerly austere interior of this Italian restaurant in Sydney. Read more View the full article

More than 300,000 people are now signed up to receive Dezeen Weekly, our curated newsletter sent every Thursday. Read more View the full article

Scroll on for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeenjobs, including positions at Foster + Partners in London and Archi-Union in Shanghai, plus the last chance to apply for roles at Viaduct, David Morley Architects, HBM and more… (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: Portuguese architect Eduardo Souto de Moura is the 2011 Pritkzer Prize laureate, the prize organisers have confirmed after details of the winner were leaked ahead of schedule. Read the full announcement below: (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: this movie by Frankfurt designer Hanna Emelie Ernsting demonstrates the many possible ways to nestle into her Moody Couch. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> 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

Dezeen and Mark Batty Publishers have got together to give away five copies of 3D Typography by designers Jeanette Abbink & Emily CM Anderson. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

In this short interview we conducted as part of our Food and Design report for luxury kitchen appliances brand Scholtès, Dutch designer Kiki van Eijk describes her ideal dinner party. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Competition: we’ve teamed up with NAi Publishers to to offer readers the chance to win one of five copies of the Dutch Design Yearbook 2011. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Each bullet-sized hole piercing the skin of this museum by architects WXCA in Palmiry, Poland, represents a Polish civilian murdered there during the holocaust. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The co-founders of design magazine Sight Unseen will discuss the ins and outs of running an online design exhibition in a live talk with Dezeen as part of the VDF x Sight Unseen collaboration. Watch it here live from 4:00pm UK time. Read more View the full article

Translucent glass doors fold open to reveal the studio that architecture firm Estudio Nu has created inside a dental mechanics workshop in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Read more View the full article

Italian studio Antonio Ravalli Architetti have transformed the ground floor of a warehouse in Verona, Italy, into a showroom featuring gathered translucent curtains hanging from the ceiling. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article