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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

Comments update: architectural debate commanded the conversation on Dezeen this week, with one reader accusing the Modernist movement of "raping South America", while others were more concerned with defending MAD's design for the George Lucas museum from lazy criticism. (more...) View the full article

The first images taken by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) latest solar telescope show the cell-like structures "the size of Texas" that cover the sun's surface. Read 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

Milan 2012: new French brand La Chance launches at MOST in Milan this week. (more…) View the full article

This house on a wedge of land in Shiga, Japan, is by FORM/Kouichi Kimura Architects. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Following our story on a wooden skyscraper proposed for Stockholm this week, here's a series of timber architecture from Dezeen's archive. See all wooden buildings » See all our archive stories » 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

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

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

Graduate shows 215: designer Erika Emerén created the shapes and patterns of the chair, lamp and rug in her graduate collection by playing with plasticine (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Graduate designer Jacques-Elie Craig Ribeyron’s shaving set is made of stainles steel with a black PVD coating, normally applied to enhance the durability of industrial tools. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Design studio Local Office for Large Architecture (LOLA) have completed the menswear section of a department store in southern Italy that first opened in 1859. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: designer Ron Arad is to create an installation at London’s Roundhouse in August this year to host performances by designers and musicians including Hussein Chalayan and Javier Mariscal. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

At the touch of a button, the chunky marble walls that surround this house in India divide up into spinning and sliding panels, revealing a more lightweight glass facade behind (photos by Edmund Sumner + slideshow). (more…) 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

Product news: whether you fancy the Frenchman, the Millionaire, the Tennis Coach or the Fireman, the characters in this range of designer sex toys have been created in response to stereotypical female fantasies. (more...) View the full article

Scroll on for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with Fabio Novembre (pictured above), Dezeen, UNStudio and the Architecture Foundation, plus this is the last chance to apply for roles with Camron, Modus and more. (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

Dezeen Wire: British architect Terry Farrell has unveiled conceptual proposals to convert London’s Battersea Power Station into a park, which oppose existing plans for a mixed-used development by New York architect Rafael Viñoly. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This stationery case by designers Tomáš Král and Camille Blin clamps four pencils between its jaws. (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…

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

New York architects SO-IL have designed these coloured acrylic display cases in geometric shapes to showcase pieces by German porcelain brand Meissen in an exhibition at Kunsthal KAdE in Amersfoort, the Netherlands. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

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