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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

This week on Dezeen, we announced the shortlisted architecture, interior and design projects that are in line to win Dezeen Awards in 2019. Read more

Dezeen Wire: The Guardian’s architecture critic Jonathan Glancey explains that the much-criticised ArcelorMittal Orbit sculpture, designed by Anish Kapoor and structural engineer Cecil Balmond for next year’s Olympics in London, has been an easy target for jokes but that it demonstrates Britain’s manufacturing capabilities and says it “may even effect buildings of the future just as the Eiffel Tower and the Crystal Palace did” - The Guardian </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

German photographer Peter Nitsch has sent us a selection of his latest series of photos, documenting combined businesses and homes in Bangkok, Thailand. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen archive: following our popular story on the smartphone with an old-fashioned rotary dial by Richard Clarkson (top left), we’ve grouped together all our stories from the Dezeen archives about telephones. See all the stories » See all our archive stories » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron have won a competition to design a children’s hospital and a teaching/research centre in Zurich, Switzerland. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen Space: our micro-exhibition Dezeen Platform kicks off at Dezeen Space today, with architect/shoe designer Julian Hakes. (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

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

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

Dezeen Watch Store: we're offering up to 25% off selected watches in the winter sale at Dezeen Watch Store, with all sale purchases over £60 eligible for free worldwide shipping. (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

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

VDF products fair: The Herman Miller Lino office chair is designed by Sam Hecht and Kim Colin to offer optimum comfort and a "wide range of aesthetic options" in the workplace. Read more View the full article

Dezeen have teamed up with CABE to launch a photography competition inviting readers to capture the beauty of England’s urban environment for the chance to win a Holga camera. (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

Dezeen Wire: design critic Justin McGuirk says that a kitchen concept by Dutch electrical company Philips that uses decomposition to generate methane gas for cooking is an example of how we may “have to get more comfortable with bacteria and with putrefaction’s role in our ecosystem” – The Guardian McGuirk claims the Microbial kitchen concept‘s “steampunk” aesthetic offers “an alternative vision to the clinical kitchen,” and also mentions the trend for low-tech kitchen appliances, such as designer Christoph Thetard’s pedal-powered devices, which he says represent a reaction to the impending energy crisis. Last year Dezeen published a report on Food and Design, includi…

A glistening aluminium canopy undulates above the heads of waiting passengers at a bus station in Slough, England. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Book of Interviews features conversations with 45 leading figures in architecture and design. You can now pick up a copy for just £8 in our summer sale. (more…) View the full article

The first floor bedroom of this house in Java is disguised as a truck driving through the wall. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> 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

Our job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for a curator of 20th century and contemporary furniture at London's V&A Museum, where Mischer'Traxler filled a room with interactive glass bubbles (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

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