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A tubular steel slide plummets through four storeys inside this penthouse apartment in New York by architect David Hotson (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Colombo and Serboli Architecture has used richly-hued paintwork to bring life to the previously charred interior of this apartment in Barcelona. Read more View the full article

Mark Nixon of London studio CZWG has turned a bridge in Aarhus, Denmark, into a musical instrument by hanging metal pipes from the underside. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The two storeys that London architects Project Orange have added to the roof of a redundant brick warehouse in Sheffield look like another building stacked on top. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A bright white canopy undulates above the glazed walls of this chapel outside Cape Town, framing views right through it to scenic mountains, vineyards and pomegranate orchards. Read more View the full article

Indigenous trees and wooden workbenches line the inside of Apple Iconsiam in Bangkok, the first Apple Store to open in Thailand, designed by Foster + Partners. Read more

Dezeen Wire: the twelve winners of this year’s Dutch Design Awards were announced at a ceremony in Eindoven this evening, including a robot that prints chairs from recycled refrigerators, street lamps with no poles and a bunker that’s been cut in half. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Our third story about Mexican pilgrimage La Ruta del Peregrino features this linear stone pier by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei. (more…) </img></img> </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, French designer Philippe Starck talks about the dining room’s evolution and its effect on relationships. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

UK designers Studiofibre have complete the west London headquarters of fashion brand Net-A-Porter. (more…) </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

Ligne Roset Westend hosts an exhibition of their latest collection called Telling Tales to coincide with the London Design Festival. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Beijing Design Week 2011: visitors were served tea at a heat-sensitive colour-changing table in a pop-up teahouse for Beijing Design Week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This conceptual tower for Taiwan by Romanian firms upgrade.studio, DSBA and Mihai Carciun in the USA would feature observation decks floating up and down each side on helium balloons. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London Design Festival 2010: this cardboard interior by London designers StudioXAG has giant hands suspended above it and houses products by University of Arts London graduates. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Frankfurt designer Reinhard Dienes presented this adjustable lamp with a long shade at Maison& Objet in Paris last week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

British lighting brand Astro has launched its three-piece Capsule Collection Volume 01, which includes a bathroom lamp with a grooming mirror attached called Orb, as part of the VDF products fair. Read more View the full article

Dezeen Wire: the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) have announced 25 new additions to the World Heritage List, including the Fagus Factory by Walter Gropius as reported yesterday, but deferred an application for the inclusion of 19 buildings by Modernist architect Le Corbusier, referring the decision to the next committee meeting. See the full list of accepted applications here. </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2016: these marble side tables by Japanese design studio Nendo look like they are leaning over. (more…) View the full article

Lattices of dark blockwork wrap around a verdant courtyard and narrow swimming pool at this hotel in Mexico City, overhauled by local firm JSa. Read more View the full article

A car service pavilion with a canopy shaped like a giant Pringle potato crisp has been completed in northern Germany by GRAFT Gesellschaft von Architeken (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Concertinaed paper-like ribbons swoop through an exhibition about performance art and movement designed by London firm Amanda Levete Architects at the Hayward Gallery in London. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The devastating fire at London's Grenfell Tower has highlighted the widespread neglect of the UK's residential high-rises, and the undeserved contempt held for the people that live in them, says Owen Hatherley. Read more View the full article

We’ve teamed up with new London brand 1ina100 to give readers the chance to win one of three T-shirts from their inaugural collection of limited-edition designs. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Week nine of Virtual Design Festival opens with a virtual-reality tour with architect Arthur Mamou-Mani, who will show us around VR versions of his Catharsis and Galaxia buildings created for the Burning Man festival. Read more View the full article