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Dutch architects UNStudio have completed a 21-storey office tower in their hometown of Amsterdam with colourfully glazed recesses in the facade spanning multiple floors. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Opinion: in the first of two columns about the impact of digital culture on design, Sam Jacob asks what America's Prism surveillance program tells us about design thinking. (more...) View the full article

Dezeen Screen: this movie shows how Dutch designers Rietveld Landscape placed rows of flaming torches inside an abandoned building so that it would appear to be on fire, before inviting visitors inside. Watch the movie » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This observation tower by Munich office terrain:loenhart&mayr rises over the river Mur at the Austrian border with Slovenia. (more…) </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

This mobile breast pump on show at CES doesn't use any cords or bottles, allowing new mothers to express milk without connecting to a power socket or getting undressed. Read more 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 movie filmed by Dezeen at Ventura Lambrate in Milan, San Francisco designer Yves Behar talks about Sayl, an office chair inspired by suspension bridges that he designed for furniture brand Herman Miller. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This week Steven Holl was announced as the winner of this year’s AIA Gold Medal, Danish studio BIG designed another building-cum-ski-slope and MAD released photos of their recently completed “otherworldly” museum in the Gobi desert. Over on Dezeen Screen Norman Foster talks about the legacy of Buckminster Fuller and Konstantin Grcic tells us about his Cape sofa in our series of movies from Qubique. Our series of Dezeen Talks at the Inside awards continues with an office arranged like a barcode, an apartment in a former grocery warehouse and a controversial airport terminal. Meanwhile Grafik magazine closed again, retail expert Mary Portas published a report on the fut…

London Design Festival 2011: in this interview filmed at Dezeen Space, London designer Paul Cocksedge explains the ideas behind Change the Record, a project where vinyl records are moulded into amplifiers for smartphones. Watch the movie here and see our earlier story here. </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

Cologne designer Thomas Schnur has designed a wooden bench with two fat cylindrical legs that are laid on their sides like logs. (more…) View the full article

The Sperone Westwater gallery by Foster + Partners architects opened in New York earlier this week, featuring a moving exhibition space that connects the floors of the gallery. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Space: today Canadian designer Philippe Malouin brings his bowls made of waxed concrete to our micro-exhibition Dezeen Platform at Dezeen Space. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store now stocks LunaTik, which converts the Apple iPod Nano into a multi-touch watch. Meanwhile, Dezeen Screen now has a new movie of designer Scott Wilson telling the story of how he raised a million dollars to develop the product. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A multifunctional stool and bentwood chair are two of Frattinifrilli's latest products, launching as part of VDF's collaboration with Ventura Projects. Read more View the full article

We’re finalising plans for our Christmas shop, The Temporium, with many more designers and brands signed up – including Swedish outfit Bookman, who are supplying special red and white versions of their cult Bookman cycle lights (above) to decorate the Christmas tree. We also have Japanese snacks, knotted collars, limited-edition prints, paper eyelashes, bird cushions and much more… (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Local architects Studio Sur Rue have designed a pastel pink deli in the 10th arrondissement of Paris that is dedicated to hummus and Israeli dining culture. Read more View the full article

Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: a resurgence of handmade architecture is one of the biggest themes to emerge from this year's Venice Biennale, according to Swiss architect Peter Zumthor. (more…) View the full article

Visitors to the Afrofuture exhibition in Milan built light-up glasses from recycled materials at a workshop organised by Maker Faire Africa (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

Architecture studio Family New York has completed this Brooklyn store for record label Fool's Gold, which features polycarbonate screens that frame a gold mirror and form niches that include a DJ booth. Read more View the full article

Simon Astridge has used pigmented concrete to create the pink facade of this extension to a north London house, accenting the warm-toned colours found in the existing brick walls. Read 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

Week eight of Virtual Design Festival featured a programme curated by Milan design platform Alcova and interviews with Ilse Crawford and Farshid Moussavi, plus a full-day takeover by Stockholm's ArkDes museum. Read more View the full article

House-shaped blocks and courtyards make up this cedar-clad residence in Christchurch, New Zealand, which architect Case Ornsby designed to replace another destroyed in the 2011 earthquake (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article