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Opinion: Justin McGuirk's inaugural Opinion column for Dezeen is in two parts - in this first instalment he examines what cheap tablet computers developed for emerging markets like India will mean for high-end tech giants like Apple and Samsung. Tomorrow he'll ask why design critics are writing about technology in the first place. (more...) View the full article

Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs will chair a discussion with Milan designer Fabio Novembre at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London tonight as part of Peroni Nastro Azzurro‘s latest series of talks on Italian design. You’ll be able to watch the talk via a live stream on Dezeen Screen from 7pm. </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

California studio Bureau Spectacular has created a wooden structure on stilts that references the Primitive Hut proposed by philosopher Marc-Antoine Laugier in the 18th century. Read more View the full article

Dezeen promotion: building-centric activities will take place throughout October in New York City, as part of a celebration organised by the Center for Architecture. Read more View the full article

Portuguese photographer José Campos has sent us these photos of Herzog & de Meuron’s Elbphilharmonie concert hall, which is currently under construction in Hamburg and due for completion in 2013. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Scroll down for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeenjobs this week, including positions with architects Herzog & de Meuron and OMA. This is also the last chance to apply to work with Thomas Heatherwick, Tom Dixon, Jason Bruges Studio, Universal Design Studio and more… (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London architects Sybarite have completed this shop interior for fashion house Alberta Ferretti in Milan. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Paris studio Plan01 Architects have completed a crematorium in Rennes, France, featuring a series of circular structures surrounded by a ring of granite blocks. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This bench by London studio Raw Edges comprises three different benches that interlock to create a pattern of horizontal and vertical stripes. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

We have teamed up with the guys over at Clients from Hell blog to give away five copies of their Clients From Hell book, a collection of horror stories from the design industry. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This fashion collection made of heavy-duty black tarpaulin by graduate designer Martijn Van Strien is on show at Design Academy Eindhoven as part of Dutch Design Week, which kicked off yesterday. (more...) View the full article

To conclude our high-tech architecture series, we round up everything you need to know about the movement from A to Z. Read more View the full article

New York studio MB Architecture have completed an art studio in the woods made of two steel shipping containers in Amagansett, New York. (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 designers Tom Dixon and Heatherwick Studio, plus this is the last chance to apply for roles with Matteo Thun & Partners, Marcel Wanders, Buro Ole Scheeren and more… (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Bjarke Ingels has hit back at accusations of sexism at his architecture firm, following the controversy over that Instagram post. Read more View the full article

Dezeen Wire: architects including Foster + Partners, Aedas and BDP have accused the UK Conservative Party of exaggerating the fees architects were paid under the previous government’s Building Schools for the Future scheme - Building Design </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

VDF products fair: Lace, bows, flowers and pearls feature in the Candelaria collection by Viennese fashion house Narbon, in a celebration of maximalist femininity. Read more View the full article

Hungarian designer Zsofia Kollar has used human hair to create a series of scented objects, including a wall hanging and a U-shaped necklace (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

French studio Dominique Coulon & Associés has built a covered market alongside an exhibition area, workshops for creatives and a concrete cafe in a former distillery in Schiltigheim. Read more View the full article

Russian architects Arch-group have designed a Russian Orthodox church and cultural centre for a site by the Eiffel Tower in Paris. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Russian studio Wowhaus has transformed a four-lane highway beside Moscow's Moskva River into the city's first year-round park, featuring rows of trees, fountains, cafes and artists' studios (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Polished terrazzo fixtures and mirrored surfaces offset the exposed pipework and crumbling walls inside this minimal florist in Kiev designed by Rina Lovko Studio. Read more View the full article

Victims of human trafficking can find refuge behind the faceted walls of this sheltered housing block in the Netherlands by Dutch firm KAW (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Milan 2012: in the first of our daily TV shows from MOST in Milan, Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs tours the exhibition as designers rush to prepare everything for today’s press preview. (more…) 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