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Threads of plastic hang like hair from the ceiling of this dark beauty salon in Belgrade, Serbia. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Sanden+Hodnekvam Arkitekter has used concrete and wood to build a minimal cabin on an outcrop beside the Beitstadfjorden in Norway. Read more

This tree-top hotel room by Swedish architects Cyrén & Cyrén, is accessed via a bridge leading from the hilly forest to an entrance on the roof. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A system of pulleys are used to raise and lower sections of the walls of this prefabricated cabin on the border between Turkey and Greece, allowing the holiday home to open up to the outdoors or be completely closed during bad weather. Read more View the full article

Milan 2011: Slovenian lighting brand Vertigo Bird present new lamps by designers including Mathias Hahn, Uli Budde and A + A Cooren as part of Tortona Design Week in Milan. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Shiplap siding, glazed walls and large hip roofs form the exterior of holiday homes designed by Canadian studio MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects for an upscale resort island in Ontario's Muskoka region. Read more

Lisbon studio Orgânica Arquitectura have completed a two-storey residence behind the solid stone walls of an otherwise ruined house in Sintra, Portugal. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2012: more about Hackney designers in Milan last week – this tangle of bent rods and random objects is actually a doorbell by Dutch Shoreditch-based designer Tord Boontje that was shown at the Ventura Lambrate design district. (more…) View the full article

Aged brick walls and ceiling beams hint at the past lives of this building in Barcelona, which Cadaval & Solà-Morales has turned into a contemporary home. Read more

A courtyard with a swimming pool lies at the heart of this inward-facing dwelling in northern Mexico by architecture studio Cadaval & Solà-Morales. Read more View the full article

Cadaval & Sola-Morales has converted a derelict block in Mexico City's La Roma neighbourhood into apartments, offices and shops set around a courtyard with white staircases and trailing planting. Read more View the full article

News: Cadbury has won the right to stop rival chocolate makers using its signature colour, Pantone 2685C purple, on their wrappers. (more…) View the full article

UK studio NEX has won a competition to design a cafe outside the Saatchi Gallery in London’s Chelsea with plans for a spiralling pavilion and rooftop garden. (more…) View the full article

Caesar Ceramics has introduced four new porcelain surfacing collections at VDF products fair, including a range of tiles called Enchant that evoke aged and painted wood. Read more View the full article

Eli Feiglin of Caesarstone reflects on the quartz surface manufacturer's collaborations with designers including Raw Edges and Jaime Hayón in the latest movie Dezeen produced for the brand. Read more View the full article

Tiled surfaces, scientific apparatus and plastic curtains turn this Paris cafe into a coffee laboratory. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Freelance writers and journalists can work for as long as they want without being pestered by waiting staff at this black and white Parisian cafe by local design studio POOL. (more…) View the full article

Japanese studio FORM/Kouichi Kimura Architects references ecclesiastical architecture with this cafe in Hyogo, Japan, which has a concrete steeple (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Table legs extend up to look like tree trunks and branches at this cafe in Tokyo by Japanese studio id (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

The roof of a cafe pavilion in a German town cemetery is edged with both round and pointed arches. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Vienna Design Week 2011: London designers PostlerFerguson have created a temporary Viennese coffee house for Vienna Design Week, which continues until Sunday. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The asphalt surface of a car park extends inside this cafe in Shizuoka, Japan, by Japanese architects Suppose Design Office. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Exposed timber beams branch out from the tops of columns that support the roof of this cafeteria in the Ushimado district of Setouichi city in Japan by Niji Architects (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Montreal design studio Lambert & Fils has worked with Milanese DWA Design Studio on a six-day pop-up cafe for Milan design week, with the aim of sparking dynamic conversations over food. Read more

Mexican industrial designer Jorge Diego Etienne has created a series of small tables that look like cages. (more…) View the full article