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This foyer for the Royal Institute of Engineers in The Hague by Dutch practice AAArchitects has a large door which folds up from the glass facade to create a porch. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A grid of timber louvres screens the end facades of this Japanese house by architects AE5 Partners. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

French designer Elise Gabriel’s series of furniture made by wrapping cellulose fibres round the joints is on show at Galerie Gosserez in Paris. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Vienna Design Week 2011: Vienna Design Week opens from Friday until 9 October. Here’s a trailer from the curators, featuring a dance performance involving one of the event’s signature painted chairs that will be stationed at event venues across the city. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The site of BIG's proposed new national theatre in Tirana has become the focus of anti-government protests as demolition of the original theatre begins. Read more View the full article

Bureau Rhizome's interior for this contemporary Russian restaurant is influenced by a neighbouring Danish design school. Read more View the full article

Nokia is rumoured to be relaunching its bestselling 3310 mobile phone as a cheap backup for smartphone users. Read more View the full article

Dutch textile designer Simone Post has adapted a traditional wax printing technique to create a colourful fabric that combines 3D geometries with bubble patterns. Read more

Swedish architect Andreas Martin-Löf has completed a weekend retreat for himself on a steep hill overlooking the Stockholm archipelago, with eye-level views of the surrounding tree canopy (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

We've updated our World Design Guide to feature five new events including Designer's Days in Paris, the AIA Convention in Denver and Beirut Design Week, which all take place this month. (more...) View the full article

In the second movie in our series of Dezeentalks at [D3] Design Talents, Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs talks to Swedish designers AKKA, joint first-prize winners of this year’s [D3] Contest young designers competition. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Scroll down for all the latest from Dezeenjobs including positions with architects Mikou Studio in Paris and furniture brand Skandium in London. This is also the last chance to apply to work with Heatherwick Studio, B&B Italia, Henning Larsen, MAD and more… (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Inside 2011: we’ve been posting the winners of the inaugural Inside awards as they’re announced today and you can now check out all nine winning projects in our special Inside category. We’ll be showing interviews with the winners on Dezeen Screen over the coming days, but in the meantime you can watch interviews with the judges here. Inside world festival of interiors is taking place on the third floor of the Centro de Convenciones Internacionales de Barcelona until 4 November – see all our stories about the event here and find out what we’re up to in Barcelona this week here. </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </…

Daily coronavirus briefing: today's architecture and design coronavirus briefing includes a colourful message of thanks designed by Morag Myerscough, a social distancing-market and Cannes Lions news. Read more View the full article

Visitors can take a plunge into a cold lake after warming up in this floating wooden sauna by Seattle firm goCstudio – the latest example of the trend for buoyant architecture (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

In the fifth and final part of today's collaboration between Virtual Design Festival and Forward Festival, Fredrik Öst explains how his creative agency Snask ended up acquiring a rock band. Read more View the full article

Sharks suspended in formaldehyde, graphics of oversized pills and flooring patterned with butterflies await high-rolling guests staying in this hotel suite, which British artist Damien Hirst has designed for the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas. Read more

London designer Samuel Wilkinson created these mouth-blown glass lamps specifically to house the Plumen 001 low-energy light bulbs released by Hulger last month (see our earlier story). (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Wooden horses wearing ties, hats, scarves and shoes from the new Hermès collection are included in a set of interiors by Spanish designers CuldeSac. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This Melbourne cafe by French designer Sasufi features a 12 metre-long wall covered in timber offcuts. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Will Gamble Architects has updated a house in west London with an extension modelled on a Japanese tea house. Read more View the full article

Frank Gehry once told Aaron Betsky that his favourite architect was actually an artist. After probing the work of late minimalist Robert Ryman, Betsky agrees that the painter's use of white made him a master manipulator of space. Read more

London designer Nick Fraser presents these faceted terracotta plant pots at Clerkenwell Design Week in London this week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Cologne 2011: more from Jean Nouvel for Ligne Roset at imm cologne, this time the reissue of the French designer’s Saint James collection (above) and Simple Bridge (below). (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Measuring people's happiness with architecture is a step towards trying to control them, says Reinier de Graaf. Read more