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This third movie in our series of Dezeentalks at [D3] Design Talents features Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs talking to the second-prize winner of this year’s [D3] Contest young designers competition, Frankfurt designer Hanna Emelie Ernsting. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Movie: designer Arik Levy explains why he wanted to design a range of bent-wood chairs in this movie produced by Dezeen for Czech furniture brand TON. (more…)

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

Architect Foster + Partners has completed its first residential skyscraper in London, which contains 299 luxury apartments. Read more View the full article

The Shanghai office of Chinese architecture studio Taranta Creations features a staircase within a labia-like orifice and a floor that doubles as a desk. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This week we've selected five of the best interior architect roles available on Dezeen Jobs, including vacancies at Italian studio Vincenzo de Cotiis Architects and German practice HENN. Read more

Dezeen Wire: Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has been released on bail after two months in detention, which Xinhua news agency said was “because of his good attitude in confessing his crimes” – Guardian More about Ai Weiwei on Dezeen » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A chair made from loaves of bread and a toilet-cum-sink are among the objects on display in an exhibition at Friedman Benda that aims to find a "new form of pleasure" in furniture. Read more View the full article

Iconic landmarks were transformed into stages for September's fashion shows. We've picked out 15 architecturally influenced set designs during New York, London, Milan and Paris Fashion Week this year. Read more View the full article

The watchtowers, walls and pathways of a historic fort were repaired and rebuilt as part of this restoration project in the 2000-year-old city of Thula, Yemen, one of 20 projects shortlisted for the 2013 Aga Khan Award. (more...) View the full article

Dezeen is giving five readers the chance to win an activity book filled with briefs to complete drawings of urban architecture. Read more View the full article

Visible brush strokes pattern the surfaces of this furniture collection by Japanese studio Nendo for Italian brand Glasitalia (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Designers Scott, Rich and Victoria of London and Auckland have created this collection of oak and metal furniture. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Beijing's Forbidden City is the backdrop for this tea house created by Chinese studio Cutscape Architecture in place of two dilapidated warehouses (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Dezeenwire: Marianne Goebl (below) has been appointed director of design collectors’ fair Design Miami/. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

In this second movie filmed by Dezeen at the Blickfang designworkshop in Vienna last month, young designers Yi-Cong Lu (above), Hanna Emelie Ernsting and Only ET Will Judge Me talk about what they have learned. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Internet giant Google will run this shared workplace for startup technology companies that interior designers Jump Studios have just completed in the area nicknamed Silicon Roundabout in Shoreditch, London. (more…) View the full article

Readers went crazy for the staircase cantilevered over a shallow first-floor pool in our most popular story this week, a Japanese house by NRM-Architects Office, so we’re treating you to a selection of stories from the Dezeen archives that feature spectacular staircases. More » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Here’s another apartment renovation in Barcelona by Spanish studio Arquitectura-G (see their El Born apartment in our earlier story). (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dutch shoe designer Marloes ten Bhömer has created a pair of 3D-printed shoes that can be individually made to fit perfectly. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Aaron Betsky has resigned as president of Frank Lloyd Wright's School of Architecture at Taliesin and will become the director of Virginia Tech's School of Architecture + Design. Read more View the full article

Movie: designer Jaime Hayón (above) was chief curator at the Blickfang designworkshop in Copenhagen last month, advising ten young designers on how to develop their products and businesses. (more…) View the full article

Pupils at this school near Paris take lessons on driving large trucks in a building topped with a perforated aluminium canopy, designed to evoke the look of a petrol station (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Product news: this pencil cup and stationery holder that appears to be sinking into the desk has been designed by Luka Or for Israel design brand Monkey Business. (more...) View the full article

Slideshow: the cantilevered upper storeys of this house in Osaka by Japanese architect Shogo Iwata hover above a driveway. (more…) View the full article