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Dezeen Screen: while Dezeen prepares for the 2011 London Design Festival, here’s a previously unseen interview we filmed with Spanish designer Jaime Hayón during last year’s festival. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Competition: Nest.co.uk is giving Dezeen readers the chance to win a special-edition Fauteuil Direction chair by Modernist designer Jean Prouvé. (more...) View the full article

Dezeen is proud to be online media partner for Ventura Lambrate design district in Milan next month and we’ve teamed up with initiators Organisation in Design to provide this downloadable map and guide to the area. (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

Swings serve as shelves in this Tokyo shop by Japanese designer Hiroaki Matsuyama of Minorpoet. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Swiss studio Roeoesli Maeder Architekten has built anembassy for Switzerland in Nairobi, Kenya, as an extension of the dyed concrete boundary wall that surrounds the compound. Read more View the full article

We’ve just sent the latest issue of Dezeenmail – take a look at it here. Dezeenmail contains a selection of Dezeen’s best stories and comments, along with all our latest competitions, jobs and highlights from Dezeenwire, Dezeen Screen and Dezeen Watch Store. You can subscribe here. </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Indonesian architects Atelier Riri have designed this house in the dense residential area of Bintaro in Jakarta, Indonesia. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This week on Dezeen: Chinese artist Ai Weiwei accused Lego of "censorship" this week after the Danish toy brand refused to supply building blocks for his installation and Mercedes-Benz showcased its new concept vehicle designed for "urban trendsetters" (pictured). (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

These vases made of sand are shaped according to the principles of an old Japanese game. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This huge nest with a retractable staircase by Swedish designers Inrednin Gsgruppen forms part of a hotel in the trees in northern Sweden. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

We’ve just sent out the latest issue of Dezeenmail – take a look at it here. Dezeenmail is sent out roughly every two weeks and contains a selection of Dezeen’s best stories and comments, along with all our latest competitions and jobs. You can subscribe here. </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Zaha Hadid's glacier-inspired benches (above) and more new products from Milan feature in Dezeen Mail issue 147, which also includes the lastest news, jobs, competitions and reader comments from Dezeen. Read Dezeen Mail issue 147 | Subscribe to Dezeen Mail View the full article

Italian architect Antonio Citterio has completed an apartment building with stone and glass balconies that overlook Miami Beach. Read more View the full article

The Serpentine Gallery in London has unveiled designs for this year’s Serpentine Gallery Pavilion: a walled garden by Swiss architect Peter Zumthor. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Venice Architecture Biennale 2010: a blue-foam model city is suspended in the top half of the Dutch pavilion for the Venice Architecture Biennale. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen promotion: international design festival DMY Berlin will return to the German city's Tempelhof airport from 28 May to 1 June to showcase projects by over 500 designers. (more...) View the full article

Underwhelmed by BIG and Heatherwick's latest plans for Google's new California headquarters, readers are describing the design as "dystopian" and "oppressive" in this week's comments update. Read more View the full article

Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: architects need to work in non-democratic countries to help improve conditions for the people that live there, says Snøhetta co-founder Kjetil Trædal Thorsen. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen Wire: the world’s longest sea bridge has opened in eastern China, spanning 22.6 miles across Qingdao Jiaozhou Bay - Xinhua Net </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola's first collaboration with Danish metalware brand Georg Jensen includes upside-down jugs and a set of tilted vases (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

A perforated metal facade screens a round school in Denmark designed by Lundgaard & Tranberg Arkitekter around a central triple-height gym. Read more View the full article

New York design agency Sagmeister & Walsh has created an animated visual identity for cloud software management brand Fugue that responds to touch and sound (+ movie). (more…)

Dezeenwire: British architect Lord Norman Foster has surrendered his seat in the House of Lords in order to retain his “non-domiciled” tax status and avoid paying full British taxes. Foster will be able to retain his title despite his resignation – The Press Association. </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article