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Here’s an extremely pointy apartment block by Japanese architects EASTERN Design Office. (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

VDF products fair: The Blaziken trousers by Vienna-based label Brandan Josh are named after a Pokémon and made from reclaimed fabric scraps. Read more View the full article

This alarm clock created by Adrian and Jeremy Wright for French design brand Lexon is turned on and off by flipping it over (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Belgian artist Carsten Höller has created a set of tableware for Porcelain manufacturer Nymphenburg, depicting the iconic Flying City project by the late Russian architect Georgy Krutikov. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2011: in first of our movies filmed in Milan and published on our new video website Dezeen Screen, industrial designer Gabriel Lamb of fuseproject describes the process of setting up the JamScape installation at Ventura Lambrate, which involved wiring up over 1,600 wireless Jambox speakers to play audio tracks submitted by Dezeen readers. See the movie </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

France, Austria and Norway are to become home to the world's tallest wooden buildings according to a new report by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, which has found Europe to be leading the timber construction movement. Read more 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

Dezeen Wire: the ongoing construction of skyscrapers in central London has caused the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to reconsider the status of the Tower of London and the Palace of Westminster as recognised sites of historical significance – Evening Standard UNESCO are concerned that The Shard by architect Renzo Piano near the Tower of London and the 43-storey Doon Street tower on the opposite side of the river Thames from Westminster are having a negative impact on the views and historical integrity of the landmarks. It could place them on its “at risk” register, which would damage their appeal to international tourists. S…

Italian ceramicist Paola Paronetto has unveiled two new vase designs, created using her distinctive "paper clay" technique. 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

Scroll on for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with Heatherwick Studio, UXUS and David Gill Galleries, plus this is the last chance to apply for roles with Foster + Partners, BIG and more… (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Traditional Indian crafts are celebrated in the inaugural collection from Kam Ce Kam, a furniture brand launched by 27-year-old designer Jehanara Knowles during London Design Festival. Read more

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

Dezeen Screen: in the first of our series of interviews with designers presenting their work at Dezeen Platform at Dezeen Space, architect Julian Hakes talks about his Mojito Shoe, which has no footplate and wraps around the wearer’s foot in a single ribbon. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: a leaked British Cabinet Office list obtained by the BBC reveals the futures of the British Council and Design Council are “still to be decided”, while CABE’s fate is noted as “to be decided – consider consolidating functions across Government”. Download the document here (via @ianfordham on Twitter). </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: in her latest article for The New York Times, design critic Alice Rawsthorn explains how Dutch designer Aldo Bakker‘s expressive process and relentless attention to detail make him “one of the new wave of designers who could be called design-auteurs” – The New York Times Bakker’s products and furniture perform simple functions in ways that Rawsthorn says demonstrate “a quiet confidence, as if every element has been resolved with nothing left to chance.” Bakker says of his creative methods, which can lead to each product taking years to develop: “I love having the freedom to pay attention to every detail in my work, no matter how crazy.” See designs by Ald…

Dutch designers Studio Makkink & Bey present furniture and household appliances combined with packing crates at Spring Projects in London. (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

Boston firm Flavin Architects has built a three-storey addition for a house in Massachusetts to offer space for a couple to write, garden and repair antique scooters. Read more 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

We've been reporting on the Stockholm Furniture Fair this week, where we spotted spherical glass lamps that appear to be steamed up, furniture made from sewn plywood and a collection of pentagonal wooden furniture. Read on for more architecture and design stories from the past seven days, plus our Dezeen Music Project track of the week. (more...) View the full article

Bjarke Ingels Group have won a competition to convert a Basel warehouse with their design for an extension that will zigzag across the roof like a bolt of lightening. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The latest edition of our Dezeen Weekly newsletter includes the Body Type typeface which Filipino graphic designer Julius Raymund Advincula created during his spare time in coronavirus lockdown. Read more View the full article