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Climbers in the Alps can now spend their nights sleeping in a tube that cantilevers over the edge of a mountain. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Porcelain containers based on insect eggs by Dutch designer Anke Weiss are on show as part of Eat Drink Design at Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven this week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Competition: we’ve teamed up with the American Hardwood Export Council to give away ten copies of Timber Wave, a book documenting the installation of the same name by architects AL_A and engineers Arup at the V&A museum in London. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Competition: we’ve teamed up with Lego® Architecture to give away five Lego models of the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: the RIBA in London have opposed a bid by the Prince’s Foundation to take over the design review role currently fulfilled by the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE), which is to close in the wake of last week’s government spending review. See press release below. See also: CABE closed down in spending review (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This faceted spiral staircase was created by Czech architects EDIT! to join two neighbouring apartments in Prague. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This curvy timber deck belongs to a dorm for restaurant staff completed by Japanese designer Koichi Futatsumata of Case-Real in an abandoned house. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Original brickwork, mahogany panelling and a new guest casita are featured in this 1950s Texas dwelling that has been meticulously renovated by local studio Clayton & Little. Read more

Continuing our fifth birthday celebrations this week, here is the Dezeen team’s list of the five best parties we’ve hosted since we launched in 2006: (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Our updated Pinterest board showcases inventive shed design, including a converted 1930s outhouse and a shed-cum-painting studio in the Netherlands. Read more View the full article

Dezeen Space: visitors to Dezeen Space today can stand on Dezeen Platform installation to create a soundscape by linking hands with others. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

In an interview published here as part of VDF x Alcova, German siblings Merle and Till Richter of Sammlung Walter spoke about how they see their fashion and furniture pieces less like products and more like experiments in the "art of fabrication". Read more View the full article

A Cold War fortress on a Swedish island is the setting for this timber-framed restaurant by Sweco Architects (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

A louvred timber canopy fans up from the centre of this restaurant near Sydney by Australian architects Koichi Takada. (more…) </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

Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto's Bookchair slots in and out of its surrounding shelving to double as both storage and seating. Read more View the full article

Amsterdam-based eyewear company Ace & Tate's shop in Antwerp has interiors clad with terrazzo made with colourful chips of recycled plastic sourced locally by Dutch startup Plasticiet. Read more View the full article

In this movie recorded at Somerset House in London author Max Fraser talks about his Joy of Living project, where designers including John Pawson, Michael Wolfson and Brodie Neill donated artworks based on graph paper to raise money for a cancer charity. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This week's job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is a position for a site architect at Heatherwick Studio, whose proposal for a garden to span the River Thames on a new pedestrian bridge is pictured. Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

Industrial designer Konstantin Grcic is to be presented the Designer of the Year Award at Design Miami/ in December, where he will also create a seating installation from nets. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Competition: we’re giving away five copies of the brand-new Dezeen Book of Ideas signed by Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs will interview designers Axel Hildenbrand and Shay Alkalay, and Barbara Friedrich of Architektur & Wohnen live on stage from 12.30 in the The Ramazzotti D3 Lounge at imm Cologne today, as part of our Dezeentalks at [D3] Design Talents series. The interviews will be broadcast on Dezeen at a later date. More info plus the full schedule in our earlier story. See films of all the Dezeentalks at last year’s fair here. </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: our latest Dezeen Watch Store pop-up is at Blickfang design fair at the Austrian Museum of Applied Arts (MAK) in Vienna from 14 to 16 October. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Aesop's inaugural book offers a snapshot of its three-decade-long history. Creative director, Marsha Meredith, talks through some of her favourite moments from the skincare brand's past. Read more View the full article

Yuri Suzuki will join Dezeen for a live Screentime interview as part of Virtual Design Festival. Watch from 4:00pm UK time. Read more View the full article