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Stockholm designers Tb & Ajakay have collaborated with Karl-Johan Hjerling and Karin Widmark to create a table, where layers of the plywood top appear to burst apart and curl around one end. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Designer Sam Baron of Fabrica will present a modular collection of furniture full of holes at ICFF in New York later this month. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

These funnel-shaped lamps for lighting brand Vertigo Bird are by Bevk Perovic Arhitekti of Slovenia. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Scroll down for all the latest from Dezeenjobs, including positions with designers Thomas Heatherwick and Tom Dixon, and architects OMA. This is also the last chance to apply to work with Jasper Morrison, FreeState, Laplace & Co, and more… (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

French designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have created a collection of tableware for Italian brand Alessi. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Photographer Nelson Garrido has sent us his photographs of this building by AGi architects of Spain and Kuwait, comprising three homes clad in white stucco and three homes in black stone. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Israeli office Chyutin Architects have completed a student centre for the University of Haifa, protruding out from the side of Mount Carmel in Haifa, Israel. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This tomb for a family on the mountainside in Arganil, Portugal, is by Portuguese architect Pedro Dias. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Danish architects Bjarke Ingels Group have won a competition to design multistorey, prefabricated wooden housing for Kouvola, Finland. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Audio tracks and soundscapes submitted by Dezeen readers will play this week at JamScape, an experimental audio installation in Milan developed by Jawbone and Yves Béhar of fuseproject. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen is proud to have been included in a list of the top 100 “people who count” in the design world in the latest issue of French magazine Architectural Digest. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This concept car by Los Angeles architects Emergent is made of cartilage and makes its own fuel from algae. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A translucent training centre in northern Italy has earned architects Iotti + Pavarani the Renzo Piano Foundation prize for the best Italian practice under 40. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Japanese architects Maker have completed a hair salon featuring gauze partitions and booths in untreated wood. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This week Renzo Piano completed a minimal monastery at the site of Le Corbusier’s chapel of Notre-Dame du Haut, Daniel Libeskind added an angular extension to Dresden’s Museum of Military History and UNStudio designed a cantilevered concrete observation tower. Rafael Viñoly talked to us about his new arts centre in Colchester and the most viewed story of the week was a simple house with a four metre-high door by Archiplan. Also this week, Yves Béhar of fuseproject designed a tricycle with built-in storage and Sam Hecht of Industrial Facility created a hand carved rubber pen with a gold nib. The RIBA Future Trends Survey contained some concerning statistics …

Qubique 2011: look carefully at these tables by Berlin-based collective llot llov and you’ll see that there’s a mirror in the wooden under-frame. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

ECAL graduate Romain Lagrange has designed an indoor croquet set that’s crafted from timber, cork and leather. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Japanese architect Kimihiko Okada has completed a spiralling house on stilts in Hiroshima. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Scroll on for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with designers UNStudio and communications brand Nokia, plus this is the last chance to apply for roles with Universal Design Studio, Matteo Thun, Tom Dixon and more… (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

French architects Agence Search have won a competition to design a Paris shopping mall with proposals involving giant elliptical lattices. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Light permeates this civic hall designed by Magén Arquitectos in southern Spain through blocks of alabaster in the facade. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

These carafes by Zurich designer Anna Blattert of Swiss collective Postfossil incorporate little baskets to hold fresh ingredients like lemon or mint for making flavoured tap water. (more…) View the full article

The latest issue of our weekly Dezeen Mail newsletter includes a drive-through airport, a house with built-in graffiti and an eye-tracking camera (above). There’re also new jobs, competitions, interviews and music plus details of our next pop-up shop Dezeen Super Store, which opens on Saturday. Read Dezeen Mail issue 107 | Subscribe to Dezeen Mail View the full article

This conceptual skyscraper by Brazilian architects Projeto Coletivo would be constructed using garbage in the city of São Paulo. (more…) View the full article

The London 2012 Paralympics begin tonight and over the coming days we’ll be featuring a selection of cutting-edge sportswear designed for the competing athletes, starting with the Nike Spike Pad as worn by “Blade Runner” Oscar Pistorius. (more…) View the full article