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Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with Biennale Interieur to give away five pairs of tickets to the Belgian design festival, which takes place in Kortrijk from 17 to 26 October. (more...) View the full article

Dezeen Music Project: a choir of outdated computer equipment and games consoles performs a rendition of Carol of the Bells in this music video by Glasgow filmmaker James Houston. (more...) View the full article

Danish firm Bjarke Ingels Group has revealed its plans for a loop-shaped station on a new stretch of the Paris Metro. Read more View the full article

Japanese design studio Nendo has created a stationery collection that includes a cube of different-sized sticky notes (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Rafael Viñoly's Walkie Talkie skyscraper in London stole the limelight when it reflected the September sun onto cars parked nearby and caused them to melt. (more...) View the full article

Scroll on for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with Balmond Studio, MAD and Universal Design Studio, plus this is the last chance to apply for roles with Matteo Thun & Partners, Heatherwick Studio, Marcel Wanders and more… (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Maison&Objet 2014: British design brand Another Country has collaborated with Canadian designer Dana Cannam on a lighting range that will be unveiled today at Paris trade fair Maison & Objet. (more...) View the full article

Montreal firm Natalie Dionne Architecture added a new brick facade to an apartment building in the city to transform it into a light-filled and contemporary home. Read more View the full article

Dezeen Space: Glasgow designer Fraser Ross presents his plant-like LED lamps, trapped under bell jars, which react to the sound and movement of onlookers at Dezeen Platform today. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Since it’s Valentine’s day, London designer Lee Washington has created a set of bookmarks shaped like little men with cut-out hearts. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This week on Dezeen: London's Royal College of Art hit the headlines this week following the suspension of its world-famous Design Interactions course and supermodel Kate Moss (pictured right) announced her foray into interior design. (more…) View the full article

Furniture designers are ditching the skinny look for plump forms that appear to have been pumped full of air. In our latest roundup, we look at 10 designs that represent the trend. Read more View the full article

This week, some readers are envious of architect Timothee Mercier's parents after he converted an unused farm building in France into a new home for them. Read more View the full article

British architect John Pawson has sent us these snaps of the model he used when designing the forthcoming exhibition of his work at London’s Design Museum, which opens next week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

British-American branding firm Wolff Olins has created a shapeshifting logo for South African telecoms company Oi that changes colour and form in response to people's voices (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

The Media-ICT office building by Cloud 9 Architects has won the World Building of the Year 2011 at the World Architecture Festival in Barcelona. You can see more information on the winning design here and our previous stories on the World Architecture Festival here, including announcements of all of the category winners. </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Product news: Gothenburg studio Design Stories and recycling workshop Returhuset have created a range of drawstring lamps made of waste material from local factories. (more...) View the full article

Dezeen Wire: a Chinese firm is planning to build an exact replica of the Austrian village of Hallstatt in the Chinese province of Guangdong - Spiegel Online </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Chinese architect Sun Dayong has created a conceptual design for a shield that would protect a wearer during a coronavirus outbreak by using UV light to sterilise itself. Read more View the full article

London interior architects Universal Design Studio have completed the interior of a new store in Manchester, UK, for fashion brand Mulberry. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This apartment block in the Iranian town of Mahallat was constructed using the otherwise useless offcuts from local stonecutting businesses. (more...) View the full article

Workshop Architecten has created a blackened wood barn for a farm in the Netherlands, which is divided into separate living quarters for sheep and people. Read more View the full article

A mix of retail and cultural facilities will make up the Wollert Neighbourhood Centre, which OMA has proposed for the town of Whittlesey, Australia. Read more View the full article

London designers Studiolav have declared the pencil redundant and redesigned it for life in a pencil-pot graveyard. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

One year ago Zaha Hadid Architects unveiled designs for an enormous undulating arts centre in Chengdu, China and Michael Graves & Associates completed a building for the Dutch national automobile museum inspired by a traditional carriage house. A Japanese home with stairs covering the façade divided opinion, with some of our readers saying it looked like stadium bleachers, while one reader described a monolithic office and residential complex by Erick van Egeraat as an “ugly big charmless building!”. Meanwhile, British designer Robin Day passed away aged 95, architects Carmody Groarke designed an interior for a fashion exhibition with backlit partitions that resem…