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Colombian practice A5 Arquitectura ran steel balconies and staircases up the front of The Somos hotel so visitors can enjoy the year-round good weather in Medellín. Read more View the full article

Zurich photographer Bruno Helbling has sent us his photos of a house on a hillside in Switzerland by Swiss office Felber Szélpal Architekten. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

VDF products fair: Vienna designer Sassa Ann Van Wyk has reinterpreted a classic straw boater hat as a sculptural headpiece, called Summer Hat, for which the material is layered in undulating folds. Read more View the full article

French design brand Moustache will launch their second collection of furniture by designers including Big-Game, Matali Crasset and Bertjan Pot in Milan next week. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Spanish studio MSB have designed a collection of steel-plate furniture including this desk, which combines a seat and table. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Design graduate Julian Bond of the Royal College of Art has created a moulding machine to produce vases, each with its own unique design. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Hungarian studio A+ Z Designers have created a range of items inspired by Gypsy culture, and made from traditional materials and methods. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London design brand Hulger has launched Plumen, a product it describes as “the world’s first designer low-energy light bulb”. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has covered the floor of the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern in London with more than 100 million individually handmade replica sunflower seeds. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dutch designers Niels van Eijk & Miriam van der Lubbe have refurbished a concert hall in Eindhoven. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The Temporium: our Dezeen Watch Store pop-up at The Temporium, a temporary department store opening in London on Thursday, will feature an exclusive UK preview of Analarm, the new Industrial Facility watch with a vibrating alarm. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Upsetters Architects of Japan have completed the interiors for the new offices of visual design studio WOW, located in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

We’ve teamed up with Zaha Hadid Architects to offer our readers the chance to win one of five copies of The Autopoiesis of Architecture by Patrik Schumacher, a partner at the firm. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Family members can see into all rooms across the central courtyard of this Japanese house by Sapporo studio Archi LAB. t+m. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: in this Dezeen movie designer Paul Priestman, one of the judges of the Inside awards, talks about current trends in hotel design. Watch the movie » Dezeen readers can save 25% on the price of entering the Inside awards and attending the festival in Barcelona from 2-4 November – simply quote VIP code DEZEEN when entering online atwww.insidefestival.com. Entries close on 30 June. </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Show RCA 2011: to continue our series of graduate projects from the Royal College of Art, here’s a stool by Jack Smith that collapses when its seat is lifted. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: sales of air-conditioned clothing have increased tenfold in Japan this summer as the disasters that hit the country in March continue to cause power shortages - ABC News Designed by Hiroshi Ichigaya, the Kuchofuku jackets feature a battery-operated fan in each side to draw air inside, over the skin and out through the cuffs and neck. </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

These lamps are turned on when you pull their nipples. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

French studio Explorations Architecture have completed a social housing block beside one of the narrowest streets in Paris. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Imagine if every discarded disposable cup grew into a beautiful plant. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The Temporium: illustrator Vic Lee‘s intricate prints documenting London streets are on show at our Christmas shop The Temporium, open until 24 December at 65 Monmouth Street, Seven Dials, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9DG. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Cologne 2012: these steel pendant lamps with a bulb in each end are on show as part of [D3] Talents at imm cologne, which opens today in Germany. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: this animation from our series by architectural filmakers Factory Fifteen shows a swarm of equipment associated with British postal service Royal Mail colonising the sides of a building and configuring themselves into a temporary automated sorting office. Watch the movie » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Lebanese design duo Bokja have created embroidered maps of the Arab world that present a tapestry of changing politics and traditions. (more…) View the full article

Cologne artist Simon Schubert creates intricate images of stately homes and palaces simply by folding plain white sheets of paper. (more…) View the full article