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We’re off to Milan tomorrow and here’s our pre-Milan issue of Dezeenmail – have a look at it here. Dezeenmail is sent out roughly every two weeks and contains a selection of Dezeen’s best stories and comments, along with all our latest competitions and jobs. You can subscribe here. </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2010: another chair with a face. Italian designer Fabio Novembre presents giant masks for sitting in. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Show RCA 2011: here’s another piece of manufacturing machinery that harnesses sunlight by Markus Kayser – inventor of the Solar Sinter 3D printer in our earlier story – this time a low-tech, low-energy version of a laser cutter. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Chinese architects NHDRO have transformed this disused Japanese army headquarters in Shanghai into a hotel, maintaining the building’s stripped concrete and brick walls while adding a new Corten steel extension on the roof. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Another bonkers machine! This one is a virtual potters wheel by Belgian designers Unfold and Tim Knapen. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Ron Arad‘s cylindrical cinema screen made of 5600 silicon rods opens at the Roundhouse in London today. Watch a time-lapse movie of the installation’s construction on Dezeen Screen. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Architectural photographer Gerard van Beek has sent us some images of a college in Bolsward, Netherlands, designed by dutch studio Wind Architecten Adviseurs. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

New Designers 2011: textile designer Orawee Choedamphai has created modular knitted screens that incorporate cable ties and Lego. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Barcelona company Dream and Fly have sent us the latest renders of their miniature hotel rooms proposed for airports and train stations. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Industrial design students Emma Nilsson, Johanna Westin and Lisa Frode of Lund University, Sweden, have created a wooden bench with storage units as part of their Masters project. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London studio Orproject installed an undulating tree-like structure in the doorway of the Italian Cutural Institute in Belgrave Square for last month’s London Festival of Architecture. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Here are some images of the pieces created by the winners of this year’s W Hotels Designers of the Future awards rAndom International, Beta Tank, Graham Hudson, and Zigelbaum & Coelho. The pieces were presented at Design Miami/Basel in Switzerland last week. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Architectural photographer Fernando Guerra has sent us his photographs of a college building designed by Portuguese architect Nuno Montenegro. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Following the popularity of our story about the C-X75 by Jaguarlast week, we’ve have gathered together our ten most popular stories featuring cars. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This 28 metre-high steel sculpture of the Jaguar E-Type car was designed by Gerry Judah for the Goodwood Festival of Speed, which took place in Sussex, UK, last weekend. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Hong Kong designer Kitmen Keung has created a lounge chair and ottoman but slicing a cube of foam in two. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A ring of mesh thorns crowns the roof of this convention centre in Zlín, Czech Republic, by London studio Eva Jiricna Architects. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

In the last few weeks we’ve published a few projects that intentionally look as though the builders haven’t left yet. Here’s a roundup of all the apartments, salons and shops on Dezeen that feature patches of plaster, scaffolding, dangling wires and hoarding-like woodwork. See all the stories » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This cave inside a glass box is a pavilion in Tilburg, Netherlands, by Melbourne designer Callum Morton. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2011: in Milan this week Italian brand Moroso launch this set of low tables by Japanese designers Nendo, where a mirrored lower shelf reveals the patterned underside of the table top. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Clouds of mist erupt from the base of two trees in this London water feature designed by Japanese architect Tadao Ando. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

An exhibition of furniture-like sculptures by Dutch artist Krijn de Koning has opened at Demisch Danant in New York. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The Temporium: spend 2012 joining the dots around some of London’s famous landmarks with this calendar by designer Dan Usiskin, on sale now at our Christmas pop-up store The Temporium. We’re also giving them away free with the first five purchases today so hurry down! (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Photographer Fernando Guerra has sent us his photographs of an office building for technology companies in Almada, Portugal, by architects Samuel Ruiz Torres de Carvalho and Pedro Palmero Cabezas. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dutch designer Maarten Baas will launch an iPhone version of his Analog Digital Clock in Milan this week. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article