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French studio Bang Architectes has converted a former peanut factory in Calais into a skateboarding park with a bright orange mesh facade (photos by Julien Lanoo). (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The Temporium: there are just two more days to visit our Christmas shop The Temporium, where you can snap up gifts by over 20 designers and brands including this toy cable car from Theo. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Those of you who’ve been asking us for larger images on Dezeen will be pleased to see we’re now adding a slideshow of big pictures to the top of selected stories. Click here to see what we mean. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

VDF products fair: L02 is a wooden stool designed by Studio Eva Natasa for use as either a seat or side table in any domestic space. Read more View the full article

The developers of topped-out New York skyscraper 200 Amsterdam, designed by Elkus Manfredi Architects, are taking legal action after a court ruling to reduce the tower's height. Read more View the full article

Horizontal slits create lines of shadow across the facades of this beachfront house in Israel by Pitsou Kedem Architects, which has a cantilevered upper storey that projects towards the Mediterranean Sea (+slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Slideshow: the faceted copper envelope of this house extension near Sydney was designed by architects Innovarchi to resemble a roof. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

New York's Studio Robert McKinley has created a rentable vacation home on Long Island that doubles as a showroom, where guests can test out a range of carefully selected decor, from z-shaped dining chairs to Noguchi lighting. Read more

In our second movie with Tom Dixon filmed earlier this year in Milan, the British designer discusses his foray into fashion design and says that his capsule collection for sports brand Adidas is based on the idea of creating a personal survival kit for Milan design week. (more...) View the full article

Dezeen Wire: psychology is on an equal footing with technological advances when designing sportswear to improve an athlete’s performance, Nike‘s creative director for the Olympics Martin Lotti told the audience at a talk hosted by Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs at the Nike+ House of Innovation at Selfridges last night. “It’s not just about lightweight,” he said. “It’s about looking good as well as the psychological element. We see performance on all levels: environmental performance, psychological performance, physical performance.” (more…) View the full article

A chair made from repurposed climbing rope and a SAD lamp that doubles up as a plant pot are featured in this VDF school show of work by York St John University students. Read more View the full article

Architect Virginia San Fratello will speak to Dezeen today in this live Screentime conversation sponsored by Enscape, as part of Virtual Design Festival. Watch the talk live from 5:00pm UK time. Read more View the full article

VDF products fair: design brand Fritz Hansen has created a walnut version of the classic Lily chair by Danish architect and designer Arne Jacobsen to celebrate the product's 50th anniversary. Read more View the full article

In this week's comments update, some readers are upset to learn that discarded cow intestines are being used by designer Kathrine Barbro Bendixen for her lighting installations. Read more

Acclaimed architect Neave Brown, a "pioneer of quality public housing", has died following a battle with cancer. Read more View the full article

Swathes of bright colour combine with patterned ceramic tiles in the Hong Kong apartment home of multidisciplinary design studio Lim + Lu. Read more View the full article

Dezeen and MINI World Tour: in this movie filmed in Milan earlier this month, leading designers and manufacturers discuss the phenomenon of copying and how they are responding. "It’s become an increasingly big problem for us," says Tom Dixon. "People can steal ideas and produce them almost faster than we can now." (more...) View the full article

Danish architects BIG have won a competition to renovate and extend an art centre in Utah with proposals that will be built from reclaimed railway sleepers. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Paris 2012: Brussels designer Alain Berteau presents a series of oak products including this simple iPad dock at Maison & Objet in Paris this week. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

"There was no discussion" over the choice of architect Zaha Hadid to design the new exhibition at London's Design Museum about how women in positions of power use fashion, according to its curators (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

The Temporium: you can get 15% off Cristian Zuzunaga‘s new series of digitally printed scarves at our Christmas shop The Temporium, open until Christmas Eve in London. (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 GRAFT, Gus Wüstemann and Antonio Citterio, pictured. Plus this is the last chance to apply for roles with Mecanoo Architecten, Adjaye Associates, Jamie Oliver Restaurant Group and more... (more...) View the full article

US start-up Naked Labs has launched a smart mirror and connected scale that can build a 3D scan and full health profile of your body. Read more View the full article

Dezeen have got together with Swedish architects Tham & Videgård Arkitekter to give away five copies of their monograph to our readers. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Prolific Japanese design studio Nendo has created slippers shaped like wizard's hats that can be stood up and stacked one on top of another. (more…) View the full article