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Dutch designer Nienke Hoogvliet will discuss her research into new materials made from seaweed, fish leather and plastics made from sewage at Dezeen Day on 30 October. Read more

Milan 2013: London design duo Raw Edges came up with a bookcase shaped like a weaving loom to display novels by young British writers. (more...) 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

The raised corner of this house in Hiroshima by Japanese architects Suppose Design Office allows light to creep into the interior. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The rural Lo Barnechea commune in the north-eastern area of Santiago city is the setting for this small oak-clad house by architectural firm emA (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Check out the latest issue of Dezeen Mail for all the best stories and comments from Dezeen, including a plan to cover Milan in polychrome bird-poo, a Starbucks coffee shop inside a former bank vault in Amsterdam and the launch of our Designed in Hackney initiative. There’s also an update from Dezeen Wire, the latest movies on Dezeen Screen, plus all our new competitions and jobs. Take a look at it here. Dezeen Mail is sent out every couple of weeks and you can subscribe here. </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: this video by Gavin Lucas in collaboration with Order involves a visit to Mr Smith’s Letterpress Workshop in Kennington, London where Smith explains how he likes to design, set and print using traditional wood and metal type to create contemporary typographic prints. Watch the movie » </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

Architect Lorenzo Grifantini stacked the bedrooms of his own house in Puglia, Italy, inside a 12-metre-high white tower overlooking a large courtyard. Read more View the full article

Continuing our review of 2011, we take a look at the most popular stories from May. In first place was the Finger-nose Stylus by Dominic Wilcox, which straps over the nose and enables the user to securely operate a touch-screen device with one hand. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Our US job of the week on the new and improved Dezeen Jobs website is for a project architect/project manager at Clive Wilkinson Architects in California, which designed the office interior for comedy video production company Funny or Die (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

The latest Apple Store to be designed by Foster + Partners, a mobile home in Colorado and Boeing's concept for a hypersonic plane feature in the latest edition of our newsletter Dezeen Weekly. Subscribe to Dezeen Weekly › View the full article

Inside 2011: Chinese architects NHDRO have picked up the award for overall winner at the inaugural Inside awards for a hotel inside the abandoned former headquarters of the Japanese army in Shanghai. You can check out all nine category winners here or read more about this project in our earlier story on Dezeen. Inside world festival of interiors is taking place on the third floor of the Centro de Convenciones Internacionales de Barcelona until 4 November – see all our stories about Inside here, including interviews with the judges on Dezeen Screen. </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full a…

Japanese architect Hiroyuki Tanaka added diagonal walls and blue lights to this Tokyo apartment. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Slideshow: Zurich designers Atelier Volvox rescued these unloved plush toys and gave them a new lease of life by turning them inside out – eyes and all. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Architects Foster + Partners have attached a 35-storey tower onto the side of two renovated 1920s buildings in Vancouver’s financial district. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Daily coronavirus briefing: today's architecture and design coronavirus briefing includes hacks for hands-free door opening, the Serpentine Pavilion postponement and the widths of New York's sidewalks. Read more View the full article

Dezeen Wire: designer Enrique Allen has founded The Designer Fund, an organisation in Silicon Valley that supports startup businesses founded by designers - Co.Design </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen and MINI World Tour: Google Creative Lab creative director Alexander Chen explains how he created a digital string you can pluck like a viola and discusses Google Glass and the future of user interface design in this movie we filmed at Design Indaba in Cape Town last month. (more...) View the full article

Here’s a selection of projects by Dutch architect Herman Hertzberger, who was named as this year’s Royal Gold Medal recipient this morning. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

VDF products fair: the NINA baby cradle by Lisbon design brand FEIT is a crib that can be easily turned into a drawing table. Read more View the full article

These necklaces by Canadian studio Ahora Silhouettes display the molecular structures of drugs, allowing the wearer to accessorise with the illicit substance of their choice (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Industrial designer Marc Newson has updated his clothing line for Dutch fashion brand G-Star RAW. (more...) View the full article

Following our special feature exploring unusually slimline homes, we've created a Pinterest board filled with the skinniest houses from the pages of Dezeen. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest | See more skinny houses View the full article