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Industrial designer Christian Vivanco has designed a sofa that resembles a picket fence surrounding a lawn. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Unsangdong Architects of Korea have designed a publisher’s office encircled by timber-clad steps. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Belgian artist Carsten Höller has created a set of tableware for Porcelain manufacturer Nymphenburg, depicting the iconic Flying City project by the late Russian architect Georgy Krutikov. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The Skyroom is a rooftop event space designed by David Kohn Architects above the Architecture Foundation’s London offices. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This extension to a mill-keeper’s house on the Norfolk Broads by London studio Acme has been awarded the RIBA Manser Medal 2010 for the best new house in the UK. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Portuguese studio Nuno Capa have completed the interiors for a hair salon in Braga, Portugal, featuring translucent curtains to partition the space into smaller zones. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Construction has begun on a large-scale housing development designed by Dutch firm MVRDV for Pune, India. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2011: London studio Doshi Levien will present this chair with a tubular base and cantilevered arms for Italian design brand Cappellini at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan this week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: UK retailer Marks & Spencer has hired Dutch designer Marcel Wanders to create a range of gifts and homewares, the Financial Times reports. Read the article | All our stories about Marcel Wanders </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: in this next movie Dezeen filmed at the Design Academy Eindhoven My Way talks in Milan, Dutch designer Brigitte Coremans talks about her graduation project based on menstruation and ovulation patterns. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A collection of 30 dinner plates designed by Albert Schrurs of Allegory combine to create a map of France showing the location of the country’s Michelin-starred restaurants. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This time last year Dezeen featured a collection of 3D-printed dresses followed by clothing that becomes transparent when approached. The RIBA predicted a gloomy time for UK architects with a double-dip recession on the horizon and the loathed Strata tower was awarded the 2010 Carbuncle Cup for being the ugliest new building in Britain. Daniel Michel marked the phasing out of incandescent light bulbs in Europe by designing a skeletal shade with invisible bulb, Helge Fischer presented a fluffy children’s playsuit that sounds an alarm if the child is touched inappropriately and Japanese artist Takashi Murakami opened an exhibition of his work Château de Versailles…

Here are some photographs of the Moscow School of Management by architect David Adjaye, where four buildings precariously cantilever over a large circular base. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Space: young Croatian designer Mirna Kerr presents her jewellery made of bulldog clips, cable ties and plumbing components at Dezeen Platform at Dezeen Space today. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This time last year Kengo Kuma was announced as the architect of the V&A’s new museum in Dundee and Foster + Partners Corten-clad Faustino winery rose from the earth in Spain. A skyscraper with a zig-zag channel running through it by Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas won a competition for an office building in Shenzhen and a proposal for a dance and music centre in the Netherlands drew praise from our readers for its realistic rainy renders. We launched our online Dezeen Watch Store and rounded up all our stories about bridges, and our top ten crazy cantilevers. We also featured a surreal miniature world featuring a caravan made of bread, a strange range of t-shir…

Dezeen Wire: a team of engineers based in California have created a material made from a lattice of hollow metallic tubes that they claim is the lightest in the world – BBC The substance is 100 times lighter than Styrofoam and consists of 99.99% air. Tubes with a wall thickness 1,000 times thinner than a human hair are used to create the lattice structure that gives the material it’s strength. Potential applications include shock and sound absorption and thermal insulation. </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Perforated metal balconies fold like ribbons around the facade of an apartment block in the Dutch city of Nijmegen. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Check out the latest issue of Dezeen Mail for all the best stories and comments from Dezeen, including new work by Neri&Huand Richard Meier, handmade electrical plugs and updates from the fairs in Cologne and Paris this week. There’s also an update from Dezeen Wire, the latest movies on Dezeen Screen, all our new competitions and jobs, plus news on our latest pop-ups. 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

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

Slideshow: the windows of this school extension in Girona, Spain, are concealed behind a perforated metal skin. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2012: Stoke Newington designers Studio Vit showed these glass lamps with marble cuffs as part of Salone Satellite at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile this month. (more…) View the full article

Test tubes of olive oil line one wall of this high-tech workshop designed for Michelin-starred chef Paco Roncero by Spanish studio Carmen Baselga Taller de Proyectos. (more…) View the full article

A multi-faceted gold block dominates this perfumery in Wrocław by Polish interior designers Theza. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen Music Project is looking for original music tracks and performers to take part in Dezeen Live, our series of talks at 100% Design from 19 to 22 September during the London Design Festival. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen archive: after featuring a Japanese home with four tiny houses inside (bottom left) this week, we’ve compiled all the projects we’ve published that include small houses sitting within larger ones. See all the stories » See all our archive stories » View the full article