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A slatted timber concert hall bulges through the glass atrium walls of this performing arts college in Cardiff by London studio BFLS. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Architecture collective Cityförster have completed a wooden house in the Netherlands with a black rubber skin. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Fallen stars, glowing red dominoes and a vine-covered tree are some of the lights installed by artists, designers and architects in Lisbon this Christmas (photographs by Fernando Guerra). (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: we now have the best-selling VOID range of watches in new finishes at Dezeen Watch Store. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: in this movie we filmed at our micro-exhibition Dezeen Platform last autumn, young Croatian designer Mirna Kerr presents her jewellery made of bulldog clips, cable ties and plumbing components. Watch the movie » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Designed in Hackney: accessories like lamps and dividers attach to this desk system by Tomás Alonso through a gap in the surface of the table. (more…) View the full article

The wonky look of this chair by Danish designer Rasmus B. Fex actually makes it stronger. (more…) View the full article

Thousands of bamboo rods hang from the ceiling like stalactites to divide the space inside this Bangkok hair salon by Thai designer Nattapon Klinsuwan of NKDW. (more…) View the full article

London designer Andy Martin has built a wooden road bicycle for Thonet using the steam-bending processes the German furniture company first employed in 1859 for its classic cafe chair. (more…) View the full article

It’s coming up to Dezeen’s sixth birthday and this week we’ve published our 10,000th story as well as our 100,000th reader comment! We’ve also gained our 200,000th Facebook follower, 100,000th Twitter follower and 40,000th Pinterest follower. Thanks to all our readers! View the full article

News: the 3D printing revolution could be hampered by copyright claims and legal challenges as the emerging technology matures, an expert has warned. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen has just launched World Design Guide, an online guide to the key architecture and design events around the world in 2013. (more...) View the full article

Croatian design studio Brigada was inspired by cigarettes and smoke rings to create glowing cylindrical rooms for an exhibition about the culture of smoking (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

Our job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is a position for a product designer with Mathieu Lehanneur in Paris, whose projects include a creative studio for teenagers at the Centre Pompidou (pictured above). See more stories about Mathieu Lehanneur on Dezeen here. Visit the ad for full details or browse many other architecture and design job opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

News: Danish firm Henning Larsen Architects has designed a headquarters for software giant Microsoft as part of plans for a new university and business district north of Copenhagen, Denmark. (more...) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Tokyo Designers Week is calling for design professionals, young creators and design schools to enter the Asia Awards, which will be presented during this year's event from 26 October to 4 November. (more...) View the full article

This jagged wall decorated with patterned graphics was designed to invite visitors into an art fair in New York City. (more...) View the full article

Japanese studios Rhythmdesign and Case-Real came up with the design for this nursery school in Kumamoto after being given a brief to create "not a small school, but a big house" (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

The owners of a house designed to showcase their collection of toy bears have brought Thai design studio Onion back to extend the display cases into the garage (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

London Design Festival 2013: Royal College of Art graduate Bilge Nur Saltik has designed a collection of minimal white plates, bowls and cups that tip backwards and forwards, revealing a flash of fluorescent pink on their undersides (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Product news: Utrecht studio Today Designers has created a book of nautical tales that smells like the sea because it's printed with squid ink. (more...) View the full article

Movie: in our next exclusive interview from Inside Festival, Per Anders Borgen of Ratio Architects explains how the design team used raw materials to "remove the institutional look" from the interior of a student facility at St. Olav's Hospital in Trondheim, Norway. (more...) View the full article

This small house in Japan by architect Hiroyuki Shinozaki features volcanic stone walls and a ribbed structure that forms the shape of a dome over the central living space (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

This cube-shaped house in Ibaraki Prefecture with small square windows dotted around its facades is the second project we've featured by Japanese studio Kichi Architectural Design (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Milan 2014: Werner Aisslinger, Martino Gampa and Robert Stadler are among 22 contemporary designers that have interpreted Danish textile brand Kvadrat's Divina fabric for a show in Milan this week (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article