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Dutch designer Hella Jongerius has created a range of conservatory furniture for Kettal featuring aluminium frames wrapped in cord. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: former Nokia CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo has been appointed as chairman of the committee for World Design Capital Helsinki 2012. See press release below. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Danish architects Bjarke Ingels Group have designed a residential building for Manhattan, New York, with a rectangular plan pulled up at one corner to form a triangular tower. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen archive: Sturgess Architecture’s glass viewing platform cantilevered over a Canadian glacier (above, top left) was our most popular story over the last week so we’ve grouped together all our stories from the Dezeen archives about viewing platforms and observatories. See all the stories » All our archive stories » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: UK architects Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners have submitted proposals to Greenwich Council for a walkway spanning the roof of the O2 Arena in London – Greenwich.co.uk See the proposals here » See all our stories on Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

You can walk up one curved staircase and down another in this family home in Kitakami by Japanese architect Yukiko Nadamoto. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London designer Mark Noad has revamped the London Underground map to be more geographically accurate. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

News: sportswear brand Nike is hoping to release real versions of the self-lacing shoes from sci-fi movie Back to the Future II by the end of this year. (more…) View the full article

London designer Héctor Serrano presents this series of jars with cork lids at Maison&Objet, which opens today in Paris. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: in her latest article for The New York Times design critic Alice Rawsthorn strikes a blow against the current trend for naming products with confusing, forgettable or misleading monikers. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Five new brands will launch their products at our Christmas pop-up store The Temporium, including a graduate accessory designer, a young duo making hi-tech jewellery and a brand-new fashion label. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen archive: here’s a seasonal look at all our stories featuring snowy scenes and icy weather. See all the stories » See all our archive stories » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

San Francisco designer Yves Behar of fuseproject has designed a range of pill containers for new brand Sabi, launched today. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Competition: we’ve teamed up with architecture critic Alexandra Lange to give readers the chance to win one of five copies of her new book, Writing About Architecture: mastering the language of buildings and cities. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Here are some photographs of the completed 2012 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion designed by Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron and Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, which opens to the public in London tomorrow. (more…) View the full article

Scroll on for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with Dezeen, Habitat and Stanton Williams, plus this is the last chance to apply for roles with Camron PR, Tom Dixon and more… (more…) View the full article

The latest issue of Dezeen Mail leads with the popular yet controversial Olympic Cauldron by Thomas Heatherwick (above) plus new jobs, competitions and music. Read Dezeen Mail issue 112 | Subscribe to Dezeen Mail View the full article

A covered courtyard has been inserted into the side of this Kurashiki house by Japanese firm TT Architects (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Istanbul Design Biennial 2012: this movie shows how a custom printer continually updates a copy of the Open Source Architecture Manifesto Wikipedia entry, written on a wall in the entrance to the Adhocracy exhibition at the Istanbul Design Biennial. (more…) View the full article

We’re into double figures on our A-Zdvent calendar and at number ten is J House in Japan, which features rooms that open out to one another. Read more about J House » View the full article

This shop and office complex by Dutch architects MVRDV is disguised as an old farmhouse, but its walls and roof are actually made from glass. (more...) View the full article

These fictional views of imaginary architecture and landscapes are photographic collages produced by American CGI artist Jim Kazanjian. (more...) View the full article

A playground slide is tucked into the rooftop folds of this children's centre in a coastal South Korean village by Seoul studio JYA-RCHITECTS (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

News: architects Broadway Malyan have been chosen to masterplan a new 196-hectare residential and commercial district south of Kuala Lumpur. (more...) View the full article

Climbing plants and vines shoot up over a gridded facade of metal beams and panels at this house in Binh Duong Province by Vietnamese architects a21studio (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article