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Frei + Saarinen Architects of Switzerland renovated this 100 year-old parish centre in Zurich by installing walls at all angles. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen have again teamed up with creative studio/publishers It’s Nice That to give away five copies of the latest issue of their bi-annual printed publication, launched today, as well as a print by Dutch illustrator Parra for each winner. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

San Francisco designers fuseproject have designed packaging and a grating tool for hardened pure cacao, which is farmed among the natural ecosystem of the Costa Rican rainforest. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

In Milan next week architecture student Zbynek Krulich will present a collection of table accessories designed for the year 2050. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

We’ve teamed up with Danish architects BIG to give away five DVDs of My Playground, a film documenting the navigation of urban spaces and some of BIG’s iconic buildings by teams of free runners from around the world. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen promotion: during the London Design Festival Italian design brand Skitsch host an installation by New York designer Harry Allen and a Dezeen Watch Store pop-up shop at their recently-opened showroom in west London. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2010 promotion: Dezeen have got together with furniture brand Fritz Hansen to give away a NAP chair by Danish designer Kasper Salto, due to be launched at the Republic of Fritz Hansen Milan showroom during the Salone Internazionale del Mobile this week. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

German designer Markus Kayser has built a 3D-printing machine that uses sunlight and sand to make glass objects in the desert. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This cedar-panelled box in Shiga, Japan, is a family house by Japanese studio TOFU architects. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Hong Kong designer Andre Fu is one of the judges of the Inside awards. In this movie filmed by Dezeen he talks about designing the Fullerton Bay Hotel in Singapore. Watch the movie » Dezeen readers can save 25% on the price of entering the Inside awards and attending the festival in Barcelona from 2-4 November – simply quote VIP code DEZEEN when entering online atwww.insidefestival.com. Entries close on 30 June. </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Designer Lekan Jeyif has created a dystopian vision of shanty-town towers in Lagos, Nigeria, to highlight the poor standard of living in the city's impoverished areas (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Spanish design brands got together under the name Red to exhibit new products at the at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan last week. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Since spring is on the way, here’s a range of metal garden furniture designed by Dutch designer Wieki Somers for French brand Tectona. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Designer Emmanuelle Moureaux of Tokyo has created an installation from interlocking coloured sticks at three Issey Miyake fashion stores in Tokyo. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen promotion: organisers of the A’Design Award are calling for entries to their furniture, architecture and interior design categories. (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 a car made of cartilage, a car park in a cafe and fashion accessories for the blind, plus all the best work from this year’s Royal College of Art graduate show. There’s also an update from Dezeen Wire, the latest movies on Dezeen Screen and all our new competitions and jobs. Take a look at Dezeen Mail issue #77 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

This office in Paris by French designer Mathieu Lehanneur for advertising agency JWT features caves made from pulped paper and plants that play music. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A 40,000-page book binding together 35 years of writing by architects OMA is on show at the Architectural Association in London. (more…) </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 2010: Swarovski Crystal Palace present installations by designers including Tokujin Yoshioka, Yves Behar and Gwenael Nicolas in Milan this week. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London Design Festival 2011: designer Max Lamb has created a series of furniture made entirely from standard sized dowl rods. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2011: this white plastic chair shaped like a scull and designed by French studio Pool is on show as part of the Nouvelle Vague exhibition of French design in Milan this week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Italian designer Marco Dessi has created a set of glasses and decanters for Austrian brand Lobmeyr. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Brazilian designers Fernando and Humberto Campana have designed a set of stainless steel mesh baskets for Italian design brand Alessi. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Landscape designers Earthscape have opened up their studio in Beppu, Japan, to present their experiments with growing native plants in water from local hot springs. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article