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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

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

This prototype house overlooking Lake Maggiore was designed by Nicole Lachelle and Christian Niessen to demonstrate the capabilities of prefabricated wood construction, and features charred-timber facades enclosing a bright-white interior. Read more View the full article

One piece of plywood furniture inside this Polish apartment encompasses a bed, bookshelf, nightstand and wardrobe. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2011: Dutch architects UNStudio will present this angular white plastic chair at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan this week. (more…) </img></img> </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

French photographer Julien Lanoo has sent us these images of an installation by Belgian architects Joris De Schepper and Thomas De Ridder at S.M.A.K – Museum of Modern Art in Ghent, designed to give visitors an idea of the museum’s work behind-the-scenes. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

ADJKM Arquitectos have won a competition to build a music complex in Caracas, Venezuela, with this design covered in a veil of vertical louvres. (more…) </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

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

Belgian design brand Quinze & Milan will present a sofa covered in pockets for backpack company Eastpak at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan next month. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Scroll on for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with us at Dezeen, David Chipperfield and Marcel Wanders, plus this is the last chance to apply for roles with Fredrikson Stallard, Herman Miller and more… (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Stockholm designers Tb & Ajakay have collaborated with Karl-Johan Hjerling and Karin Widmark to create a table, where layers of the plywood top appear to burst apart and curl around one end. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A pop-up Italian ice cream stall at St Martins Lane Hotel in London evokes the seaside with yellow beach huts and striped decking. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Romanian studio Square One have completed a clothing store in Bucharest with pointy display stands and a network of black electrical cables. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

These dresses by Montreal fashion designer Ying Gao move as if they’re breathing. (more…) </img></img> </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

Here are some images of the new collection launched by British furniture brand SCP at Maison&Objet in Paris last week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Here’s another set of photographs of this year’s Serpentine Gallery Pavilion by Peter Zumthor, this time by photographer Julien Lanoo. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Architects SOMAA of Stuttgart have collaborated with Guido Dongus to complete a canteen between two schools in Leonberg, Germany. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: the British Council will invite architects to conduct research projects in far-flung places and present their findings at an exhibition entitled Venice Takeaway in the British Pavilion at next year’s Venice Architecture Biennale. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: in this last (very short) interview in our series filmed at Ventura Lambrate in Milan, Dutch designer Maarten Baas explains why he isn’t showing any new work this year. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Japanese architect Masato Sekiya has completed a house for a family in Osaka, Japan, with raw concrete finishes inside and out. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This corner house by Sophie Valla Architects is the latest of 670 architect-designed homes to be completed at a new development masterplanned by architects MVRDV in Leiden, the Netherlands. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> 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