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Those of you who’ve been asking us for larger images on Dezeen will be pleased to see we’re now adding a slideshow of big pictures to the top of selected stories. Click here to see what we mean. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dublin creative agency Boys and Girls has installed a new reception desk supported by giant Jenga blocks at one end and balloons at the other. (more…) View the full article

Wooden stairs climb up through a narrow lightwell inside this house by Japanese studio Tato Architects. (more…) View the full article

London remained in the spotlight this week, as everyone was talking about Thomas Heatherwick’s design for the Olympic Cauldron (above), which was finally unveiled at the opening ceremony of the games on Friday night. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen archive: we’ve published a few buildings and interiors made of bamboo recently so we thought it was time to round up all our stories that feature the famously fast-growing material. See all the stories » See all our archive stories » View the full article

London Design Festival: each of these mix-and-match vessels by London design studio Vitamin is fixed together from rings of assorted materials including marble, cut glass, turned wood and 3D printed resin. (more…) View the full article

News: a trawler fishing net that filters out young and endangered fish from the catch has won this year’s James Dyson Award for students working on innovative engineering solutions. (more…) View the full article

Scroll on for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with Faye Toogood (above), UNStudio and COS, plus this is the last chance to apply for roles with Foster + Partners, David Collins Studio and more… (more…) View the full article

Parasitic dwellings for homeless people would cling to the sides of lamp posts in this concept by British architecture graduate Milo Ayden De Luca (+ slideshow + movie). (more...) View the full article

In this previously unpublished movie filmed by Dezeen, Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola explains why she rejected the "very masculine" style of kitchen showrooms to design a retail space for kitchen appliance brand Scholtès. (more...) View the full article

A five-sided pavilion made from pale sandy brickwork leads inside this former textile factory in Kortrijk that Belgian studio 51N4E has converted into an arts centre (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Milan 2013: French designer Jean-Marie Massaud has created chunky grey seating resembling the jagged forms of an iceberg for Swedish furniture brand Offecct. (more...) View the full article

Sou Fujimoto's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion opens in London next week, so our latest Pinterest board brings together all twelve of the temporary pavilions from over the years by architects including SANAA, Jean Nouvel and Frank Gehry. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest » See all our stories about Serpentine Gallery Pavilions » View the full article

News: Dutch studio MVRDV has won a competition to design 95 homes in Emmen, Switzerland, with plans that give every residence an identifiable colour. (more...) View the full article

This weathered steel-clad artist's studio by architect Christian Tonkin has an angled body that follows the slope of the hill, but one end projects out to frame views out over the rooftops of nearby Bregenz (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Berlin-based Danish architect Sigurd Larsen has designed a collection of tables and benches with surfaces made from materials chosen to age well (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

This photo booth detects when subjects kiss, fires a high-tech OLED flash and captures the moment on a low-fi thermal print-out (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

A pedestrian bridge in Bristol, England, is the latest architectural landmark to be enveloped in fog by Japanese artist Fujiko Nakaya (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen Mail issue 176 includes a phone made from modular Lego-like parts and all the latest news, jobs, competitions and reader comments from Dezeen. Read Dezeen Mail issue 176 | Subscribe to Dezeen Mail View the full article

A quick traffic report: we're proud to say Dezeen has had over 100 million pageviews this year. Thanks to all our readers! View the full article

This week's job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is a position for a project leader with Danish firm C. F. Møller Architects, whose domed tropical greenhouse that can be pumped up to alter lighting and temperature inside is pictured. Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

News: a research team at Stanford University has developed a pocket-sized microscope that can be assembled from a sheet of paper and costs less than a pound to manufacture, intended to help in the fight against malaria. (more...) View the full article

Milan 2014: Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola has created a modular sofa system covered in jersey material for Italian brand Moroso (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Traditional embroidery patterns combine with digital stitching technology in this embroidered wallpaper by London-based studio Custhom. (more...) View the full article

Royal College of Art (RCA) graduate Ying Chang has created a modular system of furniture based on a two-dimensional grid system used for architectural drawing and graphic design (+ movie). (more...) View the full article