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Danish architects C. F. Møller have won a competition to build a new state prison on the island of Falster in Denmark. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: Jaime Hayon, Neville Brody and Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs are among speakers at the DesignBoost – Telefonplan conference taking place from 9 – 11 February at Designens Hus at Telefonplan in Stockholm. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2011: French designers Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec will present this chair for Magis in Milan next week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

These conceptual images by Spanish studio Espai MGR show impossible Lego structures filling vacant neighbourhood plots in Valencia. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

DMY Berlin: Zurich designers Kueng Caputo exhibited copies of fellow exhibitors’ work at DMY International Design Festival in Berlin last week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: in this movie filmed by Dezeen at the Design Academy Eindhoven My Way talks in Milan, Dutch designer Eveline Visser talks about the wall of nest boxes she designed for birds in the city. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Residents at this remote Australian lodge can step straight out of bed to the side of a long narrow outdoor pool. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This shopping centre by Mexican firm Rojkind Arquitectos is nearing completion in Huixquilucan, Mexico. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Architects Codesign have converted a Stockholm warehouse into a school. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Today is Dezeen’s actual fifth birthday! Thanks for all your lovely tweets – we’ll publish a selection of them below. We’ve also been compiling our five most memorable parties, stories and projects since we launched in 2006 – take a look back with us here. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen promotion: design brand Luminaire announce their collaboration with Italian stone company Salvatori. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: we’ve now got a special ‘ultra black’ edition of the MY03 Hacker designed by Michael Young available at Dezeen Watch Store. You can order yours online or over the phone on +44 20 7503 7319. You can also try one on at our office in north London. MY03 Hacker differs from the conventional timepiece, featuring a concave face with a central disk that supports the hands while protecting the lens from the knocks and bumps of an active everyday life. www.dezeenwatchstore.com View the full article

Dutch designers Daphna Laurens have created a series of storage containers that partially conceal their contents behind metal grilles. (more…) View the full article

An exhibition of work by Italian design maestro Ettore Sottsass is on show at Friedman Benda gallery in New York. (more…) View the full article

One storey hangs precariously over the other at this isolated hilltop house in Australia by architects Denton Corker Marshall. (more…) View the full article

French design studio Constance Guisset has created a homely interior for the lobby of the Accor hotel group's Suite Novotel in The Hague (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

With the Venice Architecture Biennale opening next week, here’s a full transcript of our interview with its director David Chipperfield, who explains the thinking behind this year’s theme, Common Ground. Chipperfield stresses the need for the profession to address “the 99.99% of the rest of the world which architects are not dealing with.” Otherwise he says, architects risk being relegated to being “urban decorators.” (more…) View the full article

This factory-like building by architects Haworth Tompkins is the new home for print-making and photography at the Royal College of Art in London. (more…) View the full article

East London designer Lee Broom talks about making lamps from crystal decanters and how east London’s history and street culture make it an important creative hub in this movie we filmed for the Stepney Green Design Collection. (more…) View the full article

The next movie in a series about the buildings of Slovenian practice OFIS Arhitekti features a social housing block on the outskirts of Ljubljana with a latticed facade inspired by local Alpine hayracks. (more…) View the full article

Japanese studio FORM/Kouichi Kimura Architects designed this concrete house in Shiga to be deliberately alien to its neighbours (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Product news: London architect Zaha Hadid has designed a limited edition of marble tables. (more...) View the full article

Milan 2013: German designer Stefan Diez unveiled a trio of chairs for German furniture brand e15 at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile last week. (more...) View the full article

New York designer Bradley Ferrada presented an elongated chair with a faceted back at NYCxDESIGN this week. (more...) View the full article

In this movie filmed at Clerkenwell Design Week last month, BarberOsgerby's Jay Osgerby tells Dezeen that he wanted to design comfortable, understated sofas rather than statement pieces for their new collection for American furniture brand Knoll. (more...) View the full article