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Tokyo 2010: here’s another origami-inspired product by Naoki Kawamoto (see the spectacle case in our earlier story), this time a handbag. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This residence in Beijing by Beijing Matsubara and Architects was built around a smaller house that was already on the site. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Stockholm 2011: young designers Form Us With Love present an exhibition of their latest projects in a converted church in Stockholm this week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

In this first movie in our series of Dezeentalks at [D3] Design Talents, Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs talks to Italian designer Harry Thaler, one of two joint winners of the [D3] Contest young designers competition at imm cologne earlier this year. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This medical research centre in Lisbon by Indian architects Charles Correa Associates has a curved stone form with circular cut-aways. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: Mexican architect Ricardo Legorreta and British sculptor Anish Kapoor are among the five laureates of this year’s Praemium Imperiale arts prize, awarded by the Japan Art Association. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: this video by Gavin Lucas in collaboration with Order involves a visit to Mr Smith’s Letterpress Workshop in Kennington, London where Smith explains how he likes to design, set and print using traditional wood and metal type to create contemporary typographic prints. Watch the movie » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

These leafy cable ties by Korean designers Lufdesign might be mistaken for plants. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen archive: following our story this week on a public promenade in a disused railway tunnel, here’s a roundup of all Dezeen’s stories about tunnels. See all the stories » See all our archive stories » </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 interviews with Marc Newson and Fabio Novembre plus a slick skatepark, outdoor chairs joined like shopping trolleys and shoes with fangs. There are also details of the new larger images on Dezeen our 2012 Dezeen Watch Store collection, plus an update from Dezeen Wire, the latest movies on Dezeen Screen, plus all our new competitions and jobs. Take a look at it 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 week John McAslan + Partners unveiled the long-awaited remodelling of King’s Cross Station in London, PayPal launched a device for swiping credit cards to take payments on a smartphone, and readers wondered why the roof of the Enzo Ferrari Museum by Future Systems is yellow rather than red. A photographer’s studio over a boat house in Canada was our most popular story and we continued our Designed in Hackney showcase of design from our local area with work by David Adjaye, Jasper Morrison and Duggan Morris Architects, plus a cinema inside a canal boat. Over on Dezeen Screen you can watch two interviews that Dezeen filmed with Nike’s global creative director Andy …

Hackney designer Philippe Malouin worked with traditional craftsmen from Beirut to create a series of bowls and plinths by shaping wooden blocks made of many smaller, tessellating batons. (more…) View the full article

This range of tables by Swedish company Massproductions features simple poles on circular bases with interchangeable tops. (more…) View the full article

Sports brand Nike has opened a temporary shop showcasing the future of sport at Selfridges in London and Dezeen readers can win one of 25 pairs of tickets to an exclusive event we’re hosting there next Thursday, featuring Nike‘s global creative director for the Olympics Martin Lotti in conversation with Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs about the brand’s latest innovations for the London 2012 games. (more…) View the full article

Japanese designer Yuri Suzuki has made a radio from an electronic circuit board that’s arranged to look like the London tube map. (more…) View the full article

Scroll on for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with HawkinsBrown, Stanton Williams and Dezeen plus this is the last chance to apply for roles with BarberOsgerby, Donna Wilson, Spoiled Milk and more… (more…) View the full article

News: journalist Kieran Long has been appointed senior curator of contemporary architecture, design and digital at the V&A museum in London. (more…) View the full article

Maison&Objet 2013: Japanese architect Toyo Ito will present a set of cutlery with slim handles like chopsticks at Maison&Objet design fair in Paris, which opens tomorrow. (more...) View the full article

London fashion designers Sibling crocheted colourful flowers and giant accessories for their Autumn Winter 2013 womenswear collection. (more...) View the full article

The world's first folding wheels can be collapsed to take up about half the space so they're easier for wheelchair users to store and transport. (more...) View the full article

Milan 2013: Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola unveiled a chair with a backrest wrapped in rush for Italian brand Moroso in Milan this month. (more...) View the full article

Portuguese architect Duarte Pape has combined a long stone wall with folding timber facades in this residential extension in northwestern Portugal (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

News: public and government opposition has forced fashion tycoon Pierre Cardin to cancel plans for his futuristic Venice skyscraper. (more...) View the full article

Japanese designer Naoto Fukasawa has created a new version of his simple smartphone for telecommunications company KDDI. (more…) View the full article

Shooting events during the 2016 Olympic Games will take place at this timber and concrete complex in north-west Rio by Brazilian studio BCMF Arquitetos (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article