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Rainwater slides down into the central folds of a plunging roof at this Dallas house, draining into a collection tank for reuse. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London Design Festival 2010: designers including Richard Woods, Tord Boontje, Committee and artist Gavin Turk each created an installation in one day at the Established & Sons gallery during the London Design Festival last month. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Architect Peter Pichler has converted an existing 14th century farmhouse into a family home in Puglia, Italy, adding by these perforated shutters over its facade. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Alfonso Architects have designed a church in Tampa, Florida using the Fibonacci sequence to generate the proportions. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

With the Milan furniture fair just around the corner, Dezeen has teamed up with Organisation in Design, initiators of the Ventura Lambrate design district in Milan, to provide this downloadable map and guide to the area. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2011: Japanese designers Nendo present this tubular steel chair made with techniques traditionally used for bamboo furniture in Milan this week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

French design brand Moustache will launch their second collection of furniture by designers including Big-Game, Matali Crasset and Bertjan Pot in Milan next week. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Design collective Postfossil will launch a new collection of furniture as part of the SaloneSatellite at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan next week, including these wooden chairs joined together with adhesives naturally present in the timber. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2011: German designers Ett La Benn show these vases made of biodegradable cellulose as part of Poetry Happens at Ventura Lambrate in Milan this week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This garden in Madrid was designed by new Spanish firm Estudio Caballero Colón for a nursing home. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2010: here are some more pictures of Dutch designer Bertjan Pot’s Jumper chair, launched by British brand Established & Sons in Milan last week. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen podcast: curator Nina Due gives a guided tour of the Sustainable Futures exhibition on show at the Design Museum in London. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Designer Arik Levy presents a pebble-shaped device for opening water bottles at Maison&Objet in Paris this week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This captioned video shows a virtual reality experience created by Universal Everything, where a 5,000-strong crowd of simulated humans surges and swarms in response to the user's movements. Read more

There’s a horse made of crystals hanging in fashion designer Stella McCartney‘s new Las Vegas store designed by London studio APA. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Designer Julia Lohmann's Department of Seaweed is showing a pavilion made of kelp and rattan at the World Economic Forum conference in Davos, where world leaders have met this week. Read more View the full article

Square windows with various dimensions sporadically puncture the plain brick exterior of a community centre in Hungary. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2010: design brand Diesel have created a range of lighting in collaboration with Foscarini as part of their Diesel Home Collection, presented at Superstudio Più in Zona Tortona earlier this month. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: former Nokia CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo has been appointed as chairman of the committee for World Design Capital Helsinki 2012. See press release below. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Brooklyn office Caliper Studio have completed an apartment in New York that features a very complicated stainless steel staircase. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2010: interactive designers Jason Bruges Studio of London have sent us a video of their Mimosa installation, featuring light panels that open and close like flowers. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London Design Festival 2011: audiences sit inside the 238 pockets of a giant red dress worn by performers at York Hall in London this week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

To coincide with Icelandic design festival DesignMarch, which began in Reykjavik yesterday, here are some parchment gas masks by Reykjavik designer Sruli Recht. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Slideshow: Rotterdam studio 2by4-architects designed this gabled summer house so the walls of one corner fold open. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The timber stalactites of an undulating cave-like ceiling bear down around the bar of a coffee shop in Łódź, Poland. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article