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Design student Martha Schwindling has created a series of three tables with drawers that twist or tilt open. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Japanese firm Ryuji Nakamura Architects installed these vinyl hammocks in a department store in Tokyo. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Hong Kong department store Lane Crawford invited eight designers including Tom Dixon (above), Michael Young, Jaime Hayón and Ilse Crawford to revamp the Chinese ming-style chair for an exhibition currently on show at the ifc mall in Hong Kong. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Clavienrossier’s extension to a stone house in Switzerland (top left) was our most popular this week, so here’s a selection of stories we’ve published about extensions for residential buildings. See all the stories » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Since our readers love them so much, here’s a round-up of all the stories we’ve published on Dezeen about Japanese houses. See all the stories » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: construction of the Frank Gehry-designed Louis Vuitton Foundation of Creation in Paris has been halted due to complaints from neighbours, The Independent reports. Read the full article » All our stories on Frank Gehry » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2011: German designer Stefan Diez presents this new upholstered version of his Houdini chair plus new pieces in the range for German brand e15 in Milan this week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Based on a Japanese puzzle, the legs of this table by German design studio DING3000 knot together to create support for the blue glass tabletop. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen is looking for 30 young and upcoming designers to showcase their work at Dezeen Space, a project we’re hosting at a gallery in Shoreditch, London this autumn. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Open-plan rooms of subtly different proportions are created by an off-centre courtyard in this square house in rural Japan. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Following our recent feature about buildings clad in weathered steel, here’s an archive in Essen, Germany, that is clad in Corten. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

An exhibition documenting the working processes of international architecture practice OMA opens at the Barbican Art Gallery in London tomorrow. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Japanese architects Katsutoshi Sasaki + Associates have completed a four-winged house in Toyota. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Here’s a similar storage system to the bicycle showroom we published this morning, this time for a kid’s playroom. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Continuing our review of 2011, we take a look at the most popular stories from May. In first place was the Finger-nose Stylus by Dominic Wilcox, which straps over the nose and enables the user to securely operate a touch-screen device with one hand. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Divooe Zein Architects has installed an arced structure covered in nets to shelter a woodland glade near the Taiwanese capital, Taipei (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

These toy vehicles by London designer Oscar Diaz are assembled from their own packaging. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Beyond the arched entrance of this metal-clad house in Kadoma, Japan by architect Takeshi Hamada is a corner light well surrounded by windows and balconies. (more…) View the full article

Twenty-five thousand brown paper lunch bags line the wall and ceiling of OWEN, a new fashion boutique in New York’s Meatpacking District by Jeremy Barbour of Brooklyn architects Tacklebox. (more…) View the full article

Students at the Geneva University of Art and Design have formed a travelling commune inside a collection of shipping containers and have been staging performances around Switzerland. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen archive: this week we featured a skyscraper with an algae skin, so we thought we’d bring you all the projects involving algae we’ve published on Dezeen. See all the stories » See all our archive stories » View the full article

News: Berlin design fair Qubique has been postponed until 2013, the organisers have announced. (more…) View the full article

Dutch architectural practice BaksvanWengerden has completed a wonky delicatessen in the town of Oegstgeest. (more…) View the full article

Our second story this week about Japanese architects no.555 features a low-budget house inspired by animals’ nests beside a rice field in Matsumoto (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Eight architecture students from the University of Colorado have designed and built a cabin in the Utah desert for a Navajo woman (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article