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Italian studio Antonio Ravalli Architetti have converted an old factory in Migliarino, Italy, into a youth hostel where guests can stay in these tall fabric-covered pods. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This house by Kazuya Morita Architecture Studio in Osaka Prefecture, Japan, is completely lined with with pine shelves to display the owners’ extensive collection of books. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

In this movie, filmed at Ventura Lambrate in Milan, Arjan van Raadshooven from Vij5 talks to Dezeen about Newspaper Wood, a wood-like material made from recycled newspapers. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: Organisation in Design, the Dutch company behind Ventura Lambrate design district in Milan, are taking their concept to Berlin during new trade fair Qubique from 26 to 29 October. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Pyramidal chimneys perforated by square windows draw light into the playrooms of a Japanese nursery by Archivision Hirotani Studio. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London studio Edward Cullinan Architects have completed a concrete and steel bunker to store the British Film Institute‘s entire film collection. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: in this movie we filmed at Dezeen Space, designer Jan Rose talks about his furniture that’s knitted from steel wire and boiled leather. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

These rings by jewellery designer Galit Barak of Israel create rectilinear frames around the wearer’s fingers. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Architects Eureka have made a bicycle shop in Hong Kong where recycled paper tubes can be pushed in and out to make an ever-changing display wall. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Our most popular story in April was a giant timber canopy by Architects J. Mayer. H in Spain. Scroll on for our roundup of the rest of the month. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Japanese artist Takaya has added stuffed dead birds to designs in his latest collection of raw vegetable and flower headpieces. (more…) View the full article

Performance venues don’t get any more intimate than this. Folk in a Box provides just enough space for a single musician to play to an audience of one. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This time last year we revealed designs by BarberOsgerby for the London 2012 Olympic Torch, which went on to be named Design of the Year (see our interview with the designers here). Also in the news was a 3D-printed bikini, a house that turns into a fortress and a school that encouraged students to copy famous designs. (more…) View the full article

Spikes made from semi-precious stones break out between the heels and platforms of these shoes by fashion designer Iris van Herpen and shoe brand United Nude. (more…) View the full article

Portugese studio LIKEarchitects and fashion designer Ricardo Dourado have used beach loungers, garden furniture and toys to get the people of Guimarães in Portugal paddling in the city’s fountains (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

London cyclists can hang their bicycles on the walls while they grab a coffee or browse at this Soho store for cyclewear brand Rapha by design studio Brinkworth (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Italian furniture brand Arper is launching two chair collections at a new showroom in Clerkenwell, London, which opens tomorrow. (more…) View the full article

German design graduate Meike Harde has designed a range of upholstered benches and stools simply by folding foam mats and fixing them to wooden frames with elastic bands. (more…) View the full article

Design Miami: design duo Clemens Weisshaar and Reed Kram have used technology from the car-racing industry to develop a chair made by robots that weighs just 2.2 kilograms (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

One building is the inverse of another at this pair of museums that architect Steven Holl has designed for a new city quarter of Tianjin, China. (more...) View the full article

The bright lights of Broadway and the Eiffel Tower's ironwork inspired the interior of this Parisian hamburger restaurant by French studio Cut Architectures (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

The whirlpool-shaped Blue Planet aquarium by Danish studio 3XN has opened to the public in Copenhagen (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

News: Italian architects Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas have won a competition to transform the central railway area of Bari, a city in southern Italy, with a proposal to build a three-kilometre-long elevated park over the track. (more...) View the full article

These towering seaside structures imagined by Northumbria University student Thomas Savage would offer habitats for wild birds in winter and house water sports enthusiasts during the summer. (more...) View the full article

Experimental design agency The Future People has unveiled a prototype for a hybrid electric- and human-powered "car" at this year's North American International Auto Show in Detroit (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article