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Flaps of dimpled silicone rubber are stitched together to form fleshy earrings, nipple brooches and sanitary pads in this jewellery collection by Taiwanese designer and recent graduate I-Ting Ho. (more…) View the full article

This police station in eastern Spain by architects Daniel Martí and Natàlia Ferrer has perforated aluminium walls that let arriving visitors take a peek at what’s going on inside (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Competition: Dezeen is giving readers the chance to win one of five Pilot Stools in collaboration with Belgian design brand Quinze & Milan. (more…) View the full article

This week MVRDV disguised a glass building as a brick farmhouse (above) and a team of Danish architects disguised a housing complex as a group of icebergs (below). Our track of the week from Dezeen Music Project is also below, plus a roundup of our top stories from this week. (more...) View the full article

Product news: the circular sections of this console by French designer Philippine Lemaire for Ligne Roset can be curled round to make a dining table. (more...) View the full article

This house for toy-bear collectors in Thailand was conceived as a scaled-up version of the bears' display cabinet (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

A bicycle that can be pedalled with hands and feet at the same time has been developed by Dutch studio TSG Essempio. (more...) View the full article

Athens studio Tense Architecture Network has completed a concrete house that staggers down a hillside in rural Greece (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

News: French architect Jean Nouvel has issued a statement saying he will not attend the opening of his Philharmonie de Paris this evening, claiming it is "not finished" and defending his firm against allegations regarding cost overruns. (more…) View the full article

Beijing architecture studio MAD has designed an artificial island with an art museum set in caves in its three dune-like forms. (more...) View the full article

Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Penny Webb has developed a lamp, a mirror and a textile that fluctuate in hue when subjected to different stimuli, even if they occur many miles away (+ movies). (more…) View the full article

A dazzling white house in Japan (pictured) and a picture frame-shaped hotel feature in Dezeen Mail issue 166, along with the latest news, jobs, competitions and reader comments from Dezeen. Read Dezeen Mail issue 166 | Subscribe to Dezeen Mail View the full article

Opinion: following yesterday's column on how disruptive technology for emerging markets will affect the high-end tech giants, Justin McGuirk asks why contemporary design critics are obsessed with analysing technology. (more...) View the full article

We've relaunched and updated our World Design Guide to the best architecture and design events to include festivals for 2014, plus read on for details of key fairs and conferences taking place this month. (more...) View the full article

Garments in this retail interior by Australian design studio Sibling are displayed on copper clothes rails and stacked wooden cubes (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

A triple-height gallery housing a collection of prized paintings is concealed behind the wooden shingle facade of this house in Stuttgart by German architecture studio (se)arch (photos by Zooey Braun + slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Residents climb over an integrated desk, storage space and shelving to reach the suspended upper section of this staircase by Dutch design studio Mieke Meijer. (more...) View the full article

Over the last few years Mies van der Rohe's Barcelona Pavilion has been loaded with junk, and had its pools filled with coffee and milk. Now photographer Jordi Bernadó has taken the doors out and mounted them onto the facade. (more...) View the full article

Japanese architect Makiko Tsukada has completed a house in Yokohama with a cave-like interior that opens out to one of two rooftop lawns (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Grey wool felt covers the walls of this Aesop store in Shepherd's Bush, London, by French architects Tolila+Gilliland (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

This ceramic lamp by Italian designer Federica Bubani comprises a cone-shaped shade that fits inside a larger base in a variety of positions. (more...) View the full article

A responsive glass facade reacts to wind passing overs its surface, scattering triangular patterns of light and shadow in this installation at Now Gallery London by Dutch designer Simon Heijdens (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

Dezeen Guide: things might be winding down towards the end of the year, but there are still design events opening in Istanbul, Rio de Janeiro and Seoul (pictured) this month. (more...) View the full article

Two designers from different sides of the globe have used a fictional design company to launch a new version of Comic Sans, with added spurs to lend it a "vintage, Mid-Western American aesthetic". (more…) View the full article

A 150-year-old farm complex in Switzerland has been converted into an assortment of office and apartment blocks by Zürich studio EM2N (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article