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We just sent the latest issue of our Dezeen Mail newsletter, which leads with the completion of London’s Olympic venues and, in particular, our readers’ horrified reaction to Anish Kapoor’s ArcelorMittal Orbit sculpture (above). One commenter described as an “evil scientist’s lair“. Also included in this issue are all the latest jobs, competitions (including how to win a £520 bike), music tracks plus the usual round-up of the best stories and comments from the past week. Read Dezeen Mail issue 101 » Subscribe to Dezeen Mail » View the full article

Movie: Dutch designer Hella Jongerius explains why she enjoys working with colours and textiles rather than designing full pieces of furniture in the third video interview we filmed at her studio in Berlin. (more...) View the full article

Beirut studio T Sakhi redefined the wall as a hub for social connection with its pavilion for Dubai Design Week, which comments on the "resilience" of Lebanese society in the face of current socio-political unrest. Read more View the full article

This short movie by Danish animator Thallis Vestergaard traces the history of the bicycle from its invention in the eighteenth century up to the present day (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

Dezeen Wire: six buildings have been shortlisted for this year’s RIBA Stirling Prize, including the London Olympic Stadium by Populous (above) and two projects by OMA. (more…) View the full article

Finnish design brand Made by Choice has released a series of furniture and products that typifies its playful Nordic style, including a cabinet punctured by hundreds of holes and a collection of colourful wooden boxes. Read more View the full article

Berlin-based architect Sigurd Larsen designed these two larch-clad homes as a sustainable and affordable model for an "organic" housing development in Hvalsø, Denmark. Read more View the full article

Designer Thomas Heatherwick has completed a university building in Singapore made up of 12 towers that resemble giant parsnips (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

LEDs are the light of the future now that the technology is finally advanced enough for it to be interesting to designers, according to industrial designer Arik Levy (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Jasper Morrison's first interior design project in Japan is a Tokyo shop that mimics the layout of a typical house and garden. Read more View the full article

Japanese designer Yota Kakuda has combined industrial and citrus tones in his interior design for Bake Kitasenju, a cheese tart shop in Tokyo (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

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French-Brazilian studio Triptyque has revamped a 85-metre-high office block in Rio de Janeiro with zigzagging glazing and solar panels so it can generate its own electricity (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Kanye West‘s first short film was shown on seven cinema screens surrounding the audience inside a pyramid designed by architects OMA at the Cannes Film Festival in France yesterday. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen Jobs has a number of promising architecture and design roles available right now, including positions at international studio White Red Architects and Chinese firm Superimpose Architecture. Read more View the full article

A tower of books is encased inside a glass pyramid at this public library that Dutch firm MVRDV have completed in Spijkenisse, the Netherlands (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

An ancient Chinese courtyard garden tucked away in the hutongs of Beijing provides the setting for seasonal installations at curated design shop WUHAO. (more…) View the full article

Brexit design summit: the UK's creative industries should come together to produce a manifesto explaining the benefits they bring the whole country, designers have suggested. (more…) View the full article

Our job of the week on the new and improved Dezeen Jobs is for a senior designer to work with Dutch designer Piet Boon, who recently transformed a former military hospital chapel into a restaurant (pictured). Visit the ad for full details of the position or browse more architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

Breaking news: French president Emmanuel Macron has promised to rebuild Notre-Dame Cathedral after the fire, and millions of euros have already been pledged in support. Read more

In this movie filmed by Dezeen, Bandar Antabi of designer electronics brand Jawbone explains how the company took a holistic approach to designing their Big Jambox wireless speaker. (more…) View the full article

The Finnish Association of Architects has revealed the five buildings competing for the second Finlandia Prize for Architecture, including a pre-weathered steel arts centre, a timber-framed apartment block and a waterside housing complex (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Visualisation artist Forbes Massie has exhibited a series of architectural renderings with a painterly rather than photorealistic aesthetic at the Protein Studios gallery in east London (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

New York-based Savvy Studio has designed a restaurant in the city themed on beachgoing and boating with striped cushions, chrome and wood. Read more View the full article

Charleston interiors firm Basic Projects has used design touches like rattan and textured green plaster to add "a warm, Southern element" to the Savannah outpost of New York eatery Fat Radish. Read more