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In the second of our three exclusive video interviews with Iris van Herpen for Virtual Design Festival, the Dutch fashion designer explains how working with architects has informed her approach to textile design and led to her working on a full-scale museum extension last year. Read more View the full article

New York architecture firm Arnold Studio has covered the walls of this sensory deprivation spa in Brooklyn neighbourhood Greenpoint with rigid felt and bold colours. Read more View the full article

VDF products fair: The glossy Lume surface tile range is designed by flooring manufacturer Marazzi as a celebration of traditional Italian ceramics. Read more View the full article

Dutch graduate designer Sjoerd Jonkers has designed a collection of plastic vases inspired by archaeology and primitive objects, to be presented in Milan this week. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

An exhibition of furniture, photography and artworks by the late Modernist designer Charlotte Perriand is on show at the Museum für Gestaltung Zürich in Switzerland. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: Ecole cantonale d’art de Lausanne (ECAL) have appointed Alexis Georgacopoulos as the college’s new director. See press release below (in French) (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The shape of theses vases by designers Judith van den Boom and Sharon Geschiere was derived from knotted rubber tubing. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Tokyo 2010: designer Emmanuelle Moureaux presented eda, a prototype lightweight, modular product that combines to create cloud-like forms, at DesignTide Tokyo 2010 earlier this month. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

French designer Matali Crasset has designed these jewellery pieces featuring tiny figures scuba diving, flying off with a jewel and perched on a unicycle. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Ukrainian architects Sergey Makhno and Vasiliy Butenko covered the interior of this bar in Kiev with sticks. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The Hepworth Wakefield gallery designed by David Chipperfield Architects opens to the public this Saturday. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Rotterdam studio STAR Strategies + Architecture have photoshopped green walls over images of iconic buildings to poke fun at the way architects believe cladding a building in plants makes it sustainable. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Spanish architects Arranguren & Gallegos have converted a brewery in Madrid into a museum with an underground gallery and triangular windows. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Check out the latest issue of Dezeen Mail for all the best stories and comments from Dezeen, including a redesign of the iconic London tube map, a robot that steals your bed covers and a kiosk made from over 1000 copies of the New York Times. There’s also an update from Dezeen Wire, the latest movies on Dezeen Screen and all our new competitions and jobs. Take a look at it here. Dezeen Mail is sent out every couple of weeks and you can subscribe here. </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This pod-shaped woodland retreat floats on a net between the trees in Dorset, UK. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store is at trade show Interiors UK this week, along with a selection of the most successful designers and brands from The Temporium. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

These earrings by Japanese jewellery designer Akiko Oue can be added to and reconfigured since they’re made up of tiny magnetic circles. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Slideshow: the faceted copper envelope of this house extension near Sydney was designed by architects Innovarchi to resemble a roof. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Having too many analogue synths to play with isn’t conducive to a good night’s sleep – that’s what Shitwave discovered when making this track, aptly titled Sleeping Problems, which manages to be catchy as well as rhythmically experimental. There’s also a music video for the track that you can watch here. About Dezeen Music Project | More tracks | Submit your track View the full article

Polish designer Boguslaw Sliwinski has created a new series of plates to encourage people to play with their food, this time allowing diners to recreate sporting action with their vegetables. (more…) View the full article

These felt elephant toys by German designer Daniel Böttcher are available at our pop-up design emporium Dezeen Super Store at 38 Monmouth Street, Seven Dials, Covent Garden, London WC2. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: the Braun BN0076 is the latest watch to join Dezeen Watch Store’s carefully curated Braun collection. This minimal digital watch is based on the classic DW30 timepiece originally designed by Dieter Rams in 1978. (more…) View the full article

Photographer Jamie Young is compiling an archive to document the history of water towers in Ireland. (more…) View the full article

Chunky concrete boxes form a grid of secluded balconies across the facade of this apartment block in Kyoto by Japanese studio VIDZ Architects. (more…) View the full article

In a movie filmed by Alice Masters for the Design Museum’s annual Designers in Residence exhibition, Lawrence Lek explains how he created a modular system of plywood pieces that can be bent into objects including a stool and a pavilion. (more…) View the full article