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Layers of sediment left by the gradual shift of China’s famous Yellow River were the inspiration behind the undulating facade of this arts centre that will be constructed near the city of Yinchuan later this year. (more…) View the full article

Scroll on for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with Aesop, and Bocci, plus this is the last chance to apply for roles with Tom Dixon, Matteo Thun & Partners and more… (more…) View the full article

Competition: Dezeen are offering readers the chance to win one of five pairs of VIP tickets to Decorex International trade show from 23 to 26 September in London. (more…) View the full article

A geometric sculpture grows from a column and branches across the ceiling of the new designer menswear space designed by architect Alex Cochrane for London department store Selfridges. (more…) View the full article

Spanish designer Martí Guixé squeezed bottles of paint over this white rug from Spanish brand Nanimarquina as part of an exhibition at Vienna Design Week (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Buro Ole Scheeren has unveiled a pair of skyscrapers with concave walls for Singapore’s historic Kampong Glam district. (more…) View the full article

Built on a steep site in Spain, the seventeenth house in our A-Zdvent calendar consists of three intersecting volumes arranged around a central circulation space. Read more about Q-House » View the full article

Maison&Objet 2013: these ice-cream coloured poufs and rugs by Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola for Spanish textile brand Gan were launched at Maison&Objet design fair in Paris this week. (more...) View the full article

Residents taking a bath or using the toilet are on show to swimmers in the pool at this brick and concrete house in Chiang Mai, Thailand (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Boxy wooden rooms branch out from a crooked blue spine at this family house in Sayo, Japan, in our second story this week about the work of FujiwaraMuro Architects. (more...) View the full article

This concept for a digital camera would let users look through a hole right in the middle of the ring of sensors, rather than framing their shot on a screen or through a viewfinder (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

Product news: Yves Behar's San Francisco studio Fuseproject launches an office furniture system for American design brand Herman Miller at the Neocon trade fair in Chicago this week (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

The white walls of this modern family home by FCC Arquitectura nestle behind the deteriorated stone facade of a former farmhouse and granary in northern Portugal (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

The towering fortress of fairytale character Rapunzel inspired this steel-clad house extension that accommodates the three oldest daughters of Austrian architect Stefan Marte (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Diners are invited to imagine mid 20th-century Bombay at this restaurant in a former railway transit shed close to King's Cross station in London (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Interview: after completing Europe's largest public library in Birmingham, architect Francine Houben of Dutch studio Mecanoo spoke to Dezeen about the role of the library in the digital age and claims libraries are as central to society as cathedrals once were. (more...) View the full article

Product news: the Apollo lighting range by east London studio International has gone into production (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: we're now stocking all four variations of the popular 251 Series by Uniform Wares. (more...) View the full article

Finnish graduate Mikko Hannula based the design of this faceted metal chair on a 3D scan of a traditional wooden seat called a Windsor chair (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Music: the majority of the footage used in this super-slow-motion music video for French pop singer Siska was shot in only five seconds. (more…) View the full article

This wooden home in Helsinki by Finnish architect Tuomas Siitonen has a roof that dips in the middle to allow views across it and a kinked plan that wraps around a secluded garden (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Milan 2014: architect Zaha Hadid has cantilevered a series of elongated strips of black granite to create a fluid storage unit for Italian brand CITCO. (more...) View the full article

Artist duo Sofie Lachaert and Luc d'Hanis have recreated a terrace of workers' cottages to house an exhibition of their work at Belgium's Grand-Hornu Images museum (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

This kettle by Kingston University graduate Anna Czaniecka is shaped like two mugs so the user can precisely measure how much water to boil for cups of tea. (more...) View the full article

This six-sided piece of furniture by Japanese studio Torafu Architects can be flipped over to reveal different functions (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article