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London interior designers Studio Toogood have installed a pile of boxes decorated with multi-coloured electrical tape at the Comme des Garcons Aoyama flagship store in Tokyo.The project is Studio Toogood’s second for the fashion label, following their Sneaker department at Dover Street Market in London last year (see our earlier story).Here’s some more information from [...]</img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Designers Zerofee have created the identity for Dezeen Watch Store, our new e-commerce venture launching next month during the London Design Festival. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Norwegian studio Fantastic Norway have designed a series of interconnected homes for disadvantaged women and children in Nuuk, Greenland. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Norwegian architects RRA have completed this wood-clad nursery school in Oslo, Norway. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen movies: here are the highlights of the second panel discussion at Dornbracht Conversations 3, featuring creative director Mike Meiré, critic Thomas Wagner, architect and designer Matteo Thun and moderator Marcus Fairs of Dezeen. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

New York studio BHDM have completed the interior of this boutique gay hotel in Miami Beach, where visitors encounter a life-size statue of a polar bear holding a beach ball in the lobby. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

In this interview filmed by Dezeen at the Tai Ping carpet showroom in London, Hong Kong designer Andre Fu talks about creating his new collection for the Chinese brand. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Scroll on for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with Tom Dixon, Thomas Heatherwick and Vitsœ, plus this is the last chance to apply for roles with Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Marcel Wanders and more. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: safety concerns have led local officials in Shanghai to propose the introduction of a regulation banning the use of glass curtain walls on new schools, hospitals and residential buildings - China Daily A number of recent incidents involving falling glass in the city, which has the highest number of glass-clad buildings in China, have led to concerns that poor installation and maintenance are increasing the chances of injury to the public. </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: Sebastian Wrong, design director for British brand Established & Sons, gives a tour of their exhibition inside the former fire station at Berlin Tempelhof airport in this movie Dezeen filmed at new Berlin design fair Qubique 2011 last month. Watch the movie » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: in this latest interview from our series of Dezeen Talks filmed at the Inside awards in Barcelona, Dezeen editor-in-chief talks to Marcus Fairs talks to Colin Seah from Ministry of Design about the design of their own office, a former shophouse in Singapore where the rooms and the furniture within them are arranged in rows like a barcode. Watch the movie » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Stockholm 2012: Swedish designers Form Us With Love present five new projects at the Swedish Museum of Architecture as part of Stockholm Design Week this week. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Designed in Hackney: it’s day two of our Designed in Hackney showcase and the award-winning Plumen 001 designer light bulb by Samuel Wilkinson for Hulger is our featured project from the borough today. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Competition: we’ve teamed up with textiles brand Maharam to give away five copies of Maharam Agenda, an illustrated overview of the company’s history including collaborations with the likes of Konstantin Grcic, Hella Jongerius, Nike and Paul Smith. (more…) View the full article

Clerkenwell Design Week 2012: Dezeen are media partners for the London series of Pecha Kucha talks, and the next one takes place on Thursday 24 May at Clerkenwell Design Week with speakers including architect Nigel Coates, architecture publisher Peter Murray and designer Benjamin Hubert. (more…) View the full article

Danish architects CEBRA have revealed their proposals for a science and technology centre within a former mineral water bottling plant in Copenhagen. (more…) View the full article

Following a recent spell of weather-related projects, we’ve compiled a new Pinterest board featuring all the sun, rain, snow and fog from the pages of Dezeen. Over 21,000 people now follow us on Pinterest – join them here. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest » See more stories featuring weather on Dezeen » View the full article

World Architecture Festival: in this movie we filmed, architect Vo Trong Nghia explains how the house he designed with a vertical garden on its facade incorporates natural daylighting and ventilation systems that are invaluable in Vietnam, which experiences heavy rain and high temperatures, but often suffers day-long power shortages. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: the minimal VOID V03 by Hong Kong designer David Ericsson now comes in two new colours at Dezeen Watch Store. The watch is available in blue or grey. Get yours online or over the phone with free shipping worldwide for only £105. (more…) View the full article

French architect Emmanuelle Weiss has added a contrasting dark brick extension to a red brick house outside Lille (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Hackney studio Gort Scott subtly added the outline of a cat's ears to the facade of this feline veterinary clinic outside Cambridge (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Crazy 3D printing, a new London tower by UNStudio and an apartment with a four-storey slide all feature in this week's issue of Dezeen Mail, along with the latest news, jobs, competitions and reader comments from Dezeen. Read Dezeen Mail issue 143 | Subscribe to Dezeen Mail View the full article

In our second movie about the World Architecture Festival and Inside Festival, to be held at the Marina Bay Sands hotel (above) in Singapore this October, programme director Paul Finch describes the themes of the two coinciding events. (more...) View the full article

Giles Miller's London design studio has positioned a target of reflective pixels in front of a medieval gate for this year's Clerkenwell Design Week, which kicks off in London today (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

A knot-shaped rooftop will be used as a vegetable garden at this kindergarten by Vo Trong Nghia Architects that's under construction in Dong Nai, Vietnam (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article