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There are plenty of opportunities for recent graduates and junior architects on Dezeen Jobs right now. Here are five of the best roles for Part 2 architectural assistants in London, including positions at Craftworks and Arup. Read more

This cafe by Harris Butt Architecture is perched on the edge of an active volcano in New Zealand’s oldest national park (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This week we’ve created a Pinterest board with all the best images of lamps from Dezeen. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest » View the full article

Insulation, cladding and decorative fins added to the exterior of Grenfell Tower during refurbishment made it noncompliant with building regulations, the inquiry into the disaster has found. Read more View the full article

Anthony Dunne and Fiona Raby are joining the teaching staff at Parsons design school in New York, after leaving the Design Interactions course at London's Royal College of Art last year. (more…) View the full article

A hole in this toothbrush directs water from the tap upwards like a drinking fountain for easy rinsing (+movie). (more…) View the full article

New York City architect-developer Cary Tamarkin has built a modernist home in the Hamptons using locally sourced wood and stone, to match the area's historic architecture. Read more View the full article

This luxury holiday home in the Maldives has an aquarium-like underwater bedroom suite where guests can watch marine life while they rest, wash and get dressed. Read more View the full article

Dezeen Wire: architects OMA are developing a modular display system for the stores of American accessories brand Coach. (more…) View the full article

More than 100 leaders in the field of robotics have signed an open letter calling on the United Nations to prevent a global arms race in autonomous lethal weapons. Read more View the full article

Toronto design studio Castor has launched a set of accessories for marijuana users that resembles a vintage candy dish, ahead of Canada's expected legalisation of the drug later this year. Read more View the full article

News: a 24 metre tall viewing tower that looks like a helter skelter and a student housing development in Oxford have been included in a shortlist for the ugliest building completed in the UK in the last 12 months. (more...) View the full article

OMA's research studio AMO installed a domestic interior filled with angular furniture and make-believe windows as the setting to present Prada's Autumn Winter 2013 collection during Milan Men's Fashion Week (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

An outpost of a British fish and chip shop has opened in Chengdu, China, which creative studio Unknown Works has completed with a 3D-scanned facade. Read more View the full article

Thai company BeeConscious has created wraps from beeswax-coated cotton, that can stand in for cling film and other plastic packaging for food. Read more

Translucent curtains surround a mezzanine tea room in the heart of this home, designed by Katsutoshi Sasaki + Associates for a retired couple in Japan's Aichi Prefecture (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: the abundance of industrial factories that once populated south London influence the interiors of The Hoxton's latest outpost, which hotelier Ennismore has opened in Southwark. Read more View the full article

To prove that germs aren’t all bad, Paris-based studio Bold-design came up with an activity kit that uses bacteria to turn sand from the beach into stone souvenirs (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

The latest office chair from German furniture brand Wilkahn features technologies developed to encourage movement and maintain the user's centre of gravity as they shift position throughout the working day. Read more

American director Spike Jonze has used an iconic Los Angeles music hall by Modernist architect Welton Becket as the venue for a four-minute perfume advert for French fashion house Kenzo (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Italian rug manufacturer Cc-Tapis brings contemporary ideas and processes to the traditional handicraft of Tibetan rug-knotting with their latest collections, presented in an "architectural" campaign called Spectrum. Read more

Having specialised in CGI and 3D graphics, Tom Dutfield joined design studio ECE Architecture as its first in-house visualiser. He describes his career progression for the Dezeen Jobs careers guide. Read more

Product news: Austrian designer Robert Stadler’s update on the classic bentwood bistro chair by Thonet, synonymous with cafe culture since it appeared in the nineteenth century, has gone into production. (more…) View the full article

London designer Dominic Wilcox shares his thoughts on 3D printing and presents some of his “fun, crazy” projects including GPS shoes, a combined coffin and desk and a reserve bungee jump in this movie we filmed at 100% Design. “We shouldn’t be so scared of putting out ridiculous thoughts,” he says. (more…) View the full article

Our US job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for an interior designer at the studio of Karim Rashid, the New York designer who created the curvaceous interior of Munich sex shop Fun Factory (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article