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London studio Edward Cullinan Architects have completed a concrete and steel bunker to store the British Film Institute‘s entire film collection. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The latest video up on Dezeen Screen is this interview we filmed with car designer Nader Faghihzadeh of car brand BMW at the launch of the new 6 Series Convertible in Spain last month. Faghihzadeh, who created the vehicle’s exterior, explains the design concept and talks about the process of designing a car. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

JDS Architects have designed a street lamp for Italian brand Ewo that allows light to escape through perforations in its stem. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A team of Dutch companies has unveiled a proposal for a huge circular wind turbine that doubles as an apartment block and hotel, and also includes a rollercoaster. (more…) View the full article

Photographer Philippe Ruault has sent us his photographs of the newly-completed 100 11th Avenue by French architect Jean Nouvel, an apartment block in Chelsea, New York, with every glass panel of the curtain wall tilted at a different angle. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka has sent this letter and video asking for donations to the Red Cross for disaster relief following the earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Japan. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Stockholm 2011: Copenhagen designers Aleksej Iskos and Boris Berlin of Iskos-Berlin present this armchair made from a single sheet of felt at Stockholm Furniture Fair this week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Design Miami/Basel is underway in Switzerland, where Paris designer Arik Levy presents these new pieces with Dutch gallery Priveekollektie. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: Israel is considering a plan to build an artificial island off the coast of the Gaza Strip to encourage tourism and act as a transit point for goods, according to The Guardian. Read the story </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

News: the Russian designer of the AK-47 assault rifle Mikhail Kalashnikov has died aged 94. (more...) View the full article

Dezeen Screen: in this fourth movie filmed by Dezeen in 2009 at the Shenzhen & Hong Kong Architecture Biennale, designers Joseph Grima and Jeffrey Johnson explain their urban farm project Landgrab City. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2010: Viennese designers Mischer’Traxler presented a collection of bowls cast from vegetables in Milan last month. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Spanish firm Grupo Aranea have designed this apartment to sit on the roof of a house belonging to the client’s mother. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Vienna Design Week 2011: Berlin designer Uli Budde unwrapped the facets of a brilliant-cut diamond to create the shape of this gold pendent, currently on show at Vienna Design Week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

You can walk up one curved staircase and down another in this family home in Kitakami by Japanese architect Yukiko Nadamoto. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Neon colours and bright stripes cover these crucifixes by artist Stefan Strumbel from the Black Forest in Germany. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dutch designer Hella Jongerius presents 300 porcelain vases coloured with layers of mineral and chemical glazes at the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

French designer Inga Sempé has designed this outdoor shower for French brand Tectona. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen archive: following our popular story on House 77 by dIONISO LAB with its perforated aluminium shutters, this week (top right) we’ve compiled all the buildings from the Dezeen archive featuring shutters. See all the stories » All our archive stories » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Shangai Expo 2010: architectural photographer Iñigo Bujedo Aguirre has sent us some photographs of the completed Swiss Pavilion at the Shanghai Expo 2010, designed by Buchner Bründler Architects and Element. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Sheffield Institute of Arts graduate Guido Garotti will present a series of chairs at New Designers in London next week. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Brendon Carlin and fellow students at the Architectural Association Design Research Laboratory, has generated an architectural structure by filling Lycra with liquid plaster and then letting it set. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Timber battens cover the ceiling of skincare brand Aesop's newest store in Singapore, which architecture firm Snøhetta based on a nutmeg plantation that once occupied the site (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Milan 2011: Swedish studio Claesson Koivisto Rune presented this series of sofas with different-height backrests for Italian brand Tacchini in Milan last week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: London interior designer Ilse Crawford is one of the judges of the Inside awards. In this movie filmed by Dezeen she talks about designing TwoTwoSix Hollywood Road, a five-storey apartment building in Hong Kong. Watch the movie » Dezeen readers can save 25% on the price of entering the Inside awards and attending the festival in Barcelona from 2-4 November – simply quote VIP code DEZEEN when entering online at www.insidefestival.com. Entries close on 30 June. Above photograph is by Magnus Marding. </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article