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London Design Festival 2014 officially kicks off today! We'll be pinning products, installations and exhibitions by some of the world's best designers to our dedicated Pinterest board throughout the week. Follow our London Design Festival 2014 Pinterest board » Follow Dezeen on Pinterest | See more London Design Festival 2014 stories View the full article

Stone tiles and horizontal cement boards were used to define the various volumes of this house in South Korea by architecture studio SPLK (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Apple launched a new mobile payment service, the iPhone 6 and its eagerly anticipated watch this week, prompting strong reactions from the design community. Read on for more architecture and design highlights, plus our Dezeen Music Project track of the week. (more...) View the full article

British designer Patrick Stevenson-Keating has reimagined the financial system to create a banking process intended to encourage users to think more about their purchases for this year's Designers in Residence programme at London's Design Museum (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Dom Pérignon has collaborated with Dutch fashion designer Iris van Herpen to produce a limited-edition champagne box and 3D-printed sculpture, as part of its Power of Creation project. (more...) View the full article

Four-storey-tall holographs of models were projected onto a moving screen of water for American brand Polo Ralph Lauren's womenswear show during New York Fashion Week (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

This week's job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for an architect at Hopkins Architects, who designed the Velodrome for the London 2012 Olympic Games (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

This house in Onomichi, Japan, by Suppose Design Office is framed by five parallel walls, which have been placed at an angle to frame views of an adjacent waterway (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

London Design Festival 2014: architect Zaha Hadid has installed a shimmering "bridge" to cross a reflecting pool in the V&A museum's John Madejski Garden (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Four rows of sculptural concrete fins make up the brazenly brutalist facade of Preston Bus Station in Lancashire, England – the next project in Dezeen's series. (more...) View the full article

Behind a tiled and metal-framed shop front, skincare brand Aesop's Stockholm store by local firm In Praise of Shadows features pale oak floorboards that contrast with the roughly hewn elm fittings (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

The upper floor of this Japanese mountain home is twice the size of the base, creating a dramatic overhang that appears to be supported by nothing but a pair of angular stilts (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

London Design Festival 2014: Norwegian studio Anderssen & Voll has created a barstool for Italian brand Magis that reinterprets a design that appeared in sci-fi films and TV shows. (more...) View the full article

News: the Australian Institute of Architects has announced 61 projects in the running for this year's National Architecture Awards, including a rainforest home in Malaysia, a plant and seed research facility and a restaurant inside an old Sydney police station. (more...) View the full article

Fashion house Valentino's New York flagship store, with a grey Terrazzo interior by British architect David Chipperfield, has opened to shoppers (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

News: Apple is "bloody ruthless" and a "monster" according to legendary industrial designer Kenneth Grange, adding that the tech giant uses design to ensure its commercial intentions are "dressed up nicely". (more...) View the full article

London Design Festival 2014: natural materials suspended in resin to create furniture by Italian design duo Alcarol will be displayed at the Mint Gallery during the London Design Festival next week (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: London trade show designjunction is set to collaborate with British design brands Anglepoise and ercol to curate an exhibition and charity auction, during next week's London Design Festival. (more...) View the full article

British firm Austin-Smith:Lord used textured brick for the internal and external surfaces of this monastery in Liverpool to give it an austere but coherent aesthetic (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

These household products designed by Bauhaus University graduate Weng Xinyu mimic human emotions and misbehave when left alone (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

This charred timber cabin by Chilean studio DRAA is raised over a hillside on stilts to afford better views of the nearby mountains (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

News: Apple has finally launched its eagerly anticipated Apple Watch, with a square face, interchangeable straps, purely digital face and a sapphire screen (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

News: Apple's annual conference has moved onto money, as the tech firm launches Apple Pay – a mobile payments system that will allow users to buy goods with their phone in shops and online. (more...) View the full article

News: tech giant Apple has launched the iPhone 6 live at its annual conference in Cupertino, California. (more...) View the full article

As anticipation of Apple's smartwatch launch reaches fever pitch, we've rounded up eight of the best, worst and funniest examples of what the iWatch probably won't look like. (more...) View the full article