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This Montreal student housing block by Kanva is clad with concrete panels that are engraved with historic pictures of the site (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Taiwan design studio Drilling Lab has created a selection of aluminium vessels that look like they're made from sections of industrial water pipes (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

The extension to this refurbished house in Australia includes a covered outdoor space built around the trunk of a large lemon-scented tree (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

San Francisco start-up Crave has launched a stainless-steel vibrator that can be worn as a necklace and charged via a USB port on a computer (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

French studio CUT Architectures have used a steel grid structure to create shelving, seating areas, a kitchen and a climbing frame for this apartment renovation in Paris' 6th arrondissement (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Two clients joined forces to commission one building with two separate homes by Buenos Aires studio Hitzig Militello Arquitectos, which has been coloured grey to contrast with its neighbours (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Graphic design studio GrandArmy has overhauled the signage and packaging for the United States Postal Service in the "largest retail rebrand project in American history" (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Four design installations have been published on Dezeen in the last week, so we've gathered together all the temporary artworks and structures from the Dezeen archive and added them to a new Pinterest board. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest | More installations View the full article

Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Niels Datema has designed a lamp made entirely of graphite, which illuminates when its two parts connect (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Dezeen Music Project: Israeli director Gal Muggia aimed to create a "fractured reality" with stretched landscapes, digital boxes and pixellated heads in this music video for artist Adi Ulmansky. (more...) View the full article

Photo essay: photographer Rebecca Litchfield has toured former Soviet countries to document the once-monumental structures around the Eastern Bloc that have fallen into decay. (more...) View the full article

Five cliff-top buildings feature walls that fold in on themselves to frame views and offer privacy in this South Korean holiday resort by Atelier Chang (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

This ceramic lamp by Italian designer Federica Bubani comprises a cone-shaped shade that fits inside a larger base in a variety of positions. (more...) View the full article

French architecture firm VI.B Architecture has designed a cluster of giant concrete silos to house the headquarters for a cement distribution centre on the outskirts of Paris (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Lego's new set of building blocks aimed at the architecture and design community, Zaha Hadid's hotel in Dubai and the first photographs of FAT's fairytale house made the headlines this week. Read on for more architecture and design highlights, plus our Dezeen Music Project track of the week. (more...) View the full article

Set designers Robert Storey Studio used the bright colours of Nike's womenswear range to inform the brash interior of this New York pop-up shop for the sports brand (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

A visitor centre designed by local firm Maber Architects in Leicester, England, includes a glass floor that provides views of a 3D-printed replica of the remains of notorious English king Richard III on the spot where his bones were discovered (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

This week's job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for senior architects at Studio Fuksas, whose design for the Moscow Polytechnic Museum and Educational Centre is pictured. Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

All the items for sale at this east London corner shop run by designer Lucy Sparrow are made from felt (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Layers of springy nets stretched across an atrium at the centre of this beach house in Thailand by Bangkok studio Onion create a vertical playground that can be used to travel from the top floor to the bottom (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: new limited edition 104 Series watches by Uniform Wares have arrived at Dezeen Watch Store in two updated colour combinations. (more...) View the full article

Industrial designer Naomi Kizhner has developed a concept for an invasive jewellery collection that converts kinetic energy from the body's involuntary movements into electricity (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Competition: Dezeen is giving readers the chance to win one of three pairs of ticket packages for the Biennale Interieur 2014 design event, taking place in Belgium this October. (more...) View the full article

News: architect Zaha Hadid has designed the interior for a hotel inside her Opus development in Dubai, which will feature sculptural balconies and her installation for this year's London Design Festival (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Movie: in this exclusive video interview filmed in Venice, Ma Yansong of Chinese architects MAD explains his concept for a "shan-shui city", a high density urban development inspired by traditional Chinese paintings of mountain ranges. (more...) View the full article