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Creative agency iris has unveiled Wenlock (right) and Mandeville, the mascots for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

DMY Berlin 2010: Dutch designer Pepe Heykoop presented bubbles of tape wrapped around metal frames at DMY Berlin last week. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen have got together with publishers Actar to offer our readers the chance to win one of five copies of RGB – Reviewing Graphics in Britain. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: European architects are becoming more enthusiastic about using prefabricated elements according to a report by Rotterdam research agency Arch-Vision. See press release below. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This house by Portuguese studio Jorge Mealha Arquitecto features white rendered volumes sat atop a stone structure, located by a beach on the outskirts of Lisbon, Portugal. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Here are some more photos and sketches of the information centre by Spanish designer Jaime Hayón for the newly renovated Groninger Museum in the Netherlands (see our earlier story) (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Stockholm 2011: designer Thomas Bernstrand of Sweden presented this skewed stackable shelving unit at Stockholm Furniture Fair last week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This movie filmed as part of our Dezeentalks at [D3] Design Talents in Cologne earlier this year features industrial designer Marco Susani. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Thin black metal frames arch between floor and ceiling in this Parisian boutique by French architect Joseph Grappin for shoe designer Karine Arabian (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: London interior designer Linda Morey Smith is one of the judges of the Inside awards. In this movie filmed by Dezeen she talks about designing the headquarters for Sony Music in London. 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. </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

These dresses by Montreal fashion designer Ying Gao move as if they’re breathing. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Designer Kiseung Lee of Helsinki wants people to fill stockings with more vital gifts this Christmas: donations to the blood bank. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: editor-in-chief of Domus magazine Joseph Grima and Istanbul architect Emre Arolat have been appointed to curate the inaugural Istanbul Design Biennial, which will take place from 13 October to 12 December 2012. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

French architects Agence Search have completed a water-sports centre beside the Seine with a roof of undulating waves. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Slideshow feature: infrastructure projects by German architects J. Mayer H. have been popping up all over Georgia in the last year – buildings completed so far include an airport, a police station, a civic centre, a border checkpoint and two roadside service stations. Here’s a slideshow to bring them all together. (more…) View the full article

FreshBritain and Campaign created a pop-up store reminiscent of factory warehouses and stockrooms for shoe brand Dr. Martens ( + slideshow). (more…) View the full article

The entrance lobby at AOL‘s Palo Alto headquarters looks like a skate park (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

These shoes by British designer Dominic Wilcox have LEDs in the toes that will guide you home no matter where you are (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

World Architecture Festival 2012: Australian architect John Wardle tells Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs how small projects can be “a good grounding for research and testing of ideas” in this movie we filmed about his award-winning Shearer’s Quarters at the World Architecture Festival earlier this month. (more…) View the full article

The residential buildings of Paris appear to be sailing through the sky like kites in these dream-like images created by French photographer Laurent Chéhère (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

In case the ancient Mayan prediction turns out to be true and the world does end tomorrow, Central Saint Martins fashion graduate Minki Cheng has created a collection of apocalypse apparel for surviving extreme conditions in style (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

News: Apple has trademarked the design and layout of its retail stores, nine years after the first Apple Store opened in Virginia, USA. (more...) View the full article

Product news: Swedish design consultancy Veryday picked up a Gold Award at the iF Design Awards last week for this wooden chair created for an art and design centre in Stockholm. (more...) View the full article

In the first of a new series of monthly reports on upcoming design events from World Design Guide, April's focus is on the hundreds of exhibitions, talks and parties across Milan next week. We've also added eleven new events to this year's guide. (more...) View the full article

Dezeen and MINI World Tour: in our next movie from Milan, architect and designer Fabio Novembre takes us to a converted farm near the city centre and explains why he sees the project as an important response to Italy's ongoing economic crisis. (more...) View the full article