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Dezeen podcast: in this podcast British architect John Pawson recounts how he began his career, his only use of colour in an interior and talks us through his exhibition Plain Space, which opened yesterday at the Design Museum in London. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

French designer Nelly Ben Hayoun wants volunteers to live with a volcano in their lounge. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Japanese architects StudioGreenBlue have completed a house in Kōnosu City, Saitama Prefecuture, Japan, with an interior featuring white perforated screens throughout the space. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Tham & Videgård Arkitekter have completed this curving nursery school located between a forest and former industrial estate in Stockholm, Sweden. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: Portuguese architect Eduardo Souto de Moura is the 2011 Pritkzer Prize laureate, the prize organisers have confirmed after details of the winner were leaked ahead of schedule. Read the full announcement below: (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: here’s another chance to watch this interview we filmed with graphic designer Neville Brody back in 2009, now on Dezeen Screen. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Ribbons of mesh spiral around two conical bridges by French architect Dominique Perrault that cross a river and park in Madrid. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Space is now open at 54 Rivington Street, London EC2A 3QN, Monday-Saturday 11am-7pm and Sunday 11am-5pm until 16 October. Come round and check out the new Dezeen Book of Ideas, our latest Dezeen Watch Store pop-up, our live video and blogging studio, specially commissioned sculptures by Dominic Wilcox, an exclusive new product by Paul Cocksedge and a chandelier installation by Plumen, plus a fresh exhibit every day on Dezeen Platform. See you there! </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This time last year Zaha Hadid Architects completed a south London school with a running track through the middle, which went on to win this year’s Stirling Prize. Konstantin Grcic was announced as the recipient of the 2010 Designer of the Year Award at Design Miami and the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) was forced to close due to funding cuts. Universal Design Studio designed a pleated facade for an H&M store in Seoul, while one of our readers called the 8 House residential complex by BIG “a seductive three dimensional diagram designed to be inhabited by robots.” Tokujin Yoshioka created a see-through mobile phone, Nemawor…

Tokyo 2011: French designer Emmanuelle Moureaux presented a wedding dress made from 500 snowflake-like baubles at this year’s DesignTide Tokyo. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Visitors to this year’s Design Miami/ fair could climb into the hollow belly of a wooden pavilion by architect David Adjaye. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Spanish designer Antoni Arola has created a series of stackable tables, shelves and surfaces with light flooding from their undersides. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Following the announcement that writer Alain de Botton plans to build a series of temples for atheists in the UK, here are some images of the first structure planned for the City of London. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Competition: we’ve teamed up with Sydney design brand Dosh to give away five of their new AERO flame money clip wallets. (more…) View the full article

Milan 2012: London designers Doshi Levien presented this dressing table for BD Barcelona Design at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in April. (more…) View the full article

Slideshow: Spain’s economy may be in tatters but that hasn’t stopped it opening a raft of impressive public buildings in towns, cities and even remote villages over the past year. Amid bailouts and claims that extravagant architectural projects have helped cause the problems, here’s a look back at the amazing Spanish museums, town halls, markets, auditoriums, bridges and even railway control centres featured on Dezeen recently. (more…) View the full article

Shimmering brass walls surround this arts centre that Portuguese firm Pitagoras Arquitectos have just completed in Guimarães. (more…) View the full article

This crematorium in Seoul by Korean firm HAEAHN Architecture folds up from the landscape and curls around a peaceful courtyard and pool of water. (more…) View the full article

London Design Festival: industrial designer Yves Behar will be in conversation with Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs at midday today as part of the seminar program at trade fair 100% Design. (more…) View the full article

The stone mullions surrounding this visitor centre by Irish firm Heneghan Peng Architects imitate the towering basalt columns of the volcanically formed Giant’s Causeway (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Scroll on for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with architects Foster + Partners, tree house makers Blue Forest and interior designers David Collins Studio, plus this is the last chance to apply for roles with United Designers, Established & Sons, Tom Dixon and more… (more…) View the full article

Our movie for Philips Lumiblade about how OLED lighting technology will change interior design leads the lastest issue of Dezeen Mail, which also includes sex toys, twisting skyscrapers and all the latest news, jobs, competitions and reader comments from Dezeen. Read Dezeen Mail issue 132 | Subscribe to Dezeen Mail View the full article

In the last movie of our Seven Designers for Seven Dials series, designer Paul Cocksedge demonstrates what happened when passers-by called the floating illuminated phone number he installed for the project curated by Dezeen. (more...) View the full article

This family house in South Korea by Office 53427 has a curving white facade with extruded windows and square perforations. (more...) View the full article

A plant-covered twisting tower shaped like a DNA strand by Belgian architect Vincent Callebaut is under construction in Taipei, Taiwan (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article