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Milan 2011: a collection of oak furniture by Lausanne-based studio Big-Game will be presented by Japanese design brand Karimoku New Standard in Milan next week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London designer Paul Cocksedge moulds discarded vinyl records into a range of amplifiers for smartphones. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London Design Festival 2010: this bench inspired by the way wood is stacked for drying is by London designer Richard Shed and is one of ten benches exhibited by The Lollipop Shoppe during the London Design Festival this month. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Week nine of Virtual Design Festival featured live interviews with Barnaba Fornasetti and Ini Archibong, as well as a celebration of World Oceans Day and the 2020 AHEAD Americas awards. Read more View the full article

Portuguese firm A+R Arquitectos installed this staircase with floating wooden treads and a zig-zag hand rail as part of the renovation of a Portuguese house. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Here’s a roundup of our most popular stories from March this year. In first place was Jesolo Magica, a retail and business centre near Venice by Zaha Hadid Architects. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Courtyards, balconies and roof terraces all features in this São Paulo house by local studio Metro, which is made up of four separate but connected concrete towers (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

The façade of this house in Valencia by Spanish architects BBLab Arquitectos is punctured with a pattern of circular holes. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: this movie by Jonathan Gales of architectural animation studio Factory Fifteen imagines the whole of London as a construction site, caught in a state of change that could mean dramatic decay or intensive development. Watch the movie » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen and London architects Marks Barfield have teamed up to give away five copies of Gentle Landmarks, a monograph of their recent projects. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen promotion: electronics company LG Display has revealed its plans to create new OLED lighting designs with British designer Ross Lovegrove. Read more View the full article

Dezeen Wire: architectural theorist Charles Jencks has written a new article for Blueprint magazine about the resurgence of postmodern architecture over the past twenty years, during which time other commentators claim it has become defunct. Jencks points to projects from the likes of Frank Gehry, Rem Koolhaas, Herzog & de Meuron and Santiago Calatrava as demonstrative of the continuing influence of postmodern ideas, which he claims have led to “the explosive growth in iconic buildings and landmark sculptures.” The V&A is currently hosting an exhibition of postmodern architecture and design and you can see all of our stories on postmodernism here. </img&g…

Here are some images of the five winning projects at this year’s INDEX: Awards, including Hövding, an inflatable bicycle helmet (above). (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dutch architect Anne Holtrop has proposed two conceptual embassy buildings for the Government Building Agency in the Netherlands. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2011: our latest movie made in Milan last week features Yves Behar of fuseproject talking about Jambox, the wireless speaker he designed for Jawbone, and JamScape, the audio installation presented in the Ventura Lambrate design district. Watch the movie </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Interlocking cypress-wood planks form the roof of the Mikuni Izukogen restaurant that Kengo Kuma has perched on a rocky hillside in Honshū, Japan. Read more View the full article

Scottish studio Groves-Raines Architects have completed a composting shed in Edinburgh made of the bars normally used to reinforce concrete. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: structural engineer Cecil Balmond has left Arup to found his own firm - Architectural Record </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Sjölander da Cruz Architects of Birmingham have completed this shelter at a park on a former wasteland in Amington, UK. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This renovation of a house in Tokyo by Keiji Ashizawa Design involved creating a courtyard through the upper storeys. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This time five years ago Dezeen was less than a month old and reported from Design Miami, where Kanye West took time out from snapping up pieces by the Campana Brothers to tell us about his new apartment by minimalist architect Claudio Silvestrin. Back in London we published pictures of the design, our first story to go viral. More on this in our birthday roundup of our most memorable trips! We also interviewed gallerist Murray Moss and showed new pieces by Barnaby Barford, Maarten Baas and Fredrikson Stallard. Our first attempt at a Friday gossip update noted Justin McGuirk’s appointment as editor of Icon magazine (where he stayed until last year) and Marcel Wanders’ p…

Israeli firm Chyutin Architects have won a competition to build this museum that will bridge over a sunken garden in Jerusalem. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

We’ve teamed up with design show Tent London to offer readers the chance to win ten FREE exhibition spaces at Tent Digital, taking place 23-26 September at the Truman Brewery in London. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: Rotterdam research agency Arch-Vision have released a report on how European architects use trade journals. See the report below. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Here’s another espresso machine from the Shenkar College of Engineering and Design, this time by Israeli industrial design student Yaniv Berg. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article