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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

Jars of tea and second-hand books are separated in stacked wooden cubes at a Taipei teahouse. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Family members can see into all rooms across the central courtyard of this Japanese house by Sapporo studio Archi LAB. t+m. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This residential building by Israeli designer Ron Arad is to begin construction in Tel Aviv at the end of this year. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Japanese firm Ryuji Nakamura Architects installed these vinyl hammocks in a department store in Tokyo. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Swiss architects HHF and French architects AWP have won a competition to design a series of follies for a new park outside Paris. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> 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

Competition: we’ve teamed up with textiles brand Maharam to give away five copies of Maharam Agenda, an illustrated overview of the company’s history including collaborations with the likes of Konstantin Grcic, Hella Jongerius, Nike and Paul Smith. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen podcast: in this latest podcast episode for the Design Museum in London, fashion drawing collector Joelle Chariau talks to artists Mats Gustafson, Francois Berthoud, Aurore de la Morinerie and Paul Caranicas about Drawing Fashion, an exhibition of Joelle’s collection on show at the museum until 6 March 2010. (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

DezeenTV: for the third movie in our series of Dezeentalks at [D3] Design Talents Japanese designer Tomoko Azumi of t.n.a design studio shares with us her collection of vintage bicycles, her passion for traditional craft techniques and her love of timber. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Stockholm 2011: ECAL graduate Vanessa Hordies has created this bedside lamp that works like an hour glass to gradually dim the light by covering it in sand. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dutch firm MVRDV and Danish firm ADEPT have won a competition to design a building housing health, leisure, culture and education facilities for Frederiksberg in Denmark. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: Swiss architect Peter Zumthor has been commissioned to design this year’s Serpentine Pavilion in Kensington Gardens, London, according to publications including The Independent, confirming earlier rumours. Zumthor will be the 11th architect to design a temporary summer structure in front of the Serpentine Gallery. See all our stories about Peter Zumthor More stories about the Serpentine Pavilion and the Serpentine Gallery </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This railway bridge in Choisy-le-Roi, France, by Jacques Ferrier Architectures of Paris conceals its supporting infrastructure behind perforated aluminium cladding. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

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

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 week on Dezeen, architects Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara became the fourth and fifth women to ever win the prestigious Pritzker Prize. Read more View the full article

Architecture graduate John Becker’s final project involved creating the future headquarters of a fictional company that sells bottled water harvested from dew. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Berlin designer Ronen Kadushin has made a conceptual, open-source, contraceptive intrauterine device from a one-cent coin. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Japanese architect Masato Sekiya has completed a house in Kasiwara, Japan, with a structure of wooden beams joined by bolts. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

In anticipation of next month’s launch of www.dezeenwatchstore.com, we’re presenting two pop-up watch stores in London during the London Design Festival featuring products including the new navy Uniform Wares watch (above). (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen promotion: developer Scope has revealed designs for a new 2,500-square-metre clubhouse located inside its Scope Langsuan development in Bangkok, Thailand. Read more View the full article

Manhattan studio RUX Design have won a competition to design a mosque for the UAE with their open-air plaza called The Vanishing Mosque. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article