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London designer Phil Cuttance created this range of vases by welding together discarded plastic offcuts. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Designer Aurélien Barbry of Denmark has created a collection of cork stoppers for design brand Normann Copenhagen. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London Design Festival 2010: this electric scooter (above) is one of three concept scooters unveiled by British vehicle brand MINI in London yesterday. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Here are the winning projects from the Design Competition at Interieur 2010 in Kortrijk last week, including these combined lamps and vases by Miriam Aust (above). (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Scroll down for the latest update from our recruitment site Dezeenjobs, including jobs with Levi Strauss in Brussels, Arata Isozaki & Associates in Shanghai and 1508 London, plus this is the last chance to apply for roles at UXUS, David Collins Studio, Hubert Zandberg Interiors and more… (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Hong Kong designer Michael Young has created a range of bio-plastic in-ear headphones made of cornstarch. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London interior architects Universal Design Studio have completed the interior of a new store in Manchester, UK, for fashion brand Mulberry. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2011: London interior designers and stylists Studio Toogood invited food and design collective Arabeschi di Latte to serve black food to guests at midnight dinners in a darkened apartment in Milan last week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The zig-zagging doors of this mausoleum in Murcia by Spanish studio Clavel Arquitectos can only be opened in one specific order. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Our biggest story this week is Apple’s new headquarters by Foster + Partners (above, top left) which sparked some hilarious comments and tweets. For those still reeling from last week’s riots in the UK, and our more generally security-conscious readers, we’ve compiled all our stories about homes that resemble bunkers and fortresses. On a lighter note Paul Cocksedge has melted some vinyl records to make analogue speakers, Coop Himmelb(l)au present a church that looks like a cream cake and Dezeen readers are charmed by a secret passageway that’s concealed by a mirror. Meanwhile Will Alsop has named his new London practice having announced his departure from R…

Dezeen Space: Mat Barnes and Eddie Blake of C.A.N take to Dezeen Platform for the second day of Dezeen Space with their 1:87 scale-model island. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Architects Casper Mueller Kneer have converted a south London warehouse into the city’s third White Cube gallery. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Competition: we’ve teamed up with the American Hardwood Export Council to give away ten copies of Timber Wave, a book documenting the installation of the same name by architects AL_A and engineers Arup at the V&A museum in London. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This Japanese house with a sharply pointed roof is by Tokyo studio Architect Cafe. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Paris 2012: this collection of furniture by Japanese designers Nendo is stable only when objects are placed on it. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: designer Paulo Benvegnú represents her own family in the shape of 30 unique cups in this movie filmed at our micro-exhibition Dezeen Platform. Watch the movie » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2012: when MoMA curator Paola Antonelli visited Dezeen Studio she spoke to Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs about shows in Milan that addressed the making process, rather than the finished products normally shown at the fair. In this movie she discusses the new focus on experimentation and performance in design as technology becomes more accessible and a new wave of creativity takes hold. (more…) View the full article

The shooting galleries for the London 2012 Olympic games are covered in spots that look the suckers of an octopus’ tentacles. (more…) View the full article

The surrounding countryside is projected onto the ceiling of this reed-covered tower that Hudson Architects and artist Ben Coode-Adams have installed in a field in Norfolk, England. (more…) View the full article

Cards featuring illustrations of iconic modernist buildings in London and prints of the BT Tower by designer Stefi Ozari are now available at Dezeen Super Store as part of London design month. (more…) View the full article

Architecture studios FARM and KD Architects have converted a 1920s shophouse in Singapore into a residence with a swimming pool stretched along the ground floor. (more…) View the full article

Istanbul Design Biennial: Rotterdam design studio Minale-Maeda has devised a set of 3D printed plastic connectors that combine with standard wooden parts so that anyone can make these four items of furniture. (more…) View the full article

Dutch studio MVRDV is proposing a 400-metre skyscraper for Jakarta that looks like a pile of at least ten separate buildings. (more…) View the full article

KHBT of London and Berlin has doubled the size a 1970s family house in Offenbach, Germany, by wrapping a timber-clad extension around the walls and over the roof (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Maison&Objet 2013: these chairs by French design studio Ibride appear warped and uneven, but seen from a certain angle their silhouettes resemble classic designs (+ movie). (more...) View the full article