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Following our previous story about a labia-like staircase, these images by French photographer Stefan Tuchila illustrate the womb-like orbs created by artist Anish Kapoor in the Grand Palais, Paris. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Pop-up shops might be commonplace in retail but would you consider getting married in a pop-up chapel made of cardboard? (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A jungle of bushy ferns and sprouting begonias fills the windows of Replay’s Barcelona boutique. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Platform: today at Dezeen Space, Pia Wüstenberg showcases pieces from her Processed Paper project, a series of products made of recycled paper. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Competition: we’ve teamed up with BIS Publishers to give away five copies of Sketching, the Basics by Koos Eissen and Roselien Steur. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store will be at Interiors UK in Birmingham from 22 January, along with a selection of the most successful designers and brands from our pop-up shop The Temporium. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Jars of colourful preserves are treated like precious antiques at this Paris jam shop by French architect Noël Dominguez. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen archive: this week readers have been debating whether the proliferation of perforated facades in projects like David Adjaye’s Smithsonian Museum (top right) is a result of fashion or shifts in practical considerations like availability and cost, so we’ve grouped all our stories about perforated metal facades in one place. Join the discussion about fashion in architecture here and see all the stories here. See all our archive stories » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Designed in Hackney: Donna Wilson‘s Frank, Ernest and Henry Pouffes conclude our week focussed on designs that were developed in studios above SCP‘s Shoreditch shop. (more…) View the full article

Projects by this year’s W Hotels Designers of the Future Award winners – Markus Kayser, Philippe Malouin and Tom Foulsham – have been unveiled at Design Miami/Basel. (more…) View the full article

We’re having a party! Join us this evening to celebrate our Dezeen Super Store pop-up at 38 Monmouth Street in the Seven Dials district of Covent Garden, London WC2 from 6pm to 9pm. Sounds will be provided by Dezeen Music Project and Big Jambox. RSVP to office@dezeen.com. The store is open until 30 September 2012 so if you can’t make the party you can visit during the Olympics or the London Design Festival. Don’t forget to print out the flyer to get a 10% discount! View the full article

A screen made from century-old bricks divides this Japanese restaurant in Sydney, designed by Australia and Japan-based architects Facet Studio. (more…) View the full article

This installation by Leo Lindroos from Finnish architecture firm MOOK mimics the warm orange glow of a sunset to send viewers into a relaxed and sleepy state by boosting their melatonin levels. (more…) View the full article

This week 3D printing has been high on the agenda with projects exploring the technology’s cultural impact at the Istanbul Design Biennial and a fair showcasing the equipment in London. (more…) View the full article

News: the lighting of the London 2012 Olympic Cauldron was conceived as a religious ceremony, designer Thomas Heatherwick has explained. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen archive: we've compiled a selection of candle holders from Dezeen for dark winter nights. See all our stories about candle holders » See all our archive stories » View the full article

News: a gagging order preventing architects, engineers and builders from promoting their involvement in the London 2012 Olympics has been lifted after the UK government paid £2 million to the British Olympic Association. (more...) View the full article

Researchers at the University of Stuttgart programmed a robot to wind 60 kilometres of carbon and glass fibre filaments into this pavilion inspired by a lobster's exoskeleton (+ movie + slideshow). (more...) View the full article

The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam is set to reopen next week following a ten-year restoration and extension programme led by Spanish office Cruz y Ortiz Arquitectos (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Six windows with rustic white wooden shutters feature in this renovated living room by Dutch designer Bo Reudler. (more...) View the full article

Opinion: in the first of two columns about the impact of digital culture on design, Sam Jacob asks what America's Prism surveillance program tells us about design thinking. (more...) View the full article

A modern home inside the ruins of a crumbling castle leads the latest issue of our weekly Dezeen Mail newsletter, which also features all the best news, jobs, competitions and reader comments from Dezeen. Read Dezeen Mail issue 160 | Subscribe to Dezeen Mail View the full article

Stockholm 2015: Sweden's Note Design Studio and Denmark's Norm Architects have collaborated to design a collection of tables with mixed-and-matched marble tops for furniture brand Menu. (more…) View the full article

This timber-clad house in Auckland by New Zealand studio Glamuzina Paterson Architects zigzags across its site to outline gardens on both its east and west sides (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

A pattern of metallic bronze leaves covers the facade of this house in Mayfair, London, by British architecture firm Squire and Partners (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article