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Dezeenwire: Design Museum curator Alex Newson gives a tour of key projects in the Brit Insurance Designs of the Year 2011 exhibition, which opens at the museum today, in this BBC News movie. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A folding screen of battens shields a timber-clad extension to an Edwardian-style home in the Melbourne suburb of Carlton North, Australia, designed by Reddaway Architects. Read more View the full article

Milan 2010: designer Hafsteinn Juliusson of Iceland and Italy presented flavoured paper snacks in Milan last week. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Brazilian designers Fernando and Humberto Campana and architects SuperLimão Studio have covered the facade of a São Paulo furniture showroom with thousands of plant-filled vases. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

In case you hadn’t noticed, this week we’ve been in Milan for the Salone Internazionale del Mobile, where we’ve been filming a daily TV show from Dezeen Studio powered by Jambox at MOST. Highlights include interviews with Zaha Hadid, Tom Dixon and Faye Toogood, plus we’ve been talking to journalists about this year’s hot topics, giving away prizes and touring exhibitions at MOST and elsewhere in the city. Catch up with all the episodes here. Other exciting projects from MOST that we’ve featured include an installation where mysterious helpers dressed in white guide visitors through a healing performance and the launch of new design brand La Chance, who have created one c…

Milan 2010: at Eurocucina in Milan earlier this month Italian brand Riva 1920 presented a collection of furniture for a laundry room designed by Terry Dwan in solid cedar to repel moths. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: Zaha Hadid Architects have launched their new website designed by London graphic designer Micha Weidmann, who designed Dezeen - www.zaha-hadid.com </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Japanese firm Mount Fuji Architects Studio have completed this house in Tokyo, Japan, made from a series of wooden arches gradually rising in height as they pivot around a central column. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen movie: in this third film about Italian design for the Design Museum in association with Peroni Nastro Azzurro, author Dr Andrew Nahum and Royal College of Art professor Dale Harrow discuss the making of the Italian car. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Rotterdam designer Reinier de Jong has designed this low table with a surface made up of reclaimed strips of acrylic. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Wooden steps lead to an attic with irregular sloping walls in this residence for an artist in Shiga, Japan, by Japanese studio Tato Architects. (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 Established & Sons in London, Levi Strauss in Brussels and Omer Arbel Office in Vancouver, plus this is the last chance to apply for roles at Foster + Partners, HENN StudioB, Stylus and more… (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The New World Symphony’s orchestral academy designed by Frank Gehry opened yesterday in Miami Beach, Florida. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Here’s an update from our recruitment site Dezeenjobs, including positions with Marcel Wanders, Tom Dixon and Heatherwick Studio, plus this is the last chance to apply for roles with United Nude in China, UXUS in the Netherlands and more… (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Venice Architecture Biennale 2010: visitors to the Polish pavilion at this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale launch themselves off a pile of birdcages into a sea of artificial clouds. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

DMY Berlin: Zurich designers Kueng Caputo exhibited copies of fellow exhibitors’ work at DMY International Design Festival in Berlin last 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

Dezeen in Israel: designer Chanan de Lange exhibits two circular library bookshelves made from recycled school desks at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The fifth in our series of Dezeentalks at [D3] Design Talents features designer German designer Stefan Diez talking about factories, working conditions, mittens for motorcycles and sex tourism. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Hong Kong designer Michael Young has designed a showroom in Shanghai to showcase applications for solid surface material Corian. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2010: British brand Established & Sons have collaborated with Italian glass company Venini to lauch a collection of objects by designers including Konstantin Grcic, and Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Eindhoven designer Nacho Carbonell built himself a giant iron nest for Design Miami/Basel this week. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

These shelf boxes by London designer Bahbak Hashemi-Nezhad can be hung from the wall by a single pin. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Japanese designers Nendo have designed these three wooden bells containing mechanisms from children’s musical boxes. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Vienna designer Vuk Jakovljevic has designed this wooden chair with a wide winged back. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article