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Rotterdam studio Pasel Kuenzel Architects have completed another house for MVRDV‘s masterplan in Leiden, the Netherlands (see the other houses here). (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Sjoerd Vroonland of the Netherlands has designed a collection of chairs, including this one with branches sprouting from the back-rest. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Here’s a dental clinic by Openlab Architects of Portugal, where the waiting room and reception are separated by a curtain of twisting metal strips. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This house by Masahiro Kinoshita of KINO Architects comprises four blocks branching off from a central living and dining room, with an attic above each one. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London interior designers Studio Toogood have installed a pile of boxes decorated with multi-coloured electrical tape at the Comme des Garcons Aoyama flagship store in Tokyo.The project is Studio Toogood’s second for the fashion label, following their Sneaker department at Dover Street Market in London last year (see our earlier story).Here’s some more information from [...]</img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Los Angeles-based Cuff Studio is presenting a collection of furniture and lighting as part of the VDF x Sight Unseen collaboration, which balances angular, architectural shapes with playful, feminine touches. Read more View the full article

Royal College of Art graduate Seongyong Lee has developed a process for making wooden tubes from veneer, which he uses to make lightweight furniture. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Chunky concrete pillars support the upper storey of this university building in Lebanon, which rises above its sloping site to offer views of a nearby walnut grove and the Mediterranean Sea. Read more View the full article

British architect John Pawson has designed images of ribbons to show support for Japan that can be downloaded in exchange for a donation to disaster relief following the earthquake and tsunami earlier this month. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: UK architects will be required to pay statutory minimum wage to students on placements as of 1 July, according to new RIBA rules: (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

We’ve published a few popular stories about Portuguese architecture recently so here’s a roundup of all our stories on projects in Portugal. See all the stories » See all our archive stories » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Helsinki studio Avanto Architects have completed this house with four wings overlooking four distinct views in Virrat, Finland. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Scottish designer Natalie Duckett has created an alarm clock that wakes the user up by acting like a woodpecker. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Cologne 2011: German designer Thomas Schnur presented this table with suction cups on the legs as part of [D3] Design Talents at imm cologne last week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Architects have become too close to the commercial world and should instead be proposing visionary ideas for the future, according to Chinese architect Ma Yansong of MAD. Read more View the full article

Tiled surfaces, scientific apparatus and plastic curtains turn this Paris cafe into a coffee laboratory. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

California firm LOHA has incorporated stepped terraces and outdoor corridors into this four-storey apartment building in Los Angeles. Read more View the full article

Dezeen Screen: in this movie we filmed at our micro-exhibition Dezeen Platform last autumn, young Croatian designer Mirna Kerr presents her jewellery made of bulldog clips, cable ties and plumbing components. Watch the movie » </img> </img> </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

Timber battens cover the ceiling of skincare brand Aesop's newest store in Singapore, which architecture firm Snøhetta based on a nutmeg plantation that once occupied the site (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Graduate designer Jordon Cheung provides an alternative to the official London 2012 Olympic memorabilia with these posters and prints illustrating equipment for the Games. (more…) View the full article

Lots of new jobs on our recruitment site Dezeenjobs this week, including positions with Fuseproject in San Fransisco, Pro Materia in Brussels and Steven Holl Architects in Beijing. This is also the last chance to apply for jobs with Ginseng Chicken Architecture, Zwimpfer Partner, Mathmos and more… (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Cologne 2011: French architect Jean Nouvel presents a new collection of furniture for Ligne Roset at imm cologne in Germany this week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Visit Dezeen Watch Store’s summer sale to save £100 on the square-faced GO watch by Naoto Fukasawa for Issey Miyake. Designed to mimic stones used in the Japanese board game of the same name, GO is available in four colour combinations, including the silver and black leather, above, now only £170 (UK and EU) or £141.67 (rest of the world). Get one here » Don’t forget you can get 10% off any product at Dezeen Super Store at 38 Monmouth Street, London WC2 with this flyer. View the full article

Scroll down for the latest update from our recruitment site Dezeenjobs, including jobs with MAD in Beijing, Sebastian Bergne in London and Henning Larsen Architects in Copenhagen, plus this is the last chance to apply for roles at Marcel Wanders Studio, Steven Holl Architects and more… (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article