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Product news: British designer Tom Dixon's latest collection, launching at MOST in Milan next month, includes solid brass champagne buckets and faceted furniture inspired by gemstones (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Huge vertical louvres give a pleated appearance to this family house in Kyoto by FujiwaraMuro Architects (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Food designers Bompas & Parr have come up with a musical spoon that you listen to through your mouth and a set of handmade bowls to match five new flavours of Heinz baked beans. (more...) View the full article

A secluded courtyard is concealed behind the stark concrete facade of this house in Nuevo León, Mexico, by Monterrey studio Stación-ARquitectura (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Dutch company Organisation in Design has announced the designers and brands that will exhibit at Ventura Lambrate 2013 during the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan next month. (more...) View the full article

These cabinets by Swedish designer Mathieu Gustafsson and furniture maker Niklas Karlsson are inspired by the use of woven rattan and brass clasps in vintage handbags. (more...) View the full article

News: Turkish firm Yalın Mimarlık has won a competition to design an archaeological museum on the site of the ancient city of Troy in north-west Turkey (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

Competition: we're giving readers the chance to win one of five graphic prints that depict iconic buildings by architects including Oscar Niemeyer, Zaha Hadid and Álvaro Siza. (more...) View the full article

Product news: diffused light gently glows from a cavity in the side of this ceramic lamp by designers Something of London and Verona for French brand Ligne Roset. (more...) View the full article

The New York headquarters of location-based social network Foursquare is filled with themed rooms based on the digital badges users earn from "checking-in" at different places using the service. (more...) View the full article

The whirlpool-shaped Blue Planet aquarium by Danish studio 3XN has opened to the public in Copenhagen (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

This house for toy-bear collectors in Thailand was conceived as a scaled-up version of the bears' display cabinet (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Zaha Hadid's 142-metre tower for French shipping company CMA CGM in Marseille is documented in these new images by London photographers Hufton + Crow (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

The world's first folding wheels can be collapsed to take up about half the space so they're easier for wheelchair users to store and transport. (more...) View the full article

Dezeen and MINI World Tour: we speak to architect David Adjaye, fresh off the stage from his presentation at Design Indaba, about his relationship with Africa and why he believes the continent provides a great opportunity for architects. (more...) View the full article

News: a 388-metre-high hotel and apartment building, which will be the tallest building in the southern hemisphere when completed, has been approved by planners in Melbourne, Australia. (more...) View the full article

Scroll on for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with UNStudio (whose founder Ben van Berkel is pictured above), Starbucks and Fredrikson Stallard, plus this is the last chance to apply for roles with Marc Newson, Marcel Wanders and more... (more...) View the full article

Mexican studio JSa has installed a walnut-lined wing to the José Vasconcelos Library in Mexico City to house the personal book collection of celebrated author Carlos Monsiváis (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

A bedroom and bathroom are hidden inside a white box in this converted warehouse by Japanese architects Airhouse Design Office (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

This piece of furniture by Scoope Design can switch between a chair, table or step ladder depending on how it's slotted together. (more...) View the full article

A five-sided pavilion made from pale sandy brickwork leads inside this former textile factory in Kortrijk that Belgian studio 51N4E has converted into an arts centre (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

French designer Jean-Sébastien Lagrange has created a cross between a poster and a lamp. (more...) View the full article

A playground slide is tucked into the rooftop folds of this children's centre in a coastal South Korean village by Seoul studio JYA-RCHITECTS (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Product news: tables in this collection by Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka have tops that appear to balance precariously on angled stands (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Dezeen archive: reflective architecture has cropped up a few times on Dezeen recently, so we've compiled all our stories about mirrored buildings. See all the stories here » See all our archive stories » View the full article