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London Design Festival: Dezeen is hosting a series of innovative daily live shows at 100% Design, continuing today at 5pm with London designers Dominic Wilcox (above) and Asif Khan, and curator and writer Daniel Charny. (more…) View the full article

This set of wooden toys by Polish studio Poorex incorporates tools associated with household chores. (more…) View the full article

A house-shaped metal frame surrounds the objects on these tall display tables by Kazakhstan designer Artem Zigert. (more…) View the full article

Here's a selection of our favourite Christmas cards and movies we've received this year, including this one by photographer Luke Hayes, taken in Sheffield, UK (above). (more...) View the full article

News: a major retrospective of the work of celebrated architect Le Corbusier is to open at the Museum of Modern Art in New York this June. (more...) View the full article

News: a fuel-efficient 3D-printed car is set to hit the road in two years, according to its US-based manufacturer RedEye On Demand. (more...) View the full article

Our job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is a position for a product designer at food brand Nestlé, makers of the Kit Kat chocolate bar. See more stories about chocolate on Dezeen here. Visit the ad for full details or browse many other architecture and design job opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

This concrete staircase into the air by Lisbon architecture studio Ateliermob functions as a riverside amphitheatre on the banks of the Tagus in central Portugal (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

A library pavilion covered in galvanised steel scales has been constructed next to the Singapore University of Technology and Design (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Following the success of our digital map-based guides to London Design Festival 2012 and Milan Design Week 2013, we're creating an even better version for this year's LDF - so if you're exhibiting or organising an event and want to be included FREE, drop us a line! (more...) View the full article

Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with Belgian design studio Unfold to give readers the chance to win one of five copies of a new book exploring the potential of 3D printing. (more…) View the full article

Models at a Norwegian fashion event walked along this looping wooden catwalk designed by Oslo studio Gartnerfuglen Architects (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

A cluster of five gabled cabins make up this summer retreat in northern Denmark by architects Powerhouse Company (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

This smartphone-controlled thermostat by French designer Philippe Starck can regulate itself by tracking residents' activities. (more...) View the full article

Dutch architecture studio Inbo has completed a transparent house in the Netherlands and has hidden it behind a grove of trees to protect the privacy of its residents (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

News: Foster + Partners has unveiled its design for a new National Museum of Marine Science and Technology in northern Taiwan, which has now begun construction. (more…) View the full article

News: Piero Ambrogio Busnelli, founder of Italian furniture brand B&B Italia, has died aged 87. (more...) View the full article

Melbourne practice Architecture Architecture has altered the orientation of a house in the Australian city so the main living areas get the best of the northern sunlight (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Swedish firm OkiDoki! Arkitekter has created its own offices inside a former corset factory in Gothenburg, designing an open-plan workspace that hosts events for local residents in the evening (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

News: Foster + Partners has submitted plans for a 73-storey skyscraper at London's Canary Wharf, which is set to become the tallest residential tower in the UK. (more...) View the full article

Our most popular story this week has been a house in Portugal with railway sleepers that cantilever from the wall to form a staircase. Read on for more architecture and design highlights from the past seven days plus our Dezeen Music Project track of the week. (more...) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: there is just one day of public voting left in the LaunchBox new product contest, before the ballot closes on 11 July. (more...) View the full article

Australian studio Fox Johnston has completed three curved toilet and shower blocks as part of an effort to rejuvenate a Sydney beachfront (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

American company Bernhardt Design has celebrated its 125th anniversary by commissioning designers Ross Lovegrove, Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance and Jephson Robb to create new furniture pieces for the brand (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

A wardrobe shaped like Dutch architecture firm OMA's CCTV tower in Beijing by Chinese designer Naihan Li will go on show at Design Miami next month. (more...) View the full article