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Amsterdam studio Crafted Works has designed a timber cabin in the Netherlands, which has a structural frame that is exposed throughout its interior. Read more View the full article

Milan 2010: Spanish designer Jaime Hayón created an installation for Italian energy company Enel at the Interni Think Tank in Milan last week. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Rotterdam designer Roeland Otten has designed a collection of 26 chairs, each spelling out one letter of the alphabet. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

DMY Berlin 2010: Maastricht designer Christoph Seyferth presented a tower of tables made of folded sheet steel as one of the satellite shows of DMY Berlin last week. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This house in São Paulo by Brazilian architect Flavio Castro consists of a cubic volume perched on two yellew beams that straddle the garage below. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Japanese architect Hiroyuki Miyabe of Speac Inc. has renovated this house covered in ivy by stripping it back to its structural elements. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

French designer Julien Renault presented this chair with a circular frame at Interieur 2010 in Kortrijk last week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Here’s a selection of our favourite Christmas e-cards sent in by designers, including this one from UK designers Lazerian. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Estonian firm Salto Architecs have completed a sports hall in Tartu, Estonia, where the concave rectangular structure appears to be draped over the undulating landscape. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dutch studio Knevel Architecten have completed this villa located on IJburg, a new residential district in Amsterdam built on a series of artificial islands. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: we’re still uploading all our movies to our new video website, www.dezeenscreen.com. The latest is this interview with Tom Dixon, conducted as part of the Design Museum’s Super Contemporary exhibition two years ago, in which he talks about his life and career in London and how the punk movement influenced him. Watch the interview </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This South Korean home designed by Studio GAON for a couple and their dogs features a rooftop meditation garden, a lounge that doubles as a home cinema, and a kitchen overlooking a mountain landscape (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron have designed a stadium for Bordeaux that will host football matches for Euro 2016. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Herringbone brickwork and fretted screens decorate the facade of two apartment blocks in Prague. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Beijing Design Week 2011: French artist Niko de la Faye could be found cycling around Beijing Design Week with a rotating map of the universe on the back of his tricycle. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Product designer Samuel Wilkinson has created a miniature garden that works like a living Tamagotchi. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

You can’t miss this bright red psychiatric centre in Spain, where the differently pitched roofs are meant to reveal how much mental activity takes place in each room. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Competition: Dezeen Watch Store have teamed up with Hong Kong brand Ziiiro to offer readers the chance to win one of five Proton watches that tell the time with colour. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Slideshow: the cantilevered upper storeys of this house in Osaka by Japanese architect Shogo Iwata hover above a driveway. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: we’re clearing space for our summer collection and Dezeen Watch Store is having a spring sale! Save 20% on many great watches including Jak by Karim Rashid for Alessi and An Alarm by Industrial Facility (below). Read on for more details or visit the sale: (more…) View the full article

There’s been a bit of a re-use theme on Dezeen this week with seats made of hair, bowls made of money and buildings made of skips. (more…) View the full article

Glass-fronted apartments are set behind sheltered balconies at this concrete residential block in Mexico City by architects JSa (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Austrian architects Atelier Thomas Pucher built a glass box and courtyard onto this house in Graz to bring the family’s living space outdoors (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This week’s issue of Dezeen Mail leads with our coverage of the London Design Festival, including the Prism installation at the V&A museum that displays live data from around the city (above), plus all the latest news, jobs and competitions. Read Dezeen Mail issue 119 | Subscribe to Dezeen Mail View the full article

Lamps often have heavy bases to steady them, making them awkward and costly to ship, so London-based Studio Tord Boontje swapped them for empty baskets which can be filled with objects like stones, books or apples. (more…) View the full article