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Note Design Studio has installed geometric totem poles inside a historic Milanese building to showcase the potential of Tarkett's IQ Surface, a new material that can be continuously recycled. Read more

New York product designer Hanna Yoon has created a notebook that encourages users to remember significant moments and locations through sketches and jottings rather than with digital devices. (more...) View the full article

In this week's comments update, readers are debating whether The Twist art gallery by BIG is silly or sophisticated. Read more

Austrian design firm EOOS and a Swiss water research institute have teamed up to create a toilet for Laufenthat tackles the "urgent" environmental issue of pollution caused by wastewater. Read more

News: the Design Museum in London has announced the projects nominated for the Designs of the Year 2013, including the Olympic Cauldron by Thomas Heatherwick, The Shard by Renzo Piano (above) and the Little Printer by BERG. (more...) View the full article

Now the Stockholm Furniture Fair has ended, we're reflecting on some of the most promising talent spotted during the event. Read more View the full article

A boxy wooden staircase twists up through the floors of this design store in Shanghai by architects Neri&Hu. (more…) View the full article

News: a concept for rooftop housing built from foam blocks and steel cables (above) is one of the winners of the RIBA President’s Medals Student Awards, announced last night. (more…) View the full article

These three zinc-cloaked towers form a power plant on the roof of an old beer brewery in Sydney, which will supply energy to a new housing and shopping complex on the site below (+ slideshow). (more…) [url={url}]View the full article[/url]

We've created a new Pinterest board showcasing a range of Swiss architecture from this grey-tiled home in the Alps by JM Architecture to Peter Zumthor's famous Therme Vals spa, recently photographed by Fernando Guerra. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest › View the full article

This squishy light by German product designer Simon Frambach can be used as a warm, glowing pillow. (more...) View the full article

Bjarke Ingels has launched a public crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise funds for a power plant chimney that will blow smoke rings to symbolise CO2 consumption (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

News: a pen that can "print" 3D drawings in mid-air has attracted nearly $500,000 in one day from Kickstarter backers (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

This movie shows how a redundant Second World War bunker in the Netherlands was turned into a sculptural visitor attraction by slicing it down the middle to reveal its insides. (more...) View the full article

In our latest competition, we've teamed up with creative agency Grand Matter to offer five readers the chance to win the print of their choice, illustrated by artist Aiste Stancikaite. Read more

London and Montreal designer Emilie F. Grenier has created set of brass tools and a silk outfit for mining feldspar - the most plentiful mineral on Earth. (more...) View the full article

French president Emmanuel Macron has promised to rebuild Notre-Dame Cathedral in time for the Paris 2024 Olympics, but experts warn it is likely to take at least 10 years. Read more

ASH NYC co-founder Ari Heckman explains how The Siren Hotel recalls Detroit's glamorous past in this video produced by Dezeen for the AHEAD Awards. Read more

Reinier de Graaf of OMA talks to Dezeen about ”architecture with a degree of social conscience” by anonymous local authority architects in France and Italy in the second of three movies we filmed at the firm’s Public Works exhibition at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2012. (more…) View the full article

Alphabet's Sidewalk Labs has tapped Thomas Heatherwick's studio and architecture firm Snøhetta to develop proposals for the smart, mass-timber city that the company is developing on Toronto's waterfront. Read more

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

A bright white box containing the private areas of this house in Spain's Almería region rests on top of a glass-walled living space that provides uninterrupted views of the nearby Mediterranean Sea. Read more View the full article

Electric bike manufacturer Noordung has designed a bicycle with a battery that charges phones on the go and functions as a backup speaker. Read more View the full article

London-based creative studio Blond has designed a baby bottle with a fully silicone interior that it claims makes it one of the most hygienic bottles on the market. Read more

The lastest issue of Dezeen Mail features a whirlpool-shaped aquarium in Copenhagen (above), 3D-printed food and "farmscrapers" in China, plus the lastest news, jobs, competitions and reader comments from Dezeen. Read Dezeen Mail issue 145 | Subscribe to Dezeen Mail View the full article