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Interiors and products will need more tactile designs as the use of computers and screens makes us crave a sense of touch, trend forecaster Li Edelkoort predicts in this last movie filmed at Dezeen Live. (more...) View the full article

Product news: Copenhagen designer Henriette W. Leth has designed a colourful, modular storage system for Danish design brand Normann Copenhagen. (more...) View the full article

Spanish collective Grupo IUT built a tower of straw bales on the outskirts of Guimarães in Portugal (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Laser-cut leather, wetsuit material and antique metal all feature in designer Damien Fredriksen Ravn's Spring Summer 2013 collection inspired by armour. (more...) View the full article

German designer Clemens Weisshaar argues that cutting edge software from race car engineering and hypersonic aircraft will underpin design in the future in this movie filmed at Dezeen Live during 100% Design. (more...) View the full article

This angular black concert hall was designed by Delugan Meissl Associated Architects to contrast with the curved white playhouse it accompanies in Erl, Austria (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Shamil Thakrar, owner and founder of London restaurant Dishoom, laments the disappearance of traditional Irani cafes in Bombay and explains why he's setting them up in London in this movie filmed at Dezeen Live during 100% Design. (more...) View the full article

Product news: this pine cabinet by Stockholm design studio Snickeriet has a rough surface that resembles choppy ocean waves. (more...) View the full article

You can get up to 30% off selected clearance lines in the winter sale at Dezeen Watch Store. The sale runs until 2 January so there is one week left to shop our fantastic deals. Included in the selection is the colourful Grow by Andrea Morgante for Alessi (above). Was £84, now £58.80. (more...) View the full article

Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all our readers! To get you in the festive spirit, here's a photograph of a snowman we found amongst the palm trees in Miami earlier this month. Lots of love from the team at Dezeen x View the full article

London designer Sebastian Bergne has created a nativity scene comprising nothing but rectangular wooden blocks. (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

Curator and writer Beatrice Galilee proposes that architecture and design exhibitions need to be about more than just "sticking furniture on plinths" in this movie we filmed at Dezeen Live during 100% Design. "It's just not good enough anymore," she says. (more...) View the full article

Scroll on for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with Herzog & de Meuron, The Design Museum, Design Academy Eindhoven and Priestmangoode (whose high-speed train concept is shown above) plus this is the last chance to apply for roles with Wilkinon Eyre Architects, Form Us With Love and more... (more...) View the full article

A house named after its Z-shaped roof, designed by Hohyun Park and Hyunjoo Kim for the top of a steep hill near Seoul, is behind the last door on our Christmas A-Zdvent calendar. Read more about Z-house » View the full article

Our second A-Zdvent calendar treat of the day is Y House by Japanese architects TOFU, with a staggered façade clad in an aluminium-zinc alloy. Read more about Y House » View the full article

We're racing towards the end of our A-Zdvent calendar of houses, so in the first of three final posts today here's a house in Inner Mongolia, China, by Multiplicities that's named after its X-shaped central void. Read more about (X) » View the full article

Dezeen archive: we've compiled a selection of candle holders from Dezeen for dark winter nights. See all our stories about candle holders » See all our archive stories » View the full article

Dutch designer Frederik Roijé has designed a piece of furniture for children combining a chair, table and lamp. (more...) View the full article

A painted-timber skin that skirts around the top storey reveals the heights of staggered floors inside this Hamburg house. Designed by Kraus Schoenberg, it's the W in our A-Zdvent calendar. Read more about Haus W » View the full article

Two giant blue busts face each other across this Hong Kong boutique by Italian designer Fabio Novembre (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

KHBT of London and Berlin has doubled the size a 1970s family house in Offenbach, Germany, by wrapping a timber-clad extension around the walls and over the roof (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

This wind-up toy by British design brand All Lovely Stuff creates abstract art when let loose on a sheet of paper. (more...) View the full article

Next up in our A-Zdvent calendar series is V-House in Leiden, the Netherlands. Architects GAAGA named the building after its roof, which pitches inwards to create a V-shaped profile. Read more about V-House » View the full article

This week on Dezeen has been all about twisted buildings, as BIG released designs for twisting skyscrapers in Miami (below) and a spiralling observation tower shaped like a honey-dipper for Phoenix (above) plus here's our Dezeen Music Project track of the week. (more...) View the full article