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An elevator that facilitates awkwardness and an urban-farming capsule hotel are among the projects presented in this Virtual Design Festival school show by interior design graduates from New York's Pratt Institute. Read more View the full article

Mork-Ulnes Architects has completed Skigard Hytte, a modern mountain cabin raised on pillars and made entirely from wood. Read more View the full article

Lots of new jobs on our recruitment site Dezeenjobs this week, including positions with Tom Dixon, Heatherwick Studio and Jason Bruges Studio in London. This is also the last chance to apply for jobs with Steven Holl Architects, UNStudio, The Architecture Foundation and more… (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Australian firm Lyons’ new campus building for a college in Warrnambool, Australia, has a glazed façade made up of hexagonal apertures tilted down towards the street. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dutch architects Zeinstra van Gelderen architecten have designed this one-man pavilion made entirely of rubber. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This three-legged wooden chair with adjustable back-rest shaped like an oar is part of a special edition collection designed by Florian Hauswirth of Switzerland. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Here’s an update from our recruitment site Dezeenjobs, including positions with Marcel Wanders in Amsterdam, Hidden Art and Established and Sons in London, plus this is the last chance to apply for roles with architects MAD and Schmidt Hammer Lassen, designers PearsonLloyd, and more… (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Italian designer Fabio Novembre will present this robot-shaped shelving unit for design brand Casamania in Milan next month. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: London interior designer Ilse Crawford is one of the judges of the Inside awards. In this movie filmed by Dezeen she talks about designing TwoTwoSix Hollywood Road, a five-storey apartment building in Hong Kong. Watch the movie » Dezeen readers can save 25% on the price of entering the Inside awards and attending the festival in Barcelona from 2-4 November – simply quote VIP code DEZEEN when entering online at www.insidefestival.com. Entries close on 30 June. Above photograph is by Magnus Marding. </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Shigeru Ban Architects have designed temporary homes for Japanese disaster victims inside a chequerboard of stacked shipping containers. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

These wallets and spectacle cases are each made of a single piece of leather that’s been folded into shape then hardened in boiling water. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: in this movie filmed at Dezeen Space, Mat Barnes and Eddie Blake of C.A.N talks about the QR-code island they exhibited at Dezeen Platform this weekend. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This chaise designed by Brodie Neill is cast from 135 litres of clear glass and has to be cooled very slowly inside the mould over the course of 80 days. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Architects MVRDV have unveiled proposals for a giant greenhouse on the outskirts of Amsterdam with a flower-covered hotel inside. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: Oscar-winning film maker Bruce Beresford will direct a forthcoming movie about iconic American architect Frank Lloyd Wright - The Hollywood Reporter The film will be centred around the architect’s Wisconsin home Taliesin, after which the film is to be named. </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Offices for a water-management company designed by Dutch architect Wiel Arets are nearing completion in Maasbracht, the Netherlands. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Architect David Adjaye has revealed plans to group nine of Frankfurt’s existing cultural institutions onto a combined campus in the heart of the city. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen has teamed up with tokyobike to launch their new London store this week and to celebrate we’re give away a single-speed bike worth £520 (above). (more…) View the full article

Next up in our coverage of London 2012 Olympic design is a 135-metre skyscraper by architects SOM full of apartments overlooking the Olympic park. (more…) View the full article

Rather than erasing all trace of this Kyoto townhouse’s previous owners, Japanese architects Q-Architecture Laboratory preserved the earlier haphazard extensions as a timeline of the building’s history. (more…) View the full article

Developing hardware and software at the same time is design’s “new frontier”, according to industrial designer Yves Behar. Speaking to Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs at 100% Design yesterday, the industrial designer said bringing 3D designers and interface designers together was “a whole new blue ocean” adding, “Apple is actually a little bit behind in that area.” (+ audio) (more…) View the full article

Scroll on for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with Universal Design Studio and Russell Sage Studio, plus this is the last chance to apply for roles with Paul Cocksedge (above), Tom Dixon, Syracuse University and more… (more…) View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store is popping-up today and tomorrow at hotel design show Sleep 2012, where you can browse a selection of our watches by named designers and independent brands, including the new 203 Series by London watch brand Uniform Wares (above). (more…) View the full article

Topping the list of our most popular stories in February is City Portraits by Victor Enrich, who manipulated his own architectural photographs to create impossible-looking buildings. (more...) View the full article

The world's largest underwater hotel is being planned for Dubai, with rooms both on the seabed and on stilts above the surface. (more...) View the full article