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Product news: this chair by Milan design studio Skrivo features layers of thin cushions based on children's story The Princess and the Pea. (more...) View the full article

North London-based Studio Vit has created a collection of lights that combine spherical bulbs with conical shades and stands that resemble archetypal party hats. (more…) View the full article

World Architecture Festival 2014: a village library in China with a roof that doubles as a playground has been selected for the inaugural Small Project of the Year award at the World Architecture Festival. (more...) View the full article

The Dezeen Watch Store winter sale has begun! You can now get 20% off a selection of our best-selling watches for a limited time only, including the chronograph Braun BN0035 (above). Was £185, now £148. Visit Dezeen Watch Store to browse all our great deals. (more...) View the full article

News: Spanish architect Andrés Jaque has won this year's MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program contest, with plans to turn the courtyard of the New York gallery into a water filtration plant. (more…) View the full article

A lamp by Finnish designer Tuomas Auvinen that fits neatly into the edges of a room has won this year's Muuto Talent Award for students. (more...) View the full article

The Bartlett School of Architecture now has a new Hawkins\Brown-designed facility in central London featuring a staircase designed as a "social generator" and studios with no doors. Read more View the full article

Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for an architectural robotics developer at the Architectural Association School of Architecture, which launched a specialist course in robotics fabrication this year. Read more stories about the Architectural Association or browse more architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs. View the full article

Elle Decoration China has released an annual showcasing work from the country's best interior designers, featuring everything from a playful office to a pared-back hotel. Dezeen's interiors reporter, Natasha Levy, has picked out 10 of the best. Read more

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

Maison&Objet 2014: each item in this six-piece stationery set by London designer Samuel Wilkinson has a soft faceted body (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

The products on sale in this monochrome design shop by Dutch interiors studio i29 are concealed behind a fragmented sequence of signage panels that create an optical illusion (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Architect duo Mauricio Pezo and Sofia von Ellrichshausen built this seven-storey concrete tower in the Chilean countryside to house their own living quarters as well as a studio for their firm (photos by Cristobal Palma + movie). (more...) View the full article

Studio Farris Architects has integrated an office into a staircase made from stacked timber beams, and installed it inside a renovated barn in West Flanders, Belgium (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Different wooden backrests and armrests slot into the top of this aluminium chair by Japanese studio Nendo. (more…) View the full article

The latest issue of Dezeen Mail leads with John Pawson's minimalist remodelling of a German church and features the latest news, jobs, competitions and readers comments from Dezeen. Read Dezeen Mail issue 163 | Subscribe to Dezeen Mail View the full article

Google has presented the latest designs for its new Mountain View office campus, designed by BIG and Heatherwick Studio, ahead of a public hearing next week. Read more View the full article

After being asked to create "the most outstanding building in the region", Korean architect Moon Hoon inserted a protruding balcony within the curving frontage of this music agency in the South Korean city of Seongnam (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

These new images by photographer Rory Gardiner capture the striking sawtooth form of the Mexico City gallery designed by architect David Chipperfield to host one of the largest modern art collections in Latin America. Read more View the full article

London-based ZCD Architects has designed the interior of the first retail store for fashion designer Hussein Chalayan, who celebrates 21 years in business this year (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

News: Ambra Medda, the director and co-founder of Design Miami/Basel, has announced the launch of L'ArcoBaleno, a website offering unique and limited edition pieces for sale alongside reports from the design world. (more...) View the full article

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has arranged 1,005 life jackets from refugees into the shape of lotus flowers for a floating installation in Vienna (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This tiny prefabricated dwelling by Estonian design collective Kodasema is designed to allow its residents to up sticks and move to a new location in less than a day (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Milan 2013: Dutch designer Frederik Roijé presents a tall outdoor heater shaped like a factory chimney in the Tortona district of Milan this week. (more...) View the full article

US firm Machado Silvetti has used jade-coloured terracotta tiles to sheath an extension to an Asian art centre on a museum campus in Florida (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article