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East London designer Hugo Passos talks about making his modernist Piet side table without machinery in an “old artisanal way” in this movie filmed by Dezeen. (more…) View the full article

Daniel Libeskind has completed an education centre at the Jewish Museum Berlin, twelve years after the American architect completed his widely acclaimed extension (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: these space-saving stoves by fireplace manufacturers MCZ are designed to fit into tight spaces. (more…) View the full article

Norm Architects of Denmark used industrial pendant lights, woollen blankets and reclaimed wood to create rustic Scandinavian dining rooms at Höst, a new restaurant in Copenhagen. (more…) View the full article

A house-shaped metal frame surrounds the objects on these tall display tables by Kazakhstan designer Artem Zigert. (more…) View the full article

Gabled bungalows are scattered over the rooftops of bulky apartment blocks that are perched above rows of narrow townhouses in this social housing development outside Paris by French studio Maison Edouard François (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Product news: Dutch designer Frederik Roijé has added to his series of candle holders with a design that looks like a bent pipe poking through a wall. (more…) View the full article

Competition: Dezeen is giving readers the chance to win one of five copies of Generative Design, a book about using computer processing to design artwork, models and animations. (more…) View the full article

Industrial designer Konstantin Grcic worked with furniture brand Emeco to create the chairs and tables that furnish the new Parrish Art Museum on Long Island, recently completed by Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store has joined forces with footwear designer Tracey Neuls to present two pop-up stores this Christmas – one in Marylebone in west London and another in Shoreditch in east London. (more…) View the full article

Bleachers climb over the roof of this timber-clad community centre in France by Ateliers O-S Architectes (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

A lattice of extruded aluminium sections evokes images of the brickwork in Beijing’s old neighbourhoods at this luxury boutique by Kengo Kuma and Associates (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Product news: each of these lamps by Swedish design duo Mats Broberg and Johan Ridderstråle for Nordic furniture company Muuto is shaped like a single leaf at the end of a long stem. (more…) View the full article

A disused hospital building in Valencia explodes and shifts into new configurations in this series of manipulated photographs by Spanish studio espai MGR (+ slideshow + movie). (more…) View the full article

American firm Morphosis has completed a museum of nature and science in Dallas where visitors begin their tour by taking an escalator journey to the uppermost floor. (more…) View the full article

McDonald’s restaurants in France will soon be kitted out with designer outdoor furniture by Patrick Norguet and Italian brand Alias. (more…) View the full article

Dutch studio MVRDV is proposing a 400-metre skyscraper for Jakarta that looks like a pile of at least ten separate buildings. (more…) View the full article

News: the lighting of the London 2012 Olympic Cauldron was conceived as a religious ceremony, designer Thomas Heatherwick has explained. (more…) View the full article

This bright-white house in Alicante by Spanish studio Fran Silvestre Arquitectos features an 18-metre-long balcony that stretches out towards the Balearic Sea (+ slideshow + movie). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: lighting consultancy LightCollective has collaborated with electronics brand Philips to create a smartphone app enabling lighting designers to collect and share their inspirations, available to download and trial for free from today on Apple and Android (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

News: the UK has become the most powerful nation in the world in terms of cultural influence following the success of the London 2012 Olympics, according to Monocle magazine’s annual Soft Power Survey. (more…) View the full article

Product news: Paris designer Inga Sempé has extended her range of little round wall-mounted shelves and dishes for French brand Moustache. (more…) View the full article

Scroll on for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with architects Foster + Partners, tree house makers Blue Forest and interior designers David Collins Studio, plus this is the last chance to apply for roles with United Designers, Established & Sons, Tom Dixon and more… (more…) View the full article

Daylight funnels into this dark concrete house in Japan through two narrow light wells in the roof. (more…) View the full article

This house by architects Destilat appears to climb down a hill at the foot of the Pöstlingberg mountain in Austria. (more…) View the full article