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Product news: the first piece to be produced by Barcelona studio Lagranja Design is an armchair inspired by classic Danish design. (more...) View the full article

These portraits of electronic musicians and DJs by Spanish illustrator and designer Alex Trochut show one image during the day and another at night. (more...) View the full article

This movie by film studio Carniolus shows how the Slovenian army used a helicopter to airlift the various components of an Alpine cabin to its mountainside location. (more…) View the full article

Our job of the day from Dezeen Jobs is for a Part-II architectural assistant at London-based Bureau de Change Architects, whose past projects include the central London showroom for Made.com. More › View the full article

New Zealand designer Mark Wilson has used a water jet cutter to create a steel knife with a purposefully irregular edge (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Product news: London architect Zaha Hadid has designed a limited edition of marble tables. (more...) View the full article

IKEA worked with UK artists and designers to create this series of animal habitats, repurposed from the company's used furniture. Read more

Bjarke Ingels recently revealed that his qualifications are not recognised in the US, yet the Danish architect's firm still has projects springing up all over New York. We've rounded up five set to alter the city's neighbourhoods and skyline. Read more View the full article

Insects including a weevil and a wasp transform into cars and motorbikes in these lenticular prints by Canadian design studio Joe Jin. (more...) View the full article

This riverside house in southeast England was designed by Sandy Rendel Architects with an upper storey clad entirely in weathering steel mesh, and a base of exposed concrete and glass (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Two friends who met working at Fritz Hansen in New York have opened their own furniture store in the Hudson Valley, filled with mid-century and contemporary designs. Read more

Dutch Design Week 2013: a Dutch fashion textile brand that has a huge following in Africa but which is virtually unknown in Europe has announced a series of collaborations with contemporary designers (+ interview + slideshow). (more...) View the full article

The coffee-soaked layers of a French Opera cake influenced the colours, materials and textures used throughout this apartment in Tokyo (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

News: German industry needs to move away from the minimalist, Bauhaus-inspired aesthetic and develop a new design language is order to stay competitive, according to the organiser of the country’s national design prize. (more…) View the full article

San Francisco start-up The Flex Company has designed a tampon that allows women to experience "mess-free" sex during their periods. (more…) View the full article

Great architecture is judged on material reality, not the ethics of those that are creating it, says Sean Griffiths. Read more

Stockholm 2013: Swedish designer Staffan Holm has created a shelving unit that concertinas flat for Scandinavian brand One Nordic. (more...) View the full article

Light filters through hundreds of rectangular slits into this towering market hall in Ghent, Belgium, which is is one of the five finalists for the Mies van der Rohe Award 2013 (photos by Hufton + Crow). (more...) View the full article

British inventor Sam Pearce has created a shock-absorbing wheel for bicycles and wheelchairs that is designed to help users negotiate uneven streets and rough terrain (+ movie). (more…)

Danish office BIG has designed a triangular viewing platform for Brooklyn Bridge Park that angles up from the ground like a huge fin (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Milan 2014: Danish furniture brand Republic of Fritz Hansen will revive the 1958 Drop chair designed by Modernist architect Arne Jacobsen in Milan next week (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

The A-frame exterior of this mountainside cabin in Whistler was designed by Canadian studio Scott and Scott to mimic neighbouring 1970s chalets. (more…) View the full article

Scroll on for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with Tom Dixon (pictured above), BIG and Foster + Partners, plus this is the last chance to apply for roles with Heatherwick Studio, the Royal College of Art and more... (more...) View the full article

A pinewood stud wall encloses this Aesop store in Sydney, which Mlkk Studio has furnished with domestic items to evoke 1960s Australian homes. Read more

British designer Tom Dixon has opened a new store in the SoHo neighbourhood of Manhattan, which features a room with faux-fur walls and a space that resembles a "torture chamber" (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article