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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

Scroll on for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with Syracuse University, Paul Cocksedge Studio and Tom Dixon, plus this is the last chance to apply for roles with Marc Newson, the Royal College of Art, UNStudio and more… (more…) View the full article

Architect Hiroyuki Miyake used a traditional English bricklaying pattern for the ceramic tiles on the walls of this beauty salon in Toyokawa, Japan. (more…) View the full article

Dutch studio BaksvanWengerden has added a splayed concrete extension to a triangular brick house in north Holland (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Every table, chair, lamp and light switch in this furniture collection by Italian designer Loredana Bonora is covered in crocheted yarns of cotton, PVC, plastic tape and even washing lines. (more…) View the full article

Crumpled sheets of metal appear to float inside or wrap around the low tables in a collection by design studio Fredrikson Stallard currently on show at the new David Gill Gallery in London (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Designer Morag Myerscough used the tweets of a poet to create the bold graphics surrounding this temporary cafe in London. (more…) View the full article

London Design Festival: London-based industrial designer Samuel Wilkinson has designed stackable wooden seating evoking traditional school furniture for Decode London. (more…) View the full article

A braille printer and an electric suit to prevent muscle spasms were among the products for people with disabilities included in an exhibition curated by Swedish design body Svensk Form for the London Design Festival. (more…) View the full article

As Peter Zumthor has this week been named as the recipient of this year’s Royal Gold Medal for architecture, here’s another chance to watch the movie interview Dezeen filmed with him last summer, in which he told us “I’m a passionate architect and I think it’s a beautiful profession.” (more…) View the full article

Dezeen archive: recently we’ve featured a huge wearable duvet for two and a squishy pillow helmet that’s perfect power naps (bottom right), so we decided to bring together all our stories about snoozing. See all the stories » See all our archive stories » View the full article

Chocolate appears to be dripping down the walls at this cafe in Opole, Poland, by interior designers Bro.Kat. (more…) View the full article

Arik Levy‘s contribution to the Digital Crystal exhibition at London’s Design Museum in an interactive installation that uses visitors’ body movements to mutate computer-generated crystals (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

This wearable cocoon of quilts and blankets by Slovakian architecture graduate Danica Pistekova is just right for people who wish they could take their bed with them in the morning. (more…) View the full article

This week Peter Zumthor was named as winner of the Royal Gold Medal for architecture, an undulating golden extension to the Louvre (above) opened in Paris and open-source blueprints for 3D-printed guns were released. (more…) View the full article

This white cratered moon is actually a densely filled ice cream cake created by London designers Doshi Levien for Häagen-Dazs. (more…) View the full article

East London designer Roger Arquer has made a bench out of materials he salvaged from his local hardware shop before it closed down, which he is contributing to the Stepney Green Design Collection curated by Dezeen. (more…) View the full article

This week’s job of the week is a position as dean at Syracuse University School of Architecture in New York. See Dezeen Jobs for more roles in architecture and design » (more…) View the full article

This factory-like building by architects Haworth Tompkins is the new home for print-making and photography at the Royal College of Art in London. (more…) View the full article

London Design Festival: a new gallery showcasing socially responsible design has opened in Soho and its inaugural collection features furniture from Brazil curated by US specialists Espasso plus pieces by designers including Studiomama and Australian collective Supercyclers. (more…) View the full article

A selection of our Nava watches are now further reduced in our end of summer sale at Dezeen Watch Store. Wherever (above) designed by Denis Guidone tells time in two different time zones at once by featuring two separate hour hands. Now only £60.00 (UK and EU) or £50.00 (rest of world). Buy now » (more…) View the full article

London Design Festival: London designer Benjamin Hubert has launched a lighting collection made of underwear fabric (+ audio). (more…) View the full article

London studio Haptic has created a forest-like lounge at a hotel in Oslo, filled with trees, stacks of lumber and a plant-covered wall. (more…) View the full article

Concrete bricks create geometric patterns on the facade of this house in Québec by architects Kariouk Associates (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This wearable camera by London designers ChauhanStudio and Oxford technology business OMG Life uses sensors and GPS technology to decide which moments of your life are worth photographing. (more…) View the full article