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The Normal Vivid watch designed by Tokyo designer Ross McBride is now only £100.00 (UK and EU) or £83.33 (rest of the world) in the Dezeen Watch Store end of summer sale. Buy now » (more…) View the full article

News: Dutch designer Ed Annink, known for his work forging links between design and government in Europe, has died aged 55. (more…) View the full article

Planks of translucent glass provide the walls for this house in south London designed by architect Carl Turner for himself and his partner (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

News: a group of libertarian activists in the U.S. plans to distribute open-source blueprints for homemade 3D-printed guns, provoking questions about the potential uses of the increasingly affordable technology. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Italian firm Refin are launching a collection of patterned ceramic tiles with graphic design studio FM Milan at the Cersaie 2012 design event in Bologna this week. (more…) View the full article

News: architects, curators and students can now apply to participate in the Lisbon Architecture Triennale, which takes place from 12 September to 15 December 2013. (more…) View the full article

In this movie by Gwenael Lewis, designer Omer Arbel talks about the story behind the 14 Series lights he produced under-the-radar in a barn to create a chandelier for Canadian lighting company Bocci. (more…) View the full article

The latest issue of Dezeen Mail leads with a pair of GPS shoes that show you the way home no matter where you are, which was our most popular story from the London Design Festival last week, plus all the latest news, jobs and reader comments from Dezeen. Read Dezeen Mail issue 120 | Subscribe to Dezeen Mail View the full article

News: Swiss architect Peter Zumthor has today been named as the recipient of this year’s Royal Gold Medal for architecture. (more…) View the full article

Stray balls aren’t a problem on the rooftop tennis court of this sports centre in western Poland by PL.architekci, thanks to the cage that covers the building (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dutch studio i29 have coated everything in grey at this pop-up furniture shop in Amsterdam. (more…) View the full article

London Design Festival: Zaha Hadid teamed up with hairdressing brand Fudge to create a pop-up hair salon in London last week. (more…) View the full article

London Design Festival: designer-makers East London Furniture have temporarily fitted out the interior of London bar DreamBags-JaguarShoes using nothing but scrap materials found on the local streets. (more…) View the full article

The solar powered Sol watch is now half price in our end of summer sale at Dezeen Watch Store. Designed by Shin Azumi for Japanese brand IDEA, Sol is reduced to only £40.00 (UK and EU) or £33.33 (rest of the world). Buy now » (more…) View the full article

News: Barclays Center, a 19,000-seat indoor sports arena designed by SHoP Architects and AECOM, opens to the public in Brooklyn this weekend. (more…) View the full article

News: architecture critic Rowan Moore has labelled Renzo Piano’s Shard skyscraper as a “serious failure of planning” and described claims that the Olympics will regenerate east London as “bullsh*t”. (more…) View the full article

A whirring helicopter of LEDs creates the illusion of a glowing hat in this design by Moritz Waldemeyer for Irish milliner Philip Treacy (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: the inaugural Icon Awards for British architecture and design were launched during this year’s London Design Festival and voting is now open for the Icon of the year award. (more…) View the full article

French designers Ciguë modelled this north London store for skin and haircare brand Aesop on a 1930s medical laboratory. (more…) View the full article

London design firm Studiomama is contributing an orange chair that has been remodelled from a discarded frame to the Stepney Green Design Collection curated by Dezeen. (more…) View the full article

This holiday cabin in Sweden by architect Mikael Bergquist is clad with untreated timber that will fade to grey as time passes (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

London Design Festival: Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby, Jasper Morrison and AL_A are among the designers who have created benches with British design brand Established & Sons for the central courtyard of the V&A museum (+slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: manufacturers MCZ have launched a cylindrical pellet stove called Tube. (more…) View the full article

A sharply pointed gable rises above the walls of this stone funeral chapel in a small German town by Bayer & Strobel Architekten (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Our end of summer sale now features three of Hong Kong watch brand Ziiiro’s designs; Gravity, Orbit and Aurora. Each watch tells time in its own unique way without using traditional hands. Gravity (above) uses two coloured rings which resemble rotating comets to indicate the time. Now only £80.00 (UK and EU) or £66.67 (rest of the world). Get yours here » (more…) View the full article