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American graphic designer Ben Hermel created this typeface by layering blended shapes over classic script letters. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen movies: here are the highlights of the second panel discussion at Dornbracht Conversations 3, featuring creative director Mike Meiré, critic Thomas Wagner, architect and designer Matteo Thun and moderator Marcus Fairs of Dezeen. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Stockholm designer Fredrik Paulsen presented this table with adjustable, folded-metal legs at Venture Lambrate in Milan. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Munich designer Matthias Demacker presented this chair with interchangeable upholstery pads for Italian brand Area DeClic in Milan last month. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This temporary pavilion with reflective purple scales that shimmer in the breeze has been installed in Beijing by New York architects SO-IL. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Spanish architects MID Estudio have converted a grain store in Palencia, Spain, into a museum by blocking up windows and door with metallic and wood boxes. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Korean designer Hyung Suk Cho has designed a chair made of two curved wooden shells joined together with circular studs. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

3Gatti Architecture Studio’s Red Object in a Shanghai office was one of our most popular stories this week, so here’s a roundup of all the offices we’ve featured on Dezeen. See all the stories » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: this movie shows an installation by designer Bobby Petersen at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, where chairs were programmed to play music when visitors sat on them. Watch the movie » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Japanese designer Masato Sekiya elevated this house so that it would fit over the humped site in Ashiya, Japan. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Electronics brand Jawbone have launched a wristband by San Francisco designer Yves Behar that monitors your every move then tells you what to do. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Italian architect Andrea Paoletti has completed the interior of a workspace in Rovereto, Italy, that’s shared by entrepreneurs from a variety of fields. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Creative agency iris has unveiled Wenlock (right) and Mandeville, the mascots for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Canadian studio Molo has designed a system of paper partitions that provide privacy at shelters in the wake of a disaster. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2015: London designer Kacper Hamilton has created a complex sand-timer that uses weights to measure the passing of seconds and minutes (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Brazilian architects YTA have converted the spare room of a house into a multimedia library where pine floorboards and industrial lighting climb the walls. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

British car brand Aston Martin are to launch a luxury compact city car, called Cygnet, next year. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

DezeenTV: earlier this year Dezeen teamed up with [D3] Design Talents at imm cologne to interview 12 designers, including several whose careers have been launched at the young designers’ showcase. To kick off the Dezeentalks at [D3]Design Talents series, Cologne regular James Irvine discusses sweaty armpits, car bonnets and Jasper Morrison’s buckets. Keep an eye out for more Dezeentalks at [D3] Design Talents interviews over the coming weeks… </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Spanish studio Langarita-Navarro Arquitectos filled a Madrid warehouse with makeshift huts and a wilderness of plants to accommodate a nomadic music academy organised by drinks brand Red Bull. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Norwegian designers Vibeke Skar and Ida Noemi Vidal presented ceramic pendant lights with embossed surfaces in the Ventura Lambrate district of Milan last month. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Pop-up shops might be commonplace in retail but would you consider getting married in a pop-up chapel made of cardboard? (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland in Ohio, USA, have unveiled plans for a new museum building by London firm Foreign Office Architects. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen promotion: business stationery brand Vistaprint are running a design competition that offers cash prizes for winning T-shirt and business card designs. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Shanghai Expo 2010: here are some images of the Mexican pavilion designed by Mexican studio Slot. at Shanghai Expo 2010, taken by Iwan Baan. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The Lockheed Lounge by Australian designer Marc Newson has retained its title as the world's most expensive design object, after selling for more than £2 million. (more…) View the full article