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A staircase formed of wooden boxes and platforms, and supported by a black metal framework, rises up through this Sicilian residence that was recently renovated by Milanese architect Francesco Librizzi. (more…) View the full article

Brazilian architecture studio Arquitetura Nacional has transformed a duplex apartment in Porto Alegre using a black spiral staircase, brise-soleil and locally sourced furniture. Read more

A sweeping, sculptural staircase extends through the centre of this monochrome inner-city loft apartment in Melbourne, Australia, by Adrian Amore Architects. (more...) View the full article

A new sleeping mezzanine, a bookcase with a rolling ladder and a sprinkler main painted bright red are among the features in this airy New York apartment that has been updated by local architect Julian King. Read more View the full article

London Design Festival 2010: designer Jaime Hayón launches a collection of furniture including this tubular club chair (above) for London design brand Sé as part of the London Design Festival this week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A throne-like desk chair and a sofa for fantasising on are among pieces launching as the second part of Ini Archibong's collection for furniture brand Sé. Read more

This beachfront house designed by Jeff Jordan Architects for a Manhattan-based couple comprises boxy, cedar-clad volumes that create expansive outdoor spaces overlooking the New Jersey coastline. Read more View the full article

These reconstituted-stone sails belong to the second museum we’ve featured this month dedicated to ill-fated liner the RMS Titanic, following one shaped like four hulls. (more…) View the full article

The walls of this house in Sydney by Australian studio Chris Elliott Architects feature curved openings that look like gills. (more…) View the full article

London print designers Eley Kishimoto teamed up with Icelandic design collective Vík Prjónsdóttir for DesignMarch in Reykjavík last week, where they presented a seal-shaped blanket inspired by an Icelandic folk tale. (more...) View the full article

Cologne 2011: designer François Dumas of the Netherlands presented this collection of chairs made from bent plastic rods as part of [D3] Design Talents at imm cologne in Germany. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Product news: German designer Annika Frye has designed a rotation-moulded lighting range with visible seams (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

A subterranean seed bank could be built into the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, says Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts graduate Sean Cassidy, to ensure food crops can be regrown after an apocalypse. Read more View the full article

Dutch studio SeARCH has created a dome-shaped pavilion covered in grass and filled with plants, as part of the International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam that opened to the public today. (more...) View the full article

Architecture studio Searl Lamaster Howe has used charred cedar and slate to create this holiday home for a Chicago couple. Read more View the full article

An 18-metre-long window offers panoramic views across Tokyo Bay from the living room of this house in Yokosuka by Japanese studio Tomoyuki Sakakida Architect and Associates (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Spotlights at the ends of tentacle-like cables illuminate the client’s collection of paintings and sculptures inside a seafront apartment in Belgium. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A glazed corridor connects the two wooden halves of this seaside house on the east coast of Ireland by Dublin studio A2 Architects. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Italian designer Piero Lissoni has paired a round-edged cube seat with a vertical rectangular back to create this upholstered chair for furniture brand Viccarbe. (more…) View the full article

German designer Valentin Loellmann used hazel branches to create the knobbly legs of these benches, tables and stools. (more…) View the full article

These triangular sofas by Dutch architects UNStudio were inspired by geological formations. (more…) View the full article

A women's athletic shop in Seattle by local firm GoCstudio features a display system that can be elevated with a hand crank to make way for in-store events (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Water views from this long narrow home in West Seattle by Suyama Peterson Deguchi are strategically framed using existing trees on site. Read more View the full article

A New York-based company has unveiled designs for a bicycle seat that also functions as a one-metre-long bike lock made of steel links that fold up under the seat for storage during travel (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Designers Jonas Edvard and Nikolaj Steenfatt have used a new material made from seaweed and paper to create a chair and a collection of pendant lamps. (more…) View the full article