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Japanese design studio Nendo have completed a store for fashion designer Issey Miyake where accessories are displayed atop clusters of steel rods. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Danish designers Martin Kechayas and Christian Nørgaard of Artificial/form have designed this felt-upholstered wingback chair for furniture brand Normann-Copenhagen. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: a team led by Norwegian architects Snøhetta have won a competition to redesign Times Square in New York. See press release below. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

DezeenTV: the next movie in our series of Dezeentalks at [D3] Design Talents features designer Kai Linke of Frankfurt talking us through his selection of eclectic images including a dog covered in snowballs and the long wait involved when growing chairs from plant roots. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London Design Festival 2010: designer Asif Khan created this shop interior using dust sheets, nylon rope and white paint. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Continuing our review of 2010, here are the five most popular Dezeen stories from February. In first place was VitraHaus by Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Cologne 2011: Berlin designer Mark Braun presented a series of cylindrical plywood stools at imm cologne in Germany last week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: Israel is considering a plan to build an artificial island off the coast of the Gaza Strip to encourage tourism and act as a transit point for goods, according to The Guardian. Read the story </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2011: Studio Vit of Sweden presented eleven maple storage boxes of varying sizes in Milan earlier this month. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: in this last (very short) interview in our series filmed at Ventura Lambrate in Milan, Dutch designer Maarten Baas explains why he isn’t showing any new work this year. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Behind a glass facade, a basket weave of timber encases the living and dining areas of this house in Nara, Japan by Japanese studio Tadashi Yoshimura Architects. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Introducing a new feature on Dezeen: here’s a roundup of the top stories, news, comments and movies this week. Our most hotly debated story was about an upside-down skyscraper designed to neighbour the Hoover Dam – you can join the discussion here. Other stories that caused a stir included stools created in an explosion and an absurdly cantilevered Berlin hotel. Check out all our stories about alarming cantilevers here. Meanwhile the RIBA revealed this year’s Stirling Prize shortlist, UK designers joined forces to promote design education in schools and Palestinian business leaders announced plans to launch a national brand. Over on Dezeen Watch Store we’ve…

Competition: we’ve teamed up with structural engineers Fluid Structures to offer Dezeen readers the chance to win one of ten copies of their book, entitled Adventures in Engineering. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: in this movie filmed by Dezeen at the Telling Tales exhibition at the Ligne Roset Westend showroom, central London owner of Ligne Roset Robert Hasty talks about the pieces that French designer Philippe Nigro has created for the brand. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Construction has started on a new sports centre by architect Steven Holl for Columbia University in New York. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen is looking for ten upcoming designers and brands to present their products at Home, a new design-led homewares and interiors trade show that takes place in London in January. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Here’s a selection of projects by Chinese architect Wang Shu of Amateur Architecture Studio, who has been named 2012 Pritzker Prize Laureate (see our earlier story). (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Recycled wooden boards and pallets are stacked up as furniture at this office in Kraków by Polish designers Morpho Studio (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

The forms of this tea service by design graduate Eunjae Lee are based on the components of an engine. (more…) View the full article

London Design Festival: designers Lee Broom and Jason Bruges are among the ten speakers taking part in the designjunction PechaKucha tonight, with a live DJ set from Dezeen Music Project afterwards. (more…) View the full article

World Architecture Festival 2012: in this movie, Australian architect Jeff Morehen of Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp tells Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs how the workplaces of the future should be “more hybrid in their nature” and accommodate public facilities, just like his Darling Quarter offices in Sydney that won the office category at the World Architecture Festival this month. (more…) View the full article

Rubber-coated fabric is pinned to the walls and ceiling of this fashion boutique in Zagreb, Croatia. (more…) View the full article

Our most widely read story in March was a tea house and library constructed around a tree by Archi-Union, plus we launched two new projects of our own. (more...) View the full article

Manhattan-based firm SHoP Architects has sent us a movie and more images illustrating its masterplan for Konza Techno City, a new "silicon" city 40 miles from Kenya's capital Nairobi (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

Product news: Berlin-based designer Werner Aisslinger will unveil brightly coloured chairs and a set of modular furniture for Italian brand Moroso in Milan next month (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article