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This rubbish bag by Ahhaproject of Milan and Seoul spells out how much energy the user can generate with each bag of kitchen waste collected. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

To finish off the year we’re going to showcase the five most popular Dezeen stories from each month in 2010. Number one in January was the Eco-friendly phone by Daizi Zheng, a conceptual mobile phone that could be powered by sugary drinks. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Manhattan firm Andre Kikosi Architect installed a folding Corten steel façade to transform this disused New York warehouse into a market and music venue. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: the Kingkey Finance Tower by architects Farrells, the tallest tower in Shenzhen, China, topped out today. More details below. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Italian lighting brand Fabbian will present a collection of pendant lamps covered in silicone tiles by London designer Benjamin Hubert in Milan next month. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: our latest film made at Ventura Lambrate in Milan earlier this month features industrial designer Yves Behar of fuseproject talking about VUE, the watch he designed for Issey Miyake. The watch can be bought at Dezeen Watch Store. Watch the movie </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A personal shopping suite created by London designer Lee Broom has opened at fashion retailer Topman‘s flagship store in London. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This coin-operated wedding machine by British designers Concept Shed dispenses a pair of plastic wedding rings and a personalised receipt to newlyweds. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Zaha Hadid Architects have released new renders of a 200-metre-high commercial complex designed for Beijing. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London Design Festival 2011: here are some photos of an installation by Japanese designers Nendo at the headquarters of design brand Established & Sons during the London Design Festival this week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The Temporium: patterned paper planes crafted by a traditional printing press are behind the eighth window of our Advent calendar of products at the The Temporium. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Competition: we’ve teamed up with publishers Routledge to offer our readers the chance to win one of five copies of Le Corbusier – béton brut and ineffable space 1940-1965 by Roberto Gargiani and Anna Rosellini. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2012: wonky curtains, a disco ball and framed X-ray photographs can be found at the temporary apartment in Milan where design brand Maison Martin Margiela are presenting new furniture this week. (more…) View the full article

French architects Opus 5 have built a concert hall on top of a former seventeenth century convent in northern France. (more…) View the full article

This holiday home by Swiss architects Hurst Song Architekten is partly embedded in the steep slopes of the Swiss Alps (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This squishy headgear by Spain and Switzerland-based studio Kawamura Ganjavian creates the perfect conditions for a power nap at your desk, at the airport or in the library (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

This terrace of eight houses by Peter Barber Architects is clad with timber shingles to match the neighbouring fences and sheds of a housing estate in east London (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This earthquake-proof house on a hillside in western Chile by architects Pezo von Ellrichshausen has six rooms with glass walls (+ photos by Cristobal Palma). (more…) View the full article

British graphic designer Peter Saville references stripy hazard signs in the artwork for the latest album by experimental pop group Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. (more...) View the full article

News: the latest Maggie's cancer care centre designed by Frank Gehry opened in Hong Kong yesterday, becoming the first of the charity's units outside the UK. (more...) View the full article

Milan 2013: Zaha Hadid will present two monochrome pendant lamps for Italian brand Slamp at the Euroluce lighting show tomorrow. (more...) View the full article

A narrow atrium brings daylight into windowless rooms on four storeys at this renovated house in Hanoi by Vietnamese office AHL Architects Associates. (more...) View the full article

News: British architect Colin Stansfield Smith, a pioneer of UK school design, has died at the age of 80. (more...) View the full article

This cylindrical timber pavilion topped by a large flat roof was self-built by Australian architect Max Prichard as a tiny studio for his treetop residence (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: the new Please watch by British industrial designer Jasper Morrison for fashion brand Issey Miyake is now available at Dezeen Watch Store. (more...) View the full article