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Design student Eliza Hague has created a concept for inflatable greenhouses made from shellac-coated bamboo paper to help residents of Jaipur, India, grow their own food. Read more View the full article

South Korean product designer Ramei Keum has designed a clothes rail where the ends of the frame are shaped like hangers. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Maltese studio Chris Briffa Architects have renovated a public toilet in Valletta, Malta, inspired by the facility’s location in what was once a red-light district. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Zaha Hadid Architects have unveiled this design for a performing arts centre in The Hague, the Netherlands. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Scroll down for all the latest from Dezeenjobs including positions with Heatherwick Studio, John McAslan + Partners and Cinimod Studio, plus this is the last chance to apply to work with Studio Greg Lynn in Vienna, UNStudio in Amsterdam and more… (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

We’ve just sent out the latest issue of Dezeenmail – take a look at it here. Dezeenmail contains a selection of Dezeen’s best stories and comments, along with all our latest competitions and jobs. You can subscribe here. </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Brazilian designer Brunno Jahara of Jahara Studio has created a collection of furniture made using scrap wood. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Next we take a look at our most popular stories from April this year. In at number one was Thomas Heatherwick’s hairy UK pavillion for the Shanghai Expo 2010, made up of 60,000 transparent rods. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Frankfurt designer Reinhard Dienes presented this adjustable lamp with a long shade at Maison& Objet in Paris last week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

There’s a horse made of crystals hanging in fashion designer Stella McCartney‘s new Las Vegas store designed by London studio APA. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This exhibition designed by Gitta Gschwendtner for London’s Somerset House displayed fashion drawings on gauze-covered boxes. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

We’ve teamed up with London designers BarberOsgerby to give away five signed copies of their new monograph The Design Work of Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: London interior designer Ilse Crawford is one of the judges of the Inside awards. In this movie filmed by Dezeen she talks about designing the Food Bar at the Grand Hotel in Stockholm for chef Mathias Dahlgren. Watch the movie » Dezeen readers can save 25% on the price of entering the Inside awards and attending the festival in Barcelona from 2-4 November – simply quote VIP code DEZEEN when entering online at www.insidefestival.com. Entries close on 30 June. </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Police guarding the Turkish Consulate in Hanover have upgraded their VW bus for a tiny mobile office. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

These vases made of sand are shaped according to the principles of an old Japanese game. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Competition: we’ve teamed up with British designer Tom Dixon to give away five copies of his new book, entitled Extremism, to coincide with Multiplex at the Dock as part of the London Design Festival. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Visitors enter this nursery in northeast France through a curving concrete orifice. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Greek architects K-studio have completed a rustic pizzeria modelled on an Italian courtyard in the centre of Athens. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Designed in Hackney: next up in our Hackney design showcase is a conservatory with a five fingered roof that Shoreditch architects Spacelab installed at London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital in 2004. (more…) View the full article

These bronze and glass chambers by Estonian studio NOBEL Arkitekter protect two ancient runestones in Jelling, Denmark, from the elements. (more…) View the full article

German designer Sarah Böttger scaled the same rectangular shape up and down to create this tubular metal hall stand. (more…) View the full article

Job of the week this week on Dezeen Jobs is an opportunity for an industrial designer at clothing brand G-Star RAW in Amsterdam. For more roles in design and architecture see our full selection of positions at Dezeen Jobs. (more…) View the full article

News: while Foster + Partners thinks simply increasing capacity is the way to improve New York’s Grand Central Terminal, architecture firm SOM have proposed adding a floating observation deck that slides up and down the sides of two new skyscrapers (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Product news: American designer Victor Vetterlein has made an edible desk lamp. (more…) View the full article

News: Foster + Partners is exploring the possibilities of 3D printing buildings on the moon using lunar soil. (more...) View the full article