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Following our recent showcase of design talent in east London, the team behind new housing development VIVO have commissioned Dezeen to acquire ten pieces of original design by creatives surrounding Stepney Green. (more…) View the full article

Competition: we are giving our readers the chance to win one of ten weekend passes to the 3D Print Show, taking place from 19 to 21 October 2012 in London. (more…) View the full article

Nearly three years after first revealing his concept for a shoe with no foot-plate on Dezeen, architect and shoe designer Julian Hakes talks about designing the Mojito shoe as the first collection goes into production. (more…) View the full article

Cards featuring illustrations of iconic modernist buildings in London and prints of the BT Tower by designer Stefi Ozari are now available at Dezeen Super Store as part of London design month. (more…) View the full article

A screen made from century-old bricks divides this Japanese restaurant in Sydney, designed by Australia and Japan-based architects Facet Studio. (more…) View the full article

Hessian sacks, timber planks and wire mesh hint at the former life of this cafe in Tel Aviv, which Studio Ronen Levin and Eran Chehanowitz converted from an orange-packing plant in the historic port of Jaffa that gives the oranges their name. (more…) View the full article

Design practice 24° Studio linked together hundreds of hollow paper stars to line a tunnel and stairway in Santorini, Greece. (more…) View the full article

Digital graphics company Crystal CG created animations on a 360 degree screen comprising 70,500 paddles held by the audience at the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics last night. (more…) View the full article

Steps built into the kitchen counter lead up to a suspended staircase in this Melbourne house by Australian architects Edwards Moore. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: the third watch added to our new summer collection at Dezeen Watch Store is the VOID V03 designed by David Ericsson of Hong Kong watch brand VOID. (more…) View the full article

Flashes of blue stand out against the stark white and grey interior of this police headquarters in Poland by Poznań Projekt and mode:lina architekci (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Scroll on for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with us at Dezeen, fashion brand Paul Smith, and design brand SCP, plus this is the last chance to apply for roles with BIG, B&B Italia, Wilkinson Eyre and more… (more…) View the full article

Don’t worry if you smash this vase by Dutch designer Mianne de Vries – a back-up vase is waiting inside. (more…) View the full article

Almost everything that goes on inside this house in Valencia by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos is on show to visitors though a transparent glass facade (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

There’s a special staircase for dogs at this renovated house in Ho Chi Minh City by architecture studio 07Beach. (more…) View the full article

Slideshow feature: the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics takes place tonight with a set designed by Es Devlin. Here’s a slideshow of images from some of her previous projects, including arena tours for Kanye West and Jay Z (above) and Take That last year. (more…) View the full article

This barbecue by Barcelona designers Mermeladaestudio will char your food with geometric patterns. (more…) View the full article

This crematorium in Seoul by Korean firm HAEAHN Architecture folds up from the landscape and curls around a peaceful courtyard and pool of water. (more…) View the full article

Following the popularity of the staircase that doubled as bookshelf we featured this week (bottom left), we’ve put together a new Pinterest board filled with all the staircases published on Dezeen so far. Almost 24,000 people now follow us on Pinterest – join them here. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest » See more staircases on Dezeen » View the full article

This week five years ago our readers were all talking about goldfish, as designer Roger Arquer presented a series of unusual bowls including one with a plug (above) and another that makes a fish share water with a plant (below). (more…) View the full article

Next month marks the official opening of the Aurlandsfjellet Tourist Route; a scenic mountain road that begins at a wooden viewing platform perched 650 metres above Norways’s longest and deepest fjord (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

The entrance lobby at AOL‘s Palo Alto headquarters looks like a skate park (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Shoes are balanced on bolts across a chunky chipboard wall at this Stuttgart shop by designer Daniele Luciano Ferrazzano (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

One year ago readers had some funny things to say about the ring-shaped Apple Campus by Foster + Partners (above), which leads a string of circular and cylindrical designs. (more…) View the full article

This week on Dezeen our readers have been obsessing over safety, with a tirade of comments demanding handrails and balustrades for a house with holes in the walls and floors (above) and concerns for the stability of a deck chair with no back legs (below). (more…) View the full article