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This August is London design month at Dezeen Super Store where, with the eyes of the world on London for the Olympic Games, we will be showcasing a range of products by some of the best designers and brands the city has to offer. (more…) View the full article

We’re reporting live from Designed in Hackney Day all day today, featuring talks and performances from the best and most interesting architects, designers and makers in the east London borough of Hackney that Dezeen calls home. We’ll be compiling the best tweets from the event here so check back as the day unfolds. (more…) View the full article

Photographer Vicente Depaulo has captured some of the most iconic buildings by Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer and has manipulated the results so that they come to life when seen through 3D glasses. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen Wire: democratic nations won’t be able to host the Olympics in future due to increasing tensions between the public interests of democracies and the commercial interests of the games, according to a new report published by Dutch architecture, research and urbanism studio XML to coincide with the London 2012 Olympics. (more…) View the full article

Chunky wooden ribs bend around the walls and ceiling of this library in Norway by Helen & Hard Architects and integrate lighting, bookshelves and seating. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen Wire: this week Harrods opened the doors to its first gender-neutral toy department, designed by London and Singapore-based interior architects Shed. (more…) View the full article

Algae would produce energy and clean water for a conceptual skyscraper proposed for London by British architect Dave Edwards. (more…) View the full article

Here are some photos of a scale model of the London 2012 Olympic Cauldron designed by Thomas Heatherwick, which has now been added to the ongoing exhibition of his work at the V&A museum, plus drawings from the designer. (more…) View the full article

This doughnut-shaped pavilion by Scottish artist Aeneas Wilder offers visitors a view across the landscape of Limburg, Belgium, from behind a ring of wooden slats (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Japanese studio Ryo Matsui Architects hung steel chains to create upside-down domes above the stage of a music recital in Tokyo (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

If you didn’t manage to get a ticket for our Designed in Hackney Day tomorrow don’t worry, you can still attend the FREE evening event at Hackney House, featuring music by Dalston Superstore DJ Dan Beaumont (below) and electro-indie band Clock Opera (above). (more…) View the full article

This conceptual skyscraper by Brazilian architects Projeto Coletivo would be constructed using garbage in the city of São Paulo. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: the first watch in our new summer collection at Dezeen Watch Store is the solar powered touch-screen MY04 Suntich designed by industrial designer Michael Young for ODM. (more…) View the full article

Studio Toogood has filled a pop-up fashion boutique in London with rubber-coated objects and glass tabletops mounted on piles of industrial fabrics. (more…) View the full article

A suspended net provides a hammock over the staircase of this apartment in Porto by architects OODA. (more…) View the full article

This library by London architects Studio Egret West looks like a row of books (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

The London 2012 Olympics are well underway and every day this week we’ll award medals to design and architecture created for the games, starting with the three most popular stories. The Olympic Torch by BarberOsgerby takes the gold, with over 40,000 pageviews. (more…) View the full article

A boxy wooden staircase twists up through the floors of this design store in Shanghai by architects Neri&Hu. (more…) View the full article

Google‘s new London headquarters by designers PENSON features Union Jack flags, balcony gardens and allotments where staff can grow vegetables (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This milking stool by Danish designer Rasmus B. Fex has interlocking legs like a puzzle. (more…) View the full article

Scroll on for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with MAD and UNStudio, plus this is the last chance to apply for roles with Tom Dixon, Aesop and more… (more…) View the full article

Japanese designer Morie Nishimura has made a series of hinged brass mirrors that look like butterflies when mounted on a wall. (more…) View the full article

Thomas Heatherwick’s design for the Olympic Cauldron stole the show at the London 2012 Olympics opening ceremony on Friday night. Here’s a round-up of all our stories about Heatherwick; highlights include our video interviews with him about the cauldron, about his “hairy” UK pavilion at Shanghai Expo 2010; and the new London double-decker bus. Click here to see all our stories about Thomas Heatherwick View the full article

This modular container by architects Nilsson Pflugfelder of London and Berlin can be reconfigured to create a workspace, artist’s residence, archive or meeting area as required by its host, the FLACC Workplace for Visual Artists in Genk, Belgium. (more…) View the full article

Just in case you haven’t seen enough design for the London 2012 Olympic games yet, we’ve made a new Pinterest board featuring all the London 2012 Olympic design and architecture images from the pages of Dezeen. Over 21,000 people now follow us on Pinterest – join them here. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest » See more stories featuring London 2012 olympics on Dezeen » View the full article