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This week last year Dezeen readers were swooning over idyllic houses in Australia, as we featured one overhanging the side of a cliff (above) and one that can be hidden behind a steel curtain (below). (more…) View the full article

This week high-profile architects have been making the news, as Frank Gehry completed two homes for hurricane victims (above) and Zaha Hadid revealed designs for a limited edition speedboat (below). (more…) View the full article

This family of stools by German designer Ellen Heilmann can be used as tables or seats. (more…) View the full article

London landmarks from Brick Lane to Brixton feature on this hand-drawn poster by graphic designer Jenni Sparks, now available at Dezeen Super Store, 38 Monmouth Street, London WC2. (more…) View the full article

Here are some photographs of the recently completed Coca-Cola Beatbox, a pavilion in the London 2012 Olympic park that can be played like a musical instrument (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

New York architect Joel Sanders has overhauled a library at Princeton University by installing interactive technology and colour-coded study areas (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen Wire: Dezeen has been named Digital Business Publisher of the Year 2012 by the Association of Online Publishers. Judges of the AOP 2012 Awards described Dezeen as “A smart entrepreneurial brand, with beautifully designed products – from websites to pop-up shops. Strong evidence of experimentation, fast growing revenue and audience”. (more…) View the full article

The third Alessi watch to feature in the Dezeen Watch Store summer sale is Jak by Karim Rashid. The digital watch comes in a variety of colours and is now only £50.40 (UK and EU) or £42 (rest of the world). Get yours here » Don’t forget you can get 10% off any product at Dezeen Super Store at 38 Monmouth Street, London WC2 with this flyer. View the full article

This bowl of candy-coloured glass fruits is a lamp by Japanese designer Hisakazu Shimizu of S&O Design. (more…) View the full article

Red steel ribbons are parted like curtains to welcome visitors into this museum in northern Japan by Canadian studio Molo (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: vodka brand Ketel One is inviting designers and entrepreneurs to submit innovative ideas for men’s lifestyle products and ventures. (more…) View the full article

This 4.5 metre-wide house in Los Angeles by Anonymous Architects was inspired by the narrow residences found in Japanese cities. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen Wire: work starts today on an affordable housing development in Harlem by architects Adjaye Associates (more…) View the full article

The latest issue of Dezeen Mail features a speedboat designed by Zaha Hadid (above), a shoe inspired by a bird’s skull and a proposal to thatch London skyscrapers, plus new jobs, competitions and music. Read Dezeen Mail issue 110 | Subscribe to Dezeen Mail View the full article

Rubber pellets made from recycled car tyres form the knobbly surfaces of these bowls and pots by Dutch designer Debbie Wijskamp. (more…) View the full article

Architects Oyler Wu Collaborative wound more than 13,000 metres of rope through steel frames to create this screen wall for Dwell on Design 2012 in Los Angeles (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

A pegboard wall with customised pockets provides flexible storage at this tiny Soho office by London designers Studio Swine. (more…) View the full article

Get 40% off this watch by Japanese architects SANAA to look like a cat curled around the wrist in the Dezeen Watch Store summer sale. Available in green, yellow or pink, the Neko watch is now only £45 (UK and EU) or £37.50 (rest of the world). Get yours here » Don’t forget you can get 10% off any product at Dezeen Super Store at 38 Monmouth Street, London WC2 with this flyer. View the full article

Swiss architects Bureau A have created decorative steel gates to discourage nocturnal “illegal activities” in the entrance to their Geneva studio. (more…) View the full article

German design collective ART+COM have installed over a thousand rising and falling metal raindrops in Singapore’s Changi Airport (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen Wire: over 500 buildings have been shortlisted for awards at this year’s World Architecture Festival, which will take place from 3-5 October. (more…) View the full article

Taut rope is all that holds together this furniture by Dutch design graduate Toon Welling. (more…) View the full article

The stark concrete exterior of many of London’s postwar housing blocks could be made more attractive with thatching, proposes architecture student James Kirk (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Spanish rug maker Nanimarquina celebrated its 25th anniversary earlier this month by laying dozens of rugs across Plaça de la Virreina in Barcelona (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

German designer Johanna Schmeer has created a set of traps for catching genetically modified mice. (more…) View the full article