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Naked mannequins sit on the walls and ceiling of this MC Escher-inspired clothes store in Shanghai. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2013: patterned rolling pins that make edible plates and a meat grinder that squeezes out biodegradable bowls are among a set of kitchen products on show at Ventura Lambrate in Milan this week (+ movies). (more...) View the full article

New York photographer Randy Scott Slavin has joined hundreds of photographs to create distorted views of American cities and landscapes (+slideshow). (more…) View the full article

(Mostly) Designed in Hackney: east London designers Dominic Wilcox, Ed Carpenter, André Klauser, Barnaby Barford and Donna Wilson have created a range of alternative souvenirs for visitors to east London during the Olympic games. (more…) View the full article

For those who’d rather be woken by a gentle breeze or the smell of coffee that a shrill alarm, Royal College of Art graduate Ki Hyun Kim has designed a clock that wakes users with the electrical appliance of their choice. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Following the controversy surrounding the release of the official London 2012 posters last week, graphic designer Sarah Hyndman has come up with a set of alternatives. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Portuguese architects Risco have completed a hotel alongside the docks in Belém, Lisbon, with concertina shutters that fold back to reveal deep balconies. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Arched openings and curved walls feature throughout this compact family home in Japan, designed by architecture studio Alts Design Office to make the interior feel more cosy (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: design brand Ligne Roset Contracts have put into production the Aluchair, designed architect Jacques Ferrier for the French Pavilion at Shanghai Expo 2010. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London Design Festival: designers Industrial Facility will show a prototype of an aluminium chair inspired by handrails at their east London studio on Saturday. (more…) View the full article

Gravity keeps the aluminium and timber components of these lamp shades by industrial designer Nick Sadowsky locked together. (more...) View the full article

These aluminium CCTV camera cases by Italian designer Eleanor Trevisanutto transform security equipment into animal characters. (more...) View the full article

Fort Standard's aluminium Standing Bowls are raised on slim angular fins that reference the planar supports used to elevate buildings above the ground (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

A crescent-shaped membrane roof and aluminium louvres shelter the grandstand of the new 41,000-seat Wuyuanhe Stadium by GMP Architekten on the island of Hainan, China. Read more

This family home in Toronto by local firm Paul Raff Studio features a brise-soleil made of aluminium louvres, designed to "bounce sunlight deep into the space". (more…) View the full article

Pointy panels appear to be cracking open on the facade of this storage depot in France by Brisac Gonzalez, revealing flashes of red, lilac, pink and turquoise (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Pitsou Kedem Architects used patterned aluminium screens to create a ventilated outer skin for this house arranged around a courtyard in Bnei Ziom, Israel. Read more

Architecture firm Bryanoji Design Studio has wrapped aluminium shingles around this angular house in a Massachusetts woodland. Read more View the full article

Icelandic designers Katrin Olina and Garðar Eyjólfsson have teamed up to design a collection of circular aluminium tables, contrasting raw and uneven sand-cast surfaces with precise laser-cut legs. (more...) View the full article

A translucent skin of wrinkled aluminium covers the walls of this new building for the Strasbourg campus of French architecture school the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Stinessen Arkitektur has built three cabins and a sauna on an island in the remote Steigen Archipelago off the coast of Norway in the arctic circle. Read more

Shiny aluminium-clad walls allow this small house in Almere by Dutch studio MONO to reflect the colours of its setting (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Finnish Modernist architect Alvar Aalto accidentally invented the skateboard bowl with a 1930s swimming pool design, according to a US skateboarding magazine and a Finnish newspaper. (more…) View the full article

News: Spanish architects Fuensanta Nieto and Enrique Sobejano have been named as the 2015 recipients of the Alvar Aalto Medal, Finnish architecture's most prestigious award (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Architect Álvaro Siza Viera has completed a simple countryside chapel in the south of Portugal, designed to function without electricity, heat or running water. Read more View the full article