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At DMY Berlin this week designer Daniel Lorch will present a chair made by splitting a steel tube and peeling back the legs. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Angular volumes clad in timber and metal step down the side of a sloping site to form this house near Melbourne with ocean views (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This concrete house in Switzerland's March District was designed by Zurich studio Kit with split levels, creating a living room that cantilevers over an external dining area. (more...) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: the winners of the garden unique competition to design outdoor dining products will exhibit their work at spoga+gafa garden trade fair in Cologne from 2 to 4 September 2012 and Dezeen readers can apply for 100 free tickets to the event. (more…) View the full article

These images by Belgian photographer Jan Kempenaers document a series of ruined World War Two monuments dotted across the landscape of the former Yugoslavian territories. (more...) View the full article

These bird and bug boxes have been installed by art and architecture collective London Fieldworks around trees across London in clusters inspired by neighbouring housing. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Stockholm 2011: Copenhagen designers Aleksej Iskos and Boris Berlin of Iskos-Berlin present this armchair made from a single sheet of felt at Stockholm Furniture Fair this week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Tokyo designer Keisuke Fujiwara has wrapped bentwood chairs by German furniture brand Thonet in twelve kilometres of coloured thread. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Polish designer Boguslaw Sliwinski has created a new series of plates to encourage people to play with their food, this time allowing diners to recreate sporting action with their vegetables. (more…) View the full article

Bright yellow spectator stands line the edge of this timber-framed sports hall in the Netherlands by Dutch firm Koppert + Koenis Architects (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

This leisure centre in Amsterdam by Dutch architects VenhoevenCS was designed as a fortress covered in plants (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Curved walls made from sun-bleached timber slats screen the exterior of this sports centre by Explorations Architecture in the French commune of Arpajon, near Paris (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

A faceted roof garden sits atop the stone-clad box that comprises this sports centre in France by Archi5 and Tecnova Architecture (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Following their Eurovision Song Contest win last summer, Azerbaijan rushed to commission German firm GMP Architekten to design a new stadium that will be complete in time to host this year’s competition. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Austrian firm Franz Architekten have completed this football training facility in Vienna for Fußballklub Austria Wien. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

In more fashion news, designer Elham Seyed Javad of Canadian company ResportOn designed a hood for Muslim women who want to keep their hair covered while playing sport. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This pavilion with illuminated eaves was designed by Dutch firm MoederscheimMoonen Architects for two football teams in Rotterdam. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Product news: Tel Aviv designer Nir Meiri has created a set of table lamps with metal shades hanging from thin stalks. (more…) View the full article

Gadi Amit's studio New Deal Design has invented an Artificial intelligence-equipped toy to fight the "distraction economy" by nurturing children's attention spans. Read more

Cologne 2012: these steel pendant lamps with a bulb in each end are on show as part of [D3] Talents at imm cologne, which opens today in Germany. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

SPPARC has unveiled its designs for a museum surrounding the Golden Hinde – a full-size replica of the of Francis Drake's Golden Hind galleon. Read more

Architects Eureka have made a bicycle shop in Hong Kong where recycled paper tubes can be pushed in and out to make an ever-changing display wall. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

These branched pendant lights are by American designer Victor Vetterlein. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Stockholm designers Tb & Ajakay have collaborated with Karl-Johan Hjerling and Karin Widmark to create a table, where layers of the plywood top appear to burst apart and curl around one end. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dutch graduate designer Carolien Laro has designed a range of stools with flexible seats created by cutting slits into their solid wood tops. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article