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The latest issue of Dezeen Mail includes our daily movies and favourite exhibits from Milan, stories and comments from readers plus new jobs, competitions, music and updates from Dezeen Wire and Dezeen Screen. Check it out here. Subscribe to Dezeen Mail » View the full article

New York architect Steven Holl has unveiled designs for a new institute for contemporary art at the Virginia Commonwealth University campus in Richmond. (more…) View the full article

We used this remix by Kid Circus as the soundtrack on the final show from our TV studio at MOST, which you can watch here if you haven’t already. Upbeat, funky, and a little bit crazy, it seemed like a fitting track to round off our week in Milan with. About Dezeen Music Project | More tracks | Submit your track View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: we’ve now got a special ‘ultra black’ edition of the MY03 Hacker designed by Michael Young available at Dezeen Watch Store. You can order yours online or over the phone on +44 20 7503 7319. You can also try one on at our office in north London. MY03 Hacker differs from the conventional timepiece, featuring a concave face with a central disk that supports the hands while protecting the lens from the knocks and bumps of an active everyday life. www.dezeenwatchstore.com View the full article

These magnetic bicycle lights by Copenhagen Parts turn on as soon as they come into contact with the steel frame. (more…) View the full article

London architects Grimshaw have completed the restoration of historic tea clipper the Cutty Sark, which reopened to the public today in Greenwich. (more…) View the full article

Milan 2012: the front section of this shelf by London design duo Raw Edges slides down to create a work surface. (more…) View the full article

Milan studio AtelierFORTE have built a sauna in the northern Italian countryside that has wings like a bird. (more…) View the full article

In this second instalment in our series of articles on technology and design supported by computing brand Intel, we look at how our online lives and physical environments will become increasingly entwined. (more…) View the full article

Milan 2012: Italian furniture brand Magis presented these hanging sculptures made of wire mesh by sculptor Benedetta Mori Ubaldini at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan last week. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: in this podcast recorded in Milan, Aurel Aebi of multidisciplinary design practice atelier oï describes the scenography they created for Swiss bathroom brand Laufen, while designers Roberto Palomba and Toan Nguyen talk about their latest products. (more…) View the full article

Competition: we’ve teamed up with textiles brand Maharam to give away five copies of Maharam Agenda, an illustrated overview of the company’s history including collaborations with the likes of Konstantin Grcic, Hella Jongerius, Nike and Paul Smith. (more…) View the full article

British architect Piers Taylor worked alongside students from London’s Architectural Association to design and build a faceted wooden workshop in the woods in Dorset, England. (more…) View the full article

Overlapping walls of curving concrete encase this funeral chapel in Graz by Austrian architects Hofrichter-Ritter. (more…) View the full article

Milan 2012: this armchair with a pleated leather seat by London designer Benjamin Hubert was inspired by sleeves with puffed shoulders on Italian Renaissance clothing. (more…) View the full article

The huge tiled roof that wraps around this Tokyo house integrates arched windows and openings for tree branches. (more…) View the full article

This stacking chair by French designer Philippe Starck is made of discarded material found in lumber factories and industrial plastic plants. (more…) View the full article

Milan 2012: Australian designer Marc Newson presented this child’s rocking horse for Italian brand Magis at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan last week. (more…) View the full article

Wooden sticks shield the facades of this house in Belgium by Ghent studio Architecten De Vylder Vinck Taillieu, while a tree bursts through the roof. (more…) View the full article

Designed in Hackney: Hoxton-based designer Michael Marriott created a landscape of cardboard tubes to display items on show at this year’s Designs of the Year exhibition at London’s Design Museum. (more…) View the full article

Windows are set within two-metre-deep recesses in the stone walls of this castle visitor centre in southwest Germany by Swiss architect Max Dudler. (more…) View the full article

Milan 2012: the flexible back of this chair by Swedish designers Front comprises a thick spring wrapped in black leather. (more…) View the full article

Milan 2012: in response to the growing number of freelancers looking for workspaces outside of their homes, London studio Aberrant Architecture have created pub tables that can be adapted into desks by day and games tables by night. (more…) View the full article

Scroll on for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with Universal Design Studio, Henning Larsen Architects and Architonic, plus this is the last chance to apply for roles with Marc Newson, Tord Boontje, dRMM and more… (more…) View the full article

Slideshow: a wall of wooden scales folds through the glazed facade of this house and studio that Korean architects AND designed for an artist in South Korea. (more…) View the full article