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Stockholm 2012: the prongs of this whisk by Hanover studio Ding3000 for Danish brand Normann Copenhagen fold away for neat storage. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: in this movie we filmed at our micro-exhibition Dezeen Platform last autumn, young Croatian designer Mirna Kerr presents her jewellery made of bulldog clips, cable ties and plumbing components. Watch the movie » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Stockholm 2012: Londoner Benjamin Hubert has designed a fruit bowl for Swedish brand David Design with concentric circles milled out of a slice of oak, cut deeper as they approach the centre to form a stepped dish. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This scaly apartment block in alpine Slovenia appears to have had its corners sliced away to create triangular balconies. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London designers JamesPlumb present a solo show of their work in Geneva this month, including a three-piece suite made by inserting cast concrete seats between the carved frames of a reclaimed sofa and armchairs. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: the BN0046 is the first digital Braun watch in Dezeen Watch Store’s 2012 collection. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The stripped concrete skeletons of three former factories in A Coruña await conversion into public buildings by Spanish architects Díaz&Díaz. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

French studio Bang Architectes has converted a former peanut factory in Calais into a skateboarding park with a bright orange mesh facade (photos by Julien Lanoo). (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

More Valentine’s design: Claesson Koivisto Rune presented this chair with a heart-shaped back at Stockholm Furniture Fair last week. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Danish architects BIG have won a competition to renovate and extend an art centre in Utah with proposals that will be built from reclaimed railway sleepers. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Stockholm 2012: Swedish designers Form Us With Love presented vases comprising slabs of quartz compound slotted onto a metal frame in Stockholm last week. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Since it’s Valentine’s day, London designer Lee Washington has created a set of bookmarks shaped like little men with cut-out hearts. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Japanese architect Masayoshi Takahashi of High Land Design has completed a house in Tokyo with a squared spiral staircase at its centre. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Kitchen cabinets made from concrete blocks and removable patches of carpet that function as flip-flops can be found inside this Tokyo apartment by architects TANK. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Here’s another new watch from our 2012 Dezeen Watch Store collection. The stainless steel BN0042 is a square-faced timepiece from the Braun range. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen promotion: entries are now being accepted for this year’s A’ Design Award. Here are some of the winning projects from last year, including this Belgian water tower converted into a residence by Mauro Brigham. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A single-storey studio at the bottom of the garden of a semi-detached house in London creates a separation between work and domestic life for its residents. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

French architects Agence Search have won a competition to design a Paris shopping mall with proposals involving giant elliptical lattices. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Platform: in this movie Royal College of Art graduate Sarah Colson presents her Portrait Machine, an interactive tool that allows her to create layered portraits using a sheet of glass, acetate and a distortion lens. Watch the movie » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Scroll on for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with Conran & Company, Tom Dixon and rAndom International, plus this is the last chance to apply for roles with twentytwentyone, Hulger and more… (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

In the freezing winter months this wooden sauna on a Finnish island can be towed like a sledge over a frozen lake to find the right spot for a plunge pool. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The triangular roof above the cafe-bar at Warwick University’s renovated student union features a tessellated underside of polished copper. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Israeli architects Pitsou Kedem have completed a showroom for furniture brand B&B Italia inside an industrial warehouse by the harbour in Tel Aviv. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This time five years ago Dezeen visited Stockholm Furniture Fair for the very first time, where we saw an artificial garden created by designer and guest of honour Konstantin Grcic, as well as installations by up and coming designers at the Greenhouse show. We reported on the graphic design of three different magazines - the makeover of Portuguese national newspaper Público, the new look for British architecture newspaper Building Design and brand new lifestyle magazine Monocle, which is now celebrating its fifth birthday. British architects FAT revealed images of a decorative school facade that one Dezeen reader thought was “strange stuff” plus we featured misty imag…

Dezeen archive: this week we featured a set of chairs that join together like shopping trolleys to encourage park visitors to tidy them away when they leave (top right) so we thought we’d look ahead to warmer weather by grouping together all our stories about outdoor furniture. See all the stories » See all our archive stories » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article