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New Zealand designer Chris Waind has created this set of decorative paper butterflies. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

British designer Tom Dixon has completed the interior of the new restaurant at the Royal Academy of Arts in London. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The interior of this temporary store in east London for bicycle brand Tokyo Bike was designed by London studio Emulsion. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Japanese architects y+M Design Office have completed this family house in Japan, with a façade that forms a staircase to the roof. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: designer Faye Toogood presents Assemblage 1, her first collection of furniture and lighting made of stone, brass and English sycamore, in this interview that Dezeen filmed during the London Design Festival 2010. Check out our plans for this year’s festival here. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The Dutch pavilion for Shanghai Expo 2010 by architect John Kormeling has won the overall prize for the best Dutch design project at the Dutch Design Awards 2010. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Japanese artist Takaya adorns the heads of models with raw vegetables and blossoming flowers. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A Picasso painting inspired this cliff-top house near Sydney by architects Durbach Block Jaggers. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Emmanuelle Moureaux Architecture & Design have completed a bank branch in Tokiwadai, Tokyo, with recessed brightly coloured windows. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A theatre in Belfast with a faceted timber interior is another of the six buildings shortlisted for the 2012 Stirling Prize and was designed by Irish architects O’Donnell + Tuomey (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

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

Dezeen and MINI World Tour: we speak to architect David Adjaye, fresh off the stage from his presentation at Design Indaba, about his relationship with Africa and why he believes the continent provides a great opportunity for architects. (more...) View the full article

This auditorium enclosed by a red-lacquered shell is part of a new wing at the Museo d’Arte Contemporanei di Roma designed by French architect Odile Decq and due to open later this year. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London architect Lynton Pepper of 00:/ designed these open-source spectacle frames in 18mm plywood to be made from the offcuts of his studio’s WikiHouse project. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Stockholm 2011: architects Claesson Koivisto Rune presented this layered lamp for Swedish brand Örsjö Belysning at the Stockholm Furniture Fair this week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A room where teenagers can hang out designed by Mathieu Lehanneur has opened at the Centre Pompidou in Paris. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Hong Kong designer Michael Young has created a range of bio-plastic in-ear headphones made of cornstarch. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dutch designer and artist Joep van Lieshout talks to Dezeen about his sculptures depicting cannibalism and suicide in this interview recorded at the Carpenter’s Workshop Gallery in London, and how “industry itself needs to be saved” so he plans to “start producing from scratch again” (+ audio). (more…) View the full article

Mork-Ulnes Architects has completed Skigard Hytte, a modern mountain cabin raised on pillars and made entirely from wood. Read more View the full article

Dezeen promotion: design brand Luminaire will present pieces by designers including Angelo Mangiarotti, Gruppo T and Konstantin Grcic at their Miami showroom 29 November – 11 December. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Next up in our review of 2010 are the five most popular stories from September. Number one was Residence in Kurakuen by NRM-Architects Office of Japan, featuring a staircase with treads cantilevering over a pool on the first-floor terrace. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Beijing architects MAD have unveiled their design for a 200m-long, icicle-shaped museum in Harbin, northeast China. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Roughly cut wooden planks clad classrooms arranged around a central glazed atrium at this nursery, set in a forested suburb of Hamburg, Germany (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

French designer Inga Sempé has created a cutlery range for Italian design brand Alessi, with utensils that feature slender bases and gently tapered stems (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Tokyo 2010: designer Emmanuelle Moureaux presented eda, a prototype lightweight, modular product that combines to create cloud-like forms, at DesignTide Tokyo 2010 earlier this month. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article