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Shangai Expo 2010: architectural photographer Iñigo Bujedo Aguirre has sent us some photographs of the completed Swiss Pavilion at the Shanghai Expo 2010, designed by Buchner Bründler Architects and Element. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Instantly generate your own iconic Swiss-style poster with this website by Californian graphic designer Ben DuVall and his brother Clark DuVall. (more…) View the full article

Internal lighting shines between the vertical larch battens that clad this extension to a primary school near Basel by Swiss firms Zwimpfer Partner Architekten and BBK Architekten. (more...) View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: Swiss watchmaker Mondaine has released a watch dedicated to Helvetica, the iconic typeface designed in 1957 by Max Miedinger and Eduard Hoffmann. (more...) View the full article

All the rooms of this renovated Tokyo house by Japanese studio Naf Architect & Design are connected to a wooden box at its centre. (more…) View the full article

This narrow building in Tokyo by local studio Apollo Architects & Associates accommodates an 85-year-old restaurant within its base, while its upper floor is a residence with a cantilevered balcony (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Japanese designer Yuko Shibata created separate living and working areas in this Tokyo apartment by installing two mobile walls. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Modular panels fold around the exterior of this electricity station in rural Denmark by Scandinavian firm C. F. Møller (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

The Netherlands could build a million new homes from sustainably harvested local wood and save 100 megatons of carbon in the process, according to architect Marco Vermeulen. Read more View the full article

Perforated metal balconies project through the bowed concrete facades of this office building in Seoul, which were designed by local studio Archium to maximise floor space on the middle levels (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

French designer Paul Coudamy has created a curvaceous book case lining the walls of Paris apartment. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London start-up Swyft has produced a sofa that one person can put together on their own without the need for any tools. Read more View the full article

Berlin-based designer Sybille Paulsen has worked with people undergoing chemotherapy treatment to create bespoke jewellery from their own hair. (more…) View the full article

The triangular window bays that project from the facade of this Sydney housing block by MHN Design Union appear either red or yellow, depending on the viewing angle (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Sydney invites artists and designers to submit concepts for its city-wide Christmas decorations, including lighting, large-scale outdoor installations and a tree in Martin Place (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Long brick and wood volumes extend down the narrow plot of this house in Bondi, Sydney, by local architect Fearns Studio (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Terracotta-coloured surfaces and step-like decor features appear inside this Mexican restaurant in Sydney, which Studio Gram has designed to steer away from cultural cliches. Read more

One of Sydney's only examples of brutalist architecture has been given a second chance, after a court ruled against the government decision not to heritage list it. Read more View the full article

Dutch Design Week 2013: Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Alejo Bernal wants to help people improve their concentration spans by controlling a toy car with their minds. (more...) View the full article

Synesthesia Lab introduces Synesthesia X1, a multi-sensory experience device, as part of VDF's collaboration with Ventura Projects. Read more View the full article

A counter covered in Max Lamb's multicoloured man-made marble provides the focal point of this cafe and bookshop in Hamilton, Canada. Read more

Royal College of Art graduate Chang-Yeob Lee has developed a concept to transform the BT Tower in London into a pollution-harvesting high rise (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg will give a keynote lecture at Dezeen Day in London on 30 October. Read more

Advances in genetic technology mean that creating synthetic animals has become just another branch of industrial design, according to Daisy Ginsberg. (more…) View the full article

Synthetic living creatures would be released into the wild to save endangered species and clean up pollution under this futuristic proposal by designer Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg (+ slideshow + interview). (more...) View the full article