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Architect Rafael Viñoly has completed a visual arts centre in Colchester, England, that is wrapped in polished golden metal. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Competition: we’ve teamed up with bi-monthly publication Architectural Design to give away five copies of their latest issue, Experimental Green Strategies. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This time five years ago Dezeen was less than a month old and reported from Design Miami, where Kanye West took time out from snapping up pieces by the Campana Brothers to tell us about his new apartment by minimalist architect Claudio Silvestrin. Back in London we published pictures of the design, our first story to go viral. More on this in our birthday roundup of our most memorable trips! We also interviewed gallerist Murray Moss and showed new pieces by Barnaby Barford, Maarten Baas and Fredrikson Stallard. Our first attempt at a Friday gossip update noted Justin McGuirk’s appointment as editor of Icon magazine (where he stayed until last year) and Marcel Wanders’ p…

The latest menswear collection by fashion designer Sruli Recht of Iceland features leather made from dolphin skin, fabric woven from horse hair and silk extracted from a spider’s gland implanted in a goat. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: in the last of our series of movies filmed with Dezeen Platform exhibitors, Royal College of Art graduate Pia Wüstenberg presents her pieces made from processed paper, which include pendant lamps and a folding table with paper vases for legs. Watch the movie » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2012: it’s Friday and Japan is hot on the agenda for today’s edition of our daily TV show from Dezeen Studio, as we chat to architect and Pecha Kucha founder Mark Dytham about the design scene in Tokyo and our guest journalist Elle Decoration UK editor Michelle Ogundehin tips Japanese design and manufacturing as the hot story at Milan this year. Ogundehin also tells us about the campaign the magazine is launching to protect the rights of UK designers, which you can find out more about here. The episode also features new French brand design brand La Chance, who have created one colourful and one sober version of each piece in their inaugural collection, an interview…

Italian-Singaporean designers Lanzavecchia + Wai have designed a collection of aids for the elderly with styling that’s more domestic than medical. (more…) View the full article

Beijing architects CU Office have completed a contemporary granite office building that uses a traditional local measuring system in a rapidly developing agricultural city in eastern China. (more…) View the full article

Walls of rough stone and concrete surround the staggered levels of this public square in Zaragoza by Spanish architects Héctor Fernández Elorza and Manuel Fernández Ramírez (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

German architects HENN have created a streamlined pavilion with a curled-over steel roof for car brand Porsche at the Autostadt theme park in Wolfsburg. (more…) View the full article

Our end of summer sale at Dezeen Watch Store has begun and you can now save even more on a selection of our watches by Italian design brand Alessi. Jak (above) designed by New York designer Karim Rashid is now only £40.00 (UK and EU) or £33.33 (rest of world). Buy now » (more…) View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: Grow by Andrea Morgante of Shiro Studio for Alessi is now available at Dezeen Watch Store for only £84.00. Inspired by the act of growing, Morgante designed the surface of the watch to replicate the muscle fibres of the wearer’s arm. (more…) View the full article

In this final movie in the series filmed by Dezeen for the Stepney Green Design Collection, London design brand Hulger’s creative director Nicolas Roope talks about the “thriving community of creative people” in east London. (more…) View the full article

Product News: Slovakian designer Tomas Kral has created a collection of small silicone pots for Hong Hong design brand Praxis. (more...) View the full article

The rippled aluminium cladding of this climbing centre in northern Italy is dotted with tiny perforations that allow the walls to become see-through after dark (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

This yellow lamp by Ukraine designer Vasiliy Butenko can be adjusted in any direction by rotating the flat, pivoting disc that forms its shade. (more...) View the full article

News: a folding wheel (above) and the UK Government's redesigned website are among the seven category winners of the Designs of the Year Awards announced today by London's Design Museum. (more...) View the full article

News: the architectural principles behind the Prince of Wales' controversial Poundbury development (above) will be exported to Bahrain in a move that has angered human rights campaigners. (more...) View the full article

Product news: London studio Industrial Facility has designed an office furniture system for American manufacturer Herman Miller that promotes interaction in the workplace (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

German studio Franken Architekten milled a pattern of squiggly lines into the outer surface of this house and studio in Frankfurt's old town, replicating the outline of timbers from the building it replaced. (more…) View the full article

In our next movie focussing on key projects by Richard Rogers, the British architect talks exclusively to Dezeen about his radical Lloyd's building in London and explains why he is not completely comfortable with the "high-tech" label that is often applied to his work. (more...) View the full article

The tongue-in-cheek livery of South African airline Kulula includes a "This way up" sign on one plane and points out the locations of key components on another (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Architect Zaha Hadid has created a set of rings from lattices of gold filigree for Swiss jewellery brand Caspita. (more...) View the full article

People could immerse themselves in a huge fabric cocoon at this interactive installation by architect and artist Sophia Chang (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

White balloons spill out the windows and doors of a house, invade a golf course and overflow from a burnt-out car in a series of installations by French artist Charles Pétillon (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article