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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

This week Google unveiled a collection of spectacles and sunglasses frames for its Google Glass augmented reality headset (pictured), and we spoke to lead designer Isabelle Olsson about the technology's development. Read on for our architecture and design news roundup of the past seven days. (more...) View the full article

These paper headdresses have been folded into the shapes of creatures from Chinese mythology by Paris accessories designer Qi Hu for the city's Printemps department store. (more...) View the full article

Milan 2014: the intricate embroidery of this rug collection, by London studio Doshi Levien for Spanish rug maker Nanimarquina, combines traditional techniques with spontaneous compositions (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

London designer Benjamin Hubert has created a range of moulded ceramic tableware for Italian manufacturer Bitossi Ceramiche that celebrates raw seam details created in the casting process. (more...) View the full article

Footwear designer Silvia Fado has used hydraulic pistons and rubber balls in the heels of these shoes, aiming to improve the wearability of high heels (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Plywood display units roll out from the walls to transform this Utrecht business incubator into a shop (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Tilting and folding timber screens cover sections of this house by Buenos Aires studio VDV ARQ, to provide privacy and shade for the occupants without blocking light and views (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

This cabin made from scaffolding is one of 22 temporary hotel rooms that popped up around Mannheim, Germany, as part of the Hotel Shabby Shabby event for the city's Theater der Welt festival (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Hundreds of plexiglas tetrahedrons rippled with waves of illumination in response to changing light conditions for this installation by design collective Pangenerator (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

This rust-coloured copper home extension by British studio Poulsom Middlehurst sits above the red-brick walls and clay-tiled roof of a Victorian terrace in east London. (more…) View the full article