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JDS Architects have designed a street lamp for Italian brand Ewo that allows light to escape through perforations in its stem. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Peña Ganchegui y Asociados have completed this house overlooking the sea in Getaria, northern Spain. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: Jay Merrick on the rollout of Alain de Botton’s Living Architecture project, creating contemporary holiday homes in the UK - Independent See also: Houses by Peter Zumthor, MVRDV and others for Living Architecture (July 2010) Balancing Barn by MVRDV and Mole Architects (May 2009) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This four-storey school in Tianjin, China, by Vector Architects has a series of irregularly shaped classrooms protruding from the facade on the first floor. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Following our story earlier this week on Planning Korea’s bridge for Seoul incorporating a library and museum (read it here), we’ve gathered together a selection of stories from the Dezeen archives featuring brilliant bridges. See all the stories » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Design studio LOLA – Local Office for Large Architecture have completed the renovation of a paper restoration centre in Lecce, Italy. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Cologne 2011: product designer Meike Langer presented this table combined with two clothes rails as part of [D3] Design Talents at imm cologne last week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2011: London designer Roger Arquer has designed these lamps which are operated by touching the flowers in the adjoining vase, presented in Milan earlier this month by design brand Bosa. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: London furniture company and Dezeen office-mates Chest of Drawers have been awarded a Guardian Sustainable Business Award for their system that rates the sustainability of each wooden product. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Athletes are illustrated across a wall of orange tubes in this canteen at the headquarters of sports brand Nike in Hilversum, the Netherlands, by Amsterdam studio UXUS. (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

Dezeen Screen: in this interview filmed at Dezeen Space, London designer Dominic Wilcox talks about his Moments in Time series of one-off, customised time pieces commissioned by Dezeen. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Check out the latest issue of Dezeen Mail for all the best stories and comments from Dezeen, including two unusual transport options: float around at random on an inflatable cloud or jet off from the world’s first space tourism port. There’s also an update from Dezeen Wire, the latest movies on Dezeen Screen and all our new competitions and jobs. Take a look at it here. Dezeen Mail is sent out every couple of weeks and you can subscribe here. </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The top floor of this Tokyo house by Japanese architects Apollo appears to be caving in. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Designer Noé Duchaufour Lawrance has fitted out an alpine ski lodge in the French Alps with a trunk-like hearth, curved fir walls and a floating bed. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Check out the latest issue of Dezeen Mail for all the best stories and comments from Dezeen, including open-source eyewear, impossible buildings and Kengo Kuma’s take on Starbucks. There’s also an update from Dezeen Wire, the latest movies on Dezeen Screen, plus all our new competitions and jobs. Take a look at it here. Dezeen Mail is sent out every couple of weeks and you can subscribe here. </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Designed in Hackney: today’s featured designers from the London borough of Hackney are graphic designers Multistorey, who created the geometric interiors and branding for accessories boutique Darkroom. (more…) View the full article

Designed in Hackney: next up in our series of stories about Hackney fashion design is the A-Lu-Ha collection by Lu Flux, combining vintage patchwork with Hawaiian details. (more…) View the full article

Resting a broom on its bristles can damage them so graduate designer Joseph Guerra has made one with a pivoting head. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen Wire: over 500 buildings have been shortlisted for awards at this year’s World Architecture Festival, which will take place from 3-5 October. (more…) View the full article

Spraying a wall with water creates graffiti with tiny points of light instead of paint in this installation by French artist Antonin Forneau (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Dutch designer Ka-Lai Chan has wrapped a whole wall, furniture and ornaments behind an all-encompassing layer of sticky tape at an abandoned apartment in Utrecht. (more…) View the full article

French designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have designed all the furniture for the remodelled Faculty of Humanities at Københavns Universitet in Copenhagen, which is due to reopen in January. (more…) View the full article

London studio Nicholas Hare Architects used a palette of yellow brick, bronzed aluminium and unfinished timber to construct this secondary school in Essex, England (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Happy new year from the Dezeen team! We've had a brilliant year so thanks to all our readers and we're looking forward to exciting things in 2013. View the full article