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Inside 2011: Dezeen are at Inside in Barcelona and we’ll be posting the winners of the inaugural Inside awards on Dezeen Wire as they’re announced throughout the day. See the full shortlist here. Inside world festival of interiors is taking place on the third floor of the Centro de Convenciones Internacionales de Barcelona until 4 November – see all our stories about Inside here, including interviews with the judges on Dezeen Screen. </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A shallow pool of water wraps around the grey brick facade of this house in Goirle, the Netherlands. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The rippled timber core of this reindeer observation pavilion by architects Snøhetta mirrors the curves of the surrounding Dovre Mountains in Norway. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: this movie shows an installation by designer Bobby Petersen at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, where chairs were programmed to play music when visitors sat on them. Watch the movie » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: the Royal Institute of British Architects has published two new guides aimed at encouraging architects to help improve local communities through urban planning and cooperation with residents. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: art and architecture critics have been offering their opinions on Building the Revolution: Soviet Art and Architecture, 1915-1935, an exhibition presenting the revolutionary imagery of communist Russia at the Royal Academy in London.(more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Japanese architects Katsutoshi Sasaki + Associates have completed a four-winged house in Toyota. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

These rings by jewellery designer Galit Barak of Israel create rectilinear frames around the wearer’s fingers. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Competition: we’ve teamed up with Figtree Factory Studios to give readers a chance to win one of five pairs of their 01M OneMoment 100% biodegradable shoes. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Japanese architect Masato Sekiya has completed a house in Osaka with a sloping wall that looks like it’s toppling over. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: in her latest article for The New York Times design critic Alice Rawsthorn strikes a blow against the current trend for naming products with confusing, forgettable or misleading monikers. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: architecture critic Jay Merrick has praised the £22 million extension of Cardiff’s Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama by BFLS Architects, explaining that the spaces perform functionally as well as succeeding in “generating an atmosphere that can only be described as happening.” (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: The Guardian’s architecture critic Jonathan Glancey explains that the much-criticised ArcelorMittal Orbit sculpture, designed by Anish Kapoor and structural engineer Cecil Balmond for next year’s Olympics in London, has been an easy target for jokes but that it demonstrates Britain’s manufacturing capabilities and says it “may even effect buildings of the future just as the Eiffel Tower and the Crystal Palace did” - The Guardian </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Qubique 2011: this light by German collective llot llov can be adjusted by hooking the shade onto one of a string of twenty turned wooden balls. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Happy Halloween Dezeen readers! We’ve only got one left of The Last Laugh by Mr Jones Watches – check it out on Dezeen Watch Store before it’s too late… </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This top-heavy house by Japanese architect Kota Mizuishi overlooks a river in west Tokyo. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The Temporium 2011: we’re now accepting applications to take part in The Temporium, our pop-up design store in London this Christmas. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Scroll on for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with us at Dezeen, architects Matteo Thun & Partners and designer Marcel Wanders, plus this is the last chance to apply for roles with Herzog & De Meuron, Paul Cocksedge Studio, The Architectural Review and more… (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: in this movie filmed at our micro-exhibition Dezeen Platform, Estonian designer Evelin Kasikov talks about her CMYK embroidery, a series of hand-made prints that replace inks with thread. Watch the movie » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Polygonal timber plates give this pavilion at the University of Stuttgart a skeleton like a sea urchin’s. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A rounded wall of recycled clay tiles converges with walls of white bricks at this village house in Sussex, England. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Imagine waking up in a glass bedroom by the waterside on a remote Finnish island. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen archive: this week we showcased a ring of trees that’s forced to grow into a building (top left) and a movie featuring people dressed as trees, so our latest archive compiles all our stories about things that are made of or disguised as trees. See all the stories » See all our archive stories » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A slatted timber concert hall bulges through the glass atrium walls of this performing arts college in Cardiff by London studio BFLS. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dutch Design Week 2011: Philips Design in Eindhoven present a conceptual self-sufficient home that converts sewage and rubbish into power. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article