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Dezeen Screen: in this interview we filmed at the opening of OMA/Progress at the Barbican in London, OMA partner Reinier de Graaf talks about the architecture firm’s current preoccupations, including the city of London. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Visitors enter this nursery in northeast France through a curving concrete orifice. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

We found this Thai canteen furnished with construction materials a few streets away from Dezeen Space, which was open in Shoreditch until 16 October. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This step ladder by Latvian designer Arthur Analts can rest flat against the wall, fit into a corner at 45 degrees or rest securely in a corner at 25 degrees, thanks to the shape of its top and bottom rungs. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Architects Stanton Williams have completed a new campus for art and design college Central Saint Martins in and around a Victorian granary and two former transit sheds in London. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: In this movie filmed in a warehouse on the outskirts of Eindhoven, the ringing of an alarm clock triggers a chain of events that opens umbrellas, spins paper windmills, starts a fire and releases a set of parachuting toy animals. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen promotion: last week, Dezeen attended an architectural tour of Basel and Zurich organised by Swiss bathroom brand Laufen that included a trip to their concrete showroom designed by Nissen Wentzlaff Architects. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Want to work on those biceps at home but embarrassed to have the dumbbells lying around? Like the idea of carrying a cane but feel less self-conscious with an umbrella? Think a pocket mirror would be handy but not sure it will go with your suit? (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Construction has started on a new sports centre by architect Steven Holl for Columbia University in New York. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

If you’re not worried about where you go or how fast you get there, this enormous inflatable cloud is the mode of transport for you. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This chaise designed by Brodie Neill is cast from 135 litres of clear glass and has to be cooled very slowly inside the mould over the course of 80 days. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London architects Carmody Groarke arranged temporary timber pavilions around the trees in Regent’s Park for this year’s Frieze Art Fair. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Kapilux glass, manufactured by German firm Okalux, contains tiny tubes to reduce glare and transmit light deep into a room. It was recently used on Steven Holl’s Cité de l’Océan et du Surf in Biarritz, France. (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 The Architecture Foundation, Studio Toogood, Thomas Heatherwick, UNStudio and more, plus this is the last chance to apply for roles with Vitsœ, Tom Dixon and more… (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Beijing Design Week 2011: French artist Niko de la Faye could be found cycling around Beijing Design Week with a rotating map of the universe on the back of his tricycle. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Clay bricks infused with metal shavings make up the orthogonal exterior of an office and warehouse in Amsterdam designed by a graphic design agency. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Architects 00:/ and Space Station have designed digital advert-covered offices to straddle Old Street roundabout, located down the road from Dezeen’s offices in London and dubbed Silicon Roundabout due to the number of technology companies and start-ups in the area. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Space: for the last day of our micro-exhibition Dezeen Platform at Dezeen Space, Royal College of Art graduate Sarah Colson creates her own interpretation of an analogue photo booth. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Beijing Design Week 2011: a menu charting the water footprint of different dishes was presented to diners at a Beijing cafe during design week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen archive: this week saw a bicycle that allows you to play records on its wheels ride onto Dezeen Platform (top left). Here’s a roundup of all of our stories about music players, musical instruments and sound installations. See all the stories » See all our archive stories » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Beijing Design Week 2011: London designer Paul Cocksedge installed giant pages of poetry made from rolled steel sheets outside the China Millennium Monument during Beijing Design Week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Space: today Canadian designer Philippe Malouin brings his bowls made of waxed concrete to our micro-exhibition Dezeen Platform at Dezeen Space. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This year’s London School of Economics students can take time out from studies in a custom-built lounge, where boxy white stools slots into walls and a central table. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This time last year Zaha Hadid Architects completed a south London school with a running track through the middle, which went on to win this year’s Stirling Prize. Konstantin Grcic was announced as the recipient of the 2010 Designer of the Year Award at Design Miami and the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) was forced to close due to funding cuts. Universal Design Studio designed a pleated facade for an H&M store in Seoul, while one of our readers called the 8 House residential complex by BIG “a seductive three dimensional diagram designed to be inhabited by robots.” Tokujin Yoshioka created a see-through mobile phone, Nemawor…

Dezeen Screen: designer Ron Arad phoned Dezeen today to ask us to publish a movie of the bike he designed with sprung steel loops instead of spokes and tyres, to prove it works. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article