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Dezeen Wire: Steve Jobs, co-founder and former CEO of Apple, has died, the company has announced. He was 56. Apple’s homepage is today dedicated to a photo of Jobs (above) and, instead of product news, hosts a short statement which starts “Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being”. Steven Paul Jobs, 1955-2011 – Wall Street Journal | Steve Jobs dies – live blog – The Telegraph | All our stories about Apple </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Competition: we’re giving away five pairs of tickets for a lecture by industrial designer Patricia Moore at D&AD in London on Wednesday 12 October. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: in this interview we filmed at Dezeen Space, designer Jólan van der Wiel explains how his series of stools are shaped by magnets and gravity. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

British designers BarberOsgerby present seven sculptural pieces based on boats, planes and satellites at Haunch of Venison gallery in London. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Coinciding with the OMA retrospective opening at the Barbican in London this week, here are some photos of the Maggie’s Centre for cancer care that the firm just completed in Glasgow. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

An exhibition documenting the working processes of international architecture practice OMA opens at the Barbican Art Gallery in London tomorrow. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: in this movie we filmed at Dezeen Space, designer Jan Rose talks about his furniture that’s knitted from steel wire and boiled leather. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

V-shaped concrete columns illuminated by blue lights give a tennis centre in Beijing the appearance of a spaceship ready for launch. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Space: today at Dezeen Platform, Portuguese designer Manuel Netto presents a lamp that can only be turned on by moving the bulb. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Beijing Design Week 2011: golden plates and cutlery become slowly submerged underwater when this table is set. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Here are some images by photographer Nelson Garrido of a restored architecture school building in Porto by Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Vienna Design Week 2011: Berlin designer Uli Budde unwrapped the facets of a brilliant-cut diamond to create the shape of this gold pendent, currently on show at Vienna Design Week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Swedish office Uglycute have completed a restaurant in Stockholm that features a bar made of hardboard panels edged in brass. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: in this interview we filmed at Dezeen Space, Munich industrial designer Florian Schmid talks about his stools made of canvas that’s impregnated with concrete. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Architects MVRDV of Rotterdam and COBE of Copenhagen and Berlin have won a competition to design a rock-music museum at a former concrete factory in Roskilde, the Netherlands. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Competition: we’ve teamed up with research and design company Praud to give readers the chance to win one of five T-shirts featuring plans of the world’s most influential cities. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Space: young Croatian designer Mirna Kerr presents her jewellery made of bulldog clips, cable ties and plumbing components at Dezeen Platform at Dezeen Space today. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London architects Buckley Gray Yeoman have converted a fire-damaged former market hall in Shoreditch into Corten-clad university offices. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen promotion: new design fair Qubique takes place from 26 to 29 October in Berlin. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Nick Willson Architects have completed a house in south-east London with sections of the facade clad in flint, timber and lead. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Vienna Design Week 2011: Austrian designer Konstantin Schmölzer has squeezed a wooden tower into the space between a green wall and glass atrium at Jean Nouvel’s Sofitel hotel for Vienna Design Week. Watch the movie » (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Beijing Design Week 2011: Beijing studio lasfera presented a collection of furniture including handmade lamps of curled bamboo at 751-D Park last week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London Design Festival 2011: here are some photos of a collection of furniture and lighting by industrial designer Benjamin Hubert for Portuguese brand De La Espada, presented at the Tramshed during the London Design Festival. (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 Dezeen Watch Store, Herman Miller and Fredrikson Stallard, plus there’s only one more week to apply for roles with Luchford APM, Sruli Recht, AECOM and more… (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Space: Glasgow designer Fraser Ross presents his plant-like LED lamps, trapped under bell jars, which react to the sound and movement of onlookers at Dezeen Platform today. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article