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The Church of the Penitent Thief in Bologna, Italy, is housed in a gabled white volume cleaved in two by a glazed crack and was built with the help of inmates of La Dozza prison. Read more View the full article

The Object is Absent is a multi-strand installation that focuses on the designers' bodies rather than the objects they create, to demonstrate a shift in the priorities for the next generation of makers. Read more View the full article

With activities kicking off in Miami for this year's art week, including Art Basel and Design Miami, we've selected the exhibitions and installations not-to-be missed, including an inflatable bubble gallery and a sand-covered traffic jam. Read more View the full article

FreelandBuck has installed a pavilion in a Palo Alto plaza comprising triangular panels imprinted with images of the public enjoying the same site on a day last year. Read more View the full article

A courtyard with a concrete pool sits at the centre of a house on Phillip Island in Australia, designed by Branch Studio Architects and illuminated by large skylights. Read more View the full article

In our latest competition, Dezeen has partnered with David Village Lighting to give away an Artemide Tolomeo Micro Bicolor desk lamp in one of four colours options. Read more View the full article

Glenn Howells Architects has built a dance school for the English National Ballet, with windows in its translucent white cladding that give glimpses of rehearsals. Read more View the full article

Spanish designer Francesc Rifé has created a distinctive interior for a shoe store in Mallorca, using shades of soft pink and pale grey. Read more View the full article

Passaro Edizioni has designed a sustainable toy called Paesaggio con figure, which it is presenting for the VDF x Ventura Projects collaboration. Read more View the full article

Multidisciplinary design consultancy Matter has designed three conceptual cervical cancer examinations that women could carry out themselves at home to break the taboo of smear tests. Read more View the full article

The next part of today's VDF collaboration with ArkDes features a video interview with Australian artist Linda Tegg, who has temporarily rewilded the car park outside Sweden's national centre for architecture and design. Read more View the full article

French designer Mathieu Lehanneur will present a series of metal storage units with quilted surfaces at Tools Galerie in Paris next week. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

We need to provoke discussion, not anger, when it comes to talking about diversity, says Michelle Ogundehin, who shares her personal experiences with racism, views on positive discrimination and ways in which individuals can make a difference. Read more View the full article

An exhibition featuring architectural compositions made of household objects by Canadian artist Dave Trautrimas will open at LE Gallery in Toronto later this week. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This house constructed within the Barbican gallery in London by architects Carmody Groarke contains an exhibition of Surrealist art. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Spanish architect Javier Peña of Xpiral has completed two houses in Murcia, Spain, with the lower volume built from stacked ceramic wine racks. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

We’ve teamed up with Milan designer Denis Guidone to offer our readers the chance to win an Ora (il)Legale clock. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Architects Coop Himmelb(l)au of Vienna have won a competition to design a new parliamentary building in Tirana for the Republic of Albania. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2011: French designer Amaury Poudray has designed this waste-paper bin to be burnt with its contents for design brand Fabrica. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Greek studio KLab Architecture created this pharmacy in Athens by wrapping a round facade punctured by Braille lettering over the existing octagonal building, with plants occupying the space in between. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Show RCA 2011: footwear designer Victoria Spruce presented these sculptural shoes at the Royal College of Art graduate show earlier this month. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Qubique 2011: New York designer Alissia Melka-Teichroew of byAMT has added new designs to her collection of jewellery made using a 3D-printing technique. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The Temporium: design brand Established & Sons present a collection products from their Estd. range at our Christmas shop The Temporium in London, including these storage jars inspired by the shape of space capsules. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2012: process and outcome are literally given equal weighting in this installation of work by Vienna designers Mischer’Traxler, shown on weighing scales at Wait and See shop in Milan this week. (more…) View the full article

Dutch architects MVRDV have unveiled plans for an 18-storey tower in Poznań, Poland, with staggered floors like a giant staircase. (more…) View the full article