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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

German designer Johanna Schmeer has created a set of traps for catching genetically modified mice. (more…) View the full article

Shimmering aluminium panels are ridged like the top surfaces of bricks on the exterior of this country house in upstate New York by architects Grzywinski + Pons (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Our end of summer sale now features three of Hong Kong watch brand Ziiiro’s designs; Gravity, Orbit and Aurora. Each watch tells time in its own unique way without using traditional hands. Gravity (above) uses two coloured rings which resemble rotating comets to indicate the time. Now only £80.00 (UK and EU) or £66.67 (rest of the world). Get yours here » (more…) View the full article

Belgian designer Carl de Smet of Noumenon has developed high-tech foam furniture that can be squashed to 5% of its original size for easy transportation and then expanded “like popcorn” by heating it up (+ movie + interview). (more…) View the full article

Serbian designer Miloš Milivojevic has installed a tree-like mobile phone charger powered by the sun in a park in Belgrade. (more…) View the full article

We're now looking back at our top five stories in October and sailing into an easy first place is the yacht designed by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs before his death, while the news was dominated by architecture in China and the integration of digital and industrial design at Apple. (more...) View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: Valentine's Day is just around the corner and we have two watches by Mr Jones Watches of London that will make the perfect gift for your loved one. (more...) View the full article

Construction is now underway on a Zaha Hadid-designed cultural complex on the edge of a lake in Changsha, China (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

News: Ambra Medda, the director and co-founder of Design Miami/Basel, has announced the launch of L'ArcoBaleno, a website offering unique and limited edition pieces for sale alongside reports from the design world. (more...) View the full article

Opinion: a pizza crust stuffed with a hot dog could be the ultimate expression of contemporary design culture, suggests Sam Jacob in this week's opinion column. (more...) View the full article

Huge clerestory windows reveal the exposed timber frame of this school sports hall in Kobe, Japan, by architecture firm Takenaka Corporation (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

German car brand BMW has launched its first fully electric production car called the BMW i3 (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Volcanic stone walls feature a geometric pattern of copper-leaf triangles inside this restaurant and nightclub on the banks of the Seine river in Paris (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

An OMA-designed housing complex comprising 31 apartment blocks stacked diagonally across one another is nearing completion in Singapore (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Opinion: as protests continue against private shuttle buses for tech company workers in San Francisco, Mimi Zeiger asks how designers and architects should engage with the fight. (more...) View the full article