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Paris architects Nadau Lavergne have completed a rusted steel winery on a World Heritage Site in the south of France. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen has selected 30 designers to showcase their talents at Dezeen Space, Dezeen’s month-long residency in Shoreditch during London Design Festival, London Fashion Week and Frieze Art Fair. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Wrinkly mirrored walls distort the reflection of an apartment interior in Berlin by local architects Lecarolimited. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Japanese architects Maker have completed a hair salon featuring gauze partitions and booths in untreated wood. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Recent works by Spanish studio Herreros Arquitectos are on show at the ROM Gallery in Oslo. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Berlin designer Ronen Kadushin has made a conceptual, open-source, contraceptive intrauterine device from a one-cent coin. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Plywood shingles create fish scales on the walls of a clothes store at Bondi Beach, Sydney, while spherical lights hang from the ceiling inside fishermen’s nets. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Korean designer Joongho Choi designed this chair to be carried over one shoulder like a handbag. (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 Watch Store and architects David Chipperfield, plus this is the last chance to apply for roles with Sugru, Martin Brudnizki Design Studio, Architonic and more… (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Narrow skylights create bands of light across the red bright ceiling of a sheltered school courtyard in Porto, Portugal. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The rooms of a black and white house in California lead out to a series of stepped terraces with a view of the famous Hollywood sign. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Two refurbished wine cellars in Spain feature undulating oak ceilings and stainless steel trees. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Berlin designers Beta Tank want to make scaffolding pretty. Designer Eyal Burstein has started out by casting a series of scaffolding joints in glazed porcelain with gold and platinum nuts and bolts. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen archive: one of our most popular stories this week features a cafe where timber stalactites hang down from an undulating ceiling (top right), so we’ve compiled a selection of stories from the Dezeen archive about caves and grottoes. See all the stories » See all our archive stories » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Stairs lead past lumpy cork-covered walls to a rooftop swimming pool at a house in the south of France by architect Raphaëlle Segond. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This time last year London company Hulger launched the Plumen 001 designer lightbulb, which went on to win this year’s Brit Insurance Design of the Year Award. A culture and leisure centre by Philippe Starck opened inside a former wine cellar in Bilbao as Hungarian architects Plant completed a winery at the foot of a volcanic hill in Hungary. London Fieldworks installed bird and bug boxes around trees across London in clusters inspired by neighbouring housing, Nendo unveiled their acclaimed Thin Black Lines series of furniture and The Waterhouse at South Bund by NHDRO hotel opened in Shanghai. See all our stories from September 2010 » See our review of la…

Nine designers including Florian Hauswirth, Kaspar Hamacher and Max Lipsey furnished a grain-silo-turned-art-space in Basel in a five-day experimental workshop. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Here are some images of the five winning projects at this year’s INDEX: Awards, including Hövding, an inflatable bicycle helmet (above). (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Continuing our special feature about swimming pools, here’s a timber pool house with limestone walls beside a farmhouse in Surrey, England. See a movie of the building on Dezeen Screen » (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This week Luzinterruptus installed an army of radioactive scarecrows at a German festival and we finished the summer by rounding up our top ten stories about swimming pools. We also released the Dezeen Book of Ideas for pre-order ahead of its launch at Dezeen Space during the London Design Festival later this month. UK design organisation Hidden Art was forced to close, Angela Brady took over from Ruth Reed as president of the Royal Institute of British Architects and artist Ai Weiwei branded Beijing as “a city of violence” in an article for American magazine Newsweek. The winners of this year’s Index Awards were announced, including See Better to Learn Bet…

German studio Winkens Architekten have completed a kindergarten in Berlin that has sheltered terraces at each end. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London designer Dominic Wilcox claims he meant to leave these paint brushes unwashed so they would harden into coat hooks. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Tree-like lampposts emerge from a pool of pebbles in front of a metal-clad vehicle research institute in Spain by architects ACXT. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The Dezeen Book of Ideas, a selection of over 100 great ideas by the world’s best creative brains, is now available for pre-order! (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Twisted bricks create openings in the walls of a speakeasy-style bar in Bangkok, allowing passers-by a sneaky glimpse inside. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article