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Mirrors lining the ceilings and walls of a tiny pop-up clothing shop in Warsaw create the illusion of endless rails of garments. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: here’s an animation of how the two memorial fountains on the World Trade Centre site in New York will look when they open in three weeks time. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

These wallets and spectacle cases are each made of a single piece of leather that’s been folded into shape then hardened in boiling water. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Continuing our series of stories about security-conscious and bunker-like residences, here’s an Australian holiday home that can be secured with huge sliding steel shutters. (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, architects Manalo & White and designers Priestmangoode, plus this is the last chance to apply for roles with Tom Dixon, Herzog & de Meuron and more… (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London designer Makiko Nakamura will exhibit a tea set engulfed in flowers and foliage at Tent London during the London Design Festival next month. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Herringbone brickwork and fretted screens decorate the facade of two apartment blocks in Prague. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

In the last few weeks we’ve published a few projects that intentionally look as though the builders haven’t left yet. Here’s a roundup of all the apartments, salons and shops on Dezeen that feature patches of plaster, scaffolding, dangling wires and hoarding-like woodwork. See all the stories » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Long, narrow windows cut across the sides of a house in Okayama, Japan, to reveal the locations of internal walls and floors. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Once filled with water, a pond at the centre of this museum in Madrid will be crossed via a meandering route of stepping-stones. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A cedar-clad house near Seoul by Korean architects AND spirals up from beneath the ground. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

One year ago OMA, Foster + Partners and local firm Rocco Design Architects were competing to to create a master plan for the West Kowloon Cultural District in Hong Kong. Foster + Partners won in the end, as reported in March this year. Our most popular story was a house in Indonesia by Aboday with a concrete slide connecting the bedroom and kitchen, which turned out to be our most popular story of the whole year. If you prefer slides to stairs you can see more of them here. Meanwhile Ross Lovegrove unveiled his bicycle for Biomega, graduate designer José Ferrufino made a magical musical box with swaying ears of barley and Zeinstra van Gelderen architecten made a…

Rotating walls with acid green edges slot together like jigsaw pieces between a London lighting showroom and its window display. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Architects Gundry & Ducker created a pub inside a cardboard box inside the crypt of a London church. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Our biggest story this week is Apple’s new headquarters by Foster + Partners (above, top left) which sparked some hilarious comments and tweets. For those still reeling from last week’s riots in the UK, and our more generally security-conscious readers, we’ve compiled all our stories about homes that resemble bunkers and fortresses. On a lighter note Paul Cocksedge has melted some vinyl records to make analogue speakers, Coop Himmelb(l)au present a church that looks like a cream cake and Dezeen readers are charmed by a secret passageway that’s concealed by a mirror. Meanwhile Will Alsop has named his new London practice having announced his departure from R…

Pop-up shops might be commonplace in retail but would you consider getting married in a pop-up chapel made of cardboard? (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: this movie by Brussels gallerist Victor Hunt reveals the story and process behind Belgian designer Maarten De Ceulaer’s bowls shaped by balloons. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Young designer Rami Tareef creates chairs with geometric patterns by wrapping and weaving cords around spare, steel frames. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Ribbons of mesh spiral around two conical bridges by French architect Dominique Perrault that cross a river and park in Madrid. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

What if plastic polluting the seas could be harvested by a retired fishing trawler, then transformed into chairs by an onboard factory? (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: here’s a movie about the almost invisible installation by Japanese architect Junya Ishigami that’s on show at the Barbican art gallery in London. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London designer Héctor Serrano presents a series of paper accessories for turning balloons into animal heads at the New York Gift Fair this week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Criss-crossing metal beams surround a first floor reading room at a multimedia library near Paris. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Furniture-filled caves can be found inside a guesthouse in Modica, Sicily. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

UK studio a:b:i:r Architects have redesigned the traditional English beach hut to be accessible for wheelchair users. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article