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This is timely, given the UK public sector workers’ strike today: London-based designer Eldina Begic has unveiled a collection of women’s clothes inspired by socialist workwear. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Beneath a wide skylight, a white spiralling staircase descends the three storeys of this high school in Lille by French architects Tank. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: this movie by Royal College of Art graduate Markus Kayser shows his Solar Sinter 3D-printing machine at work in the desert, making glass objects by melting sand with sunlight. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Competition: we’ve teamed up with British designer Michael Young to give away five signed copies of his new book that chronicles his time working in China. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Scottish architects PagePark have completed a centre for blinded sailors, soldiers and airmen in Wilkieston, Scotland. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Paris landscape designers TN Plus and architects Beckmann N’Thépe have designed a zoological park on a series of artificial islands for the outskirts of St Petersburg. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: in this movie Dezeen filmed at the Design Academy Eindhoven My Way talks in Milan, Dutch designer Christien Meindertsma talks about her book PIG 05049, in which she traced and catalogued all the products derived from a single animal. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Hats by Japanese milliner Akio Hirata appear to float between the floor and ceiling in this installation by Japanese designers Nendo. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Our latest Dezeen Watch Store pop-up has opened at 55 Neal Street in Seven Dials, Covent Garden in London. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

We’ve just sent the latest issue of Dezeen Mail – take a look at it here. Dezeen Mail is sent out every couple of weeks and contains a selection of Dezeen’s best stories and comments, along with all our latest competitions and jobs. You can subscribe here. </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The asphalt surface of a car park extends inside this cafe in Shizuoka, Japan, by Japanese architects Suppose Design Office. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) have announced 25 new additions to the World Heritage List, including the Fagus Factory by Walter Gropius as reported yesterday, but deferred an application for the inclusion of 19 buildings by Modernist architect Le Corbusier, referring the decision to the next committee meeting. See the full list of accepted applications here. </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Mark Nixon of London studio CZWG has turned a bridge in Aarhus, Denmark, into a musical instrument by hanging metal pipes from the underside. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Steven Holl Architects have collaborated with Brazilian architect Solange Fabião on this wave-shaped museum of the sea in Biarritz, France, which opened this week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

German designer Markus Kayser has built a 3D-printing machine that uses sunlight and sand to make glass objects in the desert. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

To celebrate the release of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei we’ve compiled all our stories about his work in one place. Ai Weiwei was missing for 81 days after being detained by authorities at Beijing airport on 3 April. See all the stories » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Spanish architects bgstudio have completed this looping bridge that links the historic city of Alicante to the beach, crossing a busy road. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: Swiss architect Peter Zumthor talks about his design for this year’s Serpentine Gallery Pavilion in this movie filmed by Dezeen at the preview yesterday in London. Watch the movie » Above portrait is by Arup/Emilie Sandy Photography. </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Architecture student Ben Kirk has designed conceptual towers to replace the fast-declining bee population by shooting artificial pollinators into the air. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Athletes are illustrated across a wall of orange tubes in this canteen at the headquarters of sports brand Nike in Hilversum, the Netherlands, by Amsterdam studio UXUS. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: Spiegel online reports that Walter Gropius’ pioneering 1911 Fagus Factory at Alfeld in Lower Saxony, Germany, will be added to the UNESCO World Heritage List. UNESCO is still deliberating whether to add works by Le Corbusier to the list. Via Spiegel online </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: The Telegraph has confirmed that UK magazine Design Week is to close, as reported by Dezeen earlier today. New Media Age magazine will also close, although the websites of both titles will continue. Dezeen understands that Design Week editor Lynda Relph-Knight and most of her editorial team have been made redundant. Read The Telegraph’s story | Read our earlier story </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Here are the first official photographs of the completed 2011 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, which was unveiled today by Swiss architect Peter Zumthor. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: UK design magazine Design Week is to close this week, Dezeen understands. It is thought that the title will continue as a web-only publication at www.designweek.co.uk. </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Royal College of Art graduates Azusa Murakami and Alexander Groves have made a collection of spectacles from human hair. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article