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Peruvian, London-based architect Vladimir Kalinowski has completed two homes arranged round a shared courtyard in Lima, Peru. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London designer Dominic Wilcox created this stylus that straps over his nose for using his touch-screen phone in the bath. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Norwegian architects Snøhetta have unveiled their design for an extension to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), which will double the gallery’s exhibition and education spaces. (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

With all six permanent venues completed and the opening ceremony exactly one year away, here’s a roundup of all our stories about the London 2012 Olympics. See all the stories » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A grid of timber louvres screens the end facades of this Japanese house by architects AE5 Partners. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: in this time-lapse movie American furniture designer Matthias Pliessnig wraps an iconic Thonet chair with strips of steam-bent white oak to create a sculpture. Watch the movie » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

These desks by London architects Studio Octopi were designed to look like miniature basketball courts. (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 Universal Design Studio, Henning Larsen Architects and Architonic, plus this is the last chance to apply for roles with Marc Newson, Tord Boontje, dRMM and more… (more…) View the full article

Clerkenwell Design Week takes place in London next week and Dezeen Watch Store will once again pop up at the Farmiloe Building at 34 St John Street, the event’s main venue. (more…) View the full article

Millions of tiny perforations are dotted across the rusted steel walls of this rural retreat in Victoria by Melbourne architects Inarc. (more…) View the full article

The third Alessi watch to feature in the Dezeen Watch Store summer sale is Jak by Karim Rashid. The digital watch comes in a variety of colours and is now only £50.40 (UK and EU) or £42 (rest of the world). Get yours here » Don’t forget you can get 10% off any product at Dezeen Super Store at 38 Monmouth Street, London WC2 with this flyer. View the full article

The square windows and mansard roof silhouette of this Bavarian townhouse by German architects SoHo Architektur are an echo of the building that formerly occupied the site (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

London Design Festival: Zaha Hadid teamed up with hairdressing brand Fudge to create a pop-up hair salon in London last week. (more…) View the full article

This week’s job of the week is a position at Central Saint Martins School of Art and Design in London as a tutor for the MA Textile Futures course. See Dezeen Jobs for more roles in architecture and design. (more…) View the full article

In this movie filmed by Dezeen, British designer Benjamin Hubert explains why he placed a double-length second hand over the pleated face of Plicate, his first watch for Italian accessories brand NAVA, which is available from Dezeen Watch Store now. (more…) View the full article

We've now published all the movies from our Dezeen Live series of talks with designers and critics that we filmed at 100% Design during the London Design Festival last September, so here's a recap in case you missed any. (more...) View the full article

This wooden folly cantilevers across a garden lake to create a meditation room and children's play den for a family living in Hampshire, England (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Australian architects MPRDG were inspired by the shapes of tree branches to add a privacy screen across the glass-fronted upper storey of this family house in the Sydney suburb of Bronte (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Competition: we're giving readers the chance to win one of five copies of a new book of projects by Ma Yansong, director at Beijing architecture studio MAD, including the recently completed China Wood Sculpture Museum in Harbin. (more...) View the full article

This glazed garden hideaway by Italian studio act_romegialli is disguised inside a dense thicket of bushy plants and blossoming wildflowers. (more...) View the full article

News: architect Frank Gehry has revealed the latest model of his design for a gallery and university complex in Toronto, showing angular volumes replaced with overlapping curves since the initial design. (more...) View the full article

Architectural photographer Carlos Ayesta captured these unusual views of Paris by abseiling down the sides of skyscrapers with his camera slung over his shoulder (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

A cantilevered storey projects from the side of this house in Gifu, Japan, to create a sheltered alcove on the edge of the garden (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

A woodland landscape scene is hidden within a pattern of coloured polka dots on the exterior of this house extension in Moers, Germany, by Düsseldorf studio MCKNHM Architects (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article