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Johannsen Gallery in Berlin present an exhibition of wallpapers by Milanese collective Carnovsky that change under different lighting conditions. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Architects Plasma Studio of London, Beijing and Bolzano have designed this LED street lamp in collaboration with lighting company ewo. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Photographer Julien Lanoo has sent us these pictures of an archives centre designed by Paris studio LAN Architecture, which has an exterior of stainless steel studs set into earth-coloured concrete to reflect the colour and texture of the surrounding French landscape. (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, Belgian designers Dries Verbruggen (above) and Claire Warnier of Unfold Studio explain their virtual potters’ wheel. Watch the movie » Photo is by Liesje Reyskens. </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

Check out the latest issue of Dezeen Mail for all the best stories and comments from Dezeen, including an upside-down skyscraper, sculptural shoes and stools made in an explosion. There’s also an update from Dezeen Wire, the latest movies on Dezeen Screen and all our new competitions and jobs. Take a look at Dezeen Mail issue #78 here. Dezeen Mail is sent out every couple of weeks and you can subscribe here. </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London Design Festival 2011: London designer Ilse Crawford presents a new collection of furniture for manufacturer and distributor De La Espada at Tramshed this week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A solo show of work by artists Studio Job opened at the Groninger Museum in the Netherlands this week. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen promotion: the Toba eco-stove by Italian brand MCZ has been awarded an IF Product Design Award. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This prefabricated house in Portugal costs about the same price to manufacture as a family car (photographs by José Campos). (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This time last year Zaha Hadid unveiled concept proposals for two luxury villas at a golf resort and residents of a Paris neighbourhood complained so much about the noisy construction of a Frank Gehry-designed civic building that construction had to stop for the next month. Elsewhere, Danish architects Bjarke Ingels Group were keeping very busy, revealing designs for not one but three new buildings – a technology centre with large holes in the walls, a residential building with a triangular tower and a doughnut-shaped art museum. Dezeen visited Stockholm for the annual furniture fair, where we saw stools with lolly stick-shaped legs, an armchair made from a single she…

Designed in Hackney: we conclude our week of fashion design from Hackney with Hussein Chayalan and his dresses that emit laser beams. (more…) View the full article

Brightly coloured tables and chairs are hidden in plain sight between the shelves of this bookcase by graduate designer Orla Reynolds. (more…) View the full article

This bowl of candy-coloured glass fruits is a lamp by Japanese designer Hisakazu Shimizu of S&O Design. (more…) View the full article

Wooden louvres mask the facade of this apartment block in South Korea by local studio Smart Architecture. (more…) View the full article

London Design Festival: designer-makers East London Furniture have temporarily fitted out the interior of London bar DreamBags-JaguarShoes using nothing but scrap materials found on the local streets. (more…) View the full article

This office desk by Danish design studio KiBiSi is a cross between an ironing board and a car jack – simply turn the handle on the corner to raise or lower the surface. (more…) View the full article

Every day this week Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs will pick one of his favourite extracts from our Dezeen Book of Ideas, which is available for just £12 and makes a lovely Christmas gift. First up is a homemade toaster by Royal College of Art graduate Thomas Thwaites. (more…) View the full article

Reactions to a Zaha Hadid project for Beijing being copied by a developer in another Chinese city lead Dezeen Mail issue 133, which also features the latest news, jobs and reader comments from Dezeen. Read Dezeen Mail issue 133 | Subscribe to Dezeen Mail View the full article

Stockholm 2013: French-Dutch design duo Färg & Blanche will present a chair that can be dressed up in an assortment of garments at Stockholm Design Week, which gets underway today (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

News: Danish studio Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) and American firm Ralph Appelbaum Associates (RAA) have been chosen to design a Lego visitor experience centre in Billund, Denmark. (more...) View the full article

News: the American Institute of Architects (AIA) has named the ten winners of its annual Small Project Awards, including a concept for a house in the desert with four bedroom towers (above) and a concrete playground pavilion with hidden chimneys (below). (more...) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: online design retailer Fab is calling for entries to its Disrupting Design competition in New York on 21 May. (more...) View the full article

Designer Yves Behar of San Francisco studio Fuseproject has launched his OUYA open-source game console. (more...) View the full article

Product news: Copenhagen design firm KiBiSi designed this low-energy pendant lamp by scaling up the shape of a classic light bulb. (more...) View the full article