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Architect Thomas Hillier has created a model of a miniature world based on a story about the journey of a fictional couple through Europe in a caravan made of bread. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: the Victoria and Albert Museum in London have announced a shortlist of seven studios to design an extension to the museum on Exhibition Road – see press release below. More information on the competition website. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Colourful ceiling mosaics mark areas for different activities at this thermal spa in Vienna by 4a Architekten of Stuttgart. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Cologne 2011: Swedish design duo Glimpt presented these strawberry-inspired pendant lamps as part of [D3] Design Talents at imm cologne last week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Here are some photographs of Dezeen’s new offices at The Surgery in north London, designed by London studio Post-Office. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Coded patterns on this beaded dress by Royal College of Art graduate Thorunn Arnadottir feed information to smart phones when photographed. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London Design Festival 2011: British company Another Country presents its second range of furniture together with a new chair and collection of accessories at designjunction this week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: the U.N. World Intellectual Property Agency has reported a rise in the amount paid as royalties and licensing fees from $2.8 billion to $180 billion in the last 40 years, representing a 60-fold increase – The Washington Post The report shows that high income countries such as France, Germany, Japan, Britain and the United States continue to lead the way in research and development but that China’s share in the global market has risen from 2.2 percent in 1993 to 12.8 per cent in 2009. Last week we reported on measures being taken by the UK government to improve intellectual property laws, designer James Dyson also raised the issue when he accused a Chinese…

Dezeen Screen: in this next movie from our series of Dezeen Talks filmed at the Inside awards in Barcelona, Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs talks to Australian architect Ian Moore, whose monochrome conversion of a former grocery warehouse in Sydney won the residential category. Watch the movie » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: in this first instalment from a discussion chaired by Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs, Milan designer Fabio Novembre talks about his work and inspirations. We filmed the talk at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London as part of Peroni Nastro Azzurro’s series on Italian design. Watch the movie » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Skyscrapers in Seoul: the first of two stories about buildings that architect Daniel Libeskind has designed for the Yongsan International Business District that he masterplanned for Seoul, South Korea, features three towers inspired by the movements of a Korean Buddhist dance. (more…) View the full article

Tourists to a remote Swedish island will soon be able to abandon the hotel rooms of a luxury resort to sleep inside triangular huts on a deserted beach. (more…) View the full article

This week high-profile architects have been making the news, as Frank Gehry completed two homes for hurricane victims (above) and Zaha Hadid revealed designs for a limited edition speedboat (below). (more…) View the full article

The skinny west wing of this Tokyo house by Hiroyuki Shinozaki Architects is nine metres high, but less than two metres wide. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Italian firm Refin are launching a collection of patterned ceramic tiles with graphic design studio FM Milan at the Cersaie 2012 design event in Bologna this week. (more…) View the full article

This hill-top house by Portuguese architect Jorge Graca Costa was designed for a professional surfer and his family (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Car brand MINI has launched the Paceman: a cross between a sports activity vehicle and a coupé (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

The Barcelona Pavilion as you've never seen it before: Spanish architect Andrés Jaque has filled Mies van der Rohe's iconic structure with junk from its basement (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Competition: we're giving readers the chance to win one of five copies of a new book full of stories from the furniture design industry, which includes a chapter about the story of Dezeen. (more...) View the full article

News: a team of London "space architects" has developed a proposal for a lunar base that would be 3D printed by spider robots using microwaves, solar energy and lunar dust. (more...) View the full article

Milan 2013: Japanese design studio Nendo has unveiled a collection of glass vases inspired by patchwork quilts at the Dilmos Gallery in Milan this week. (more...) View the full article

Product news: British designer Benjamin Hubert has created a chair with a hammock-like back for Italian furniture brand Moroso. (more...) View the full article

News: disgraced fashion designer John Galliano has made his catwalk comeback with his inaugural haute-couture collection for Paris house Maison Martin Margiela. (more…) View the full article

A translucent plastic house in the woods is the location for a fantasy movie directed by architect Spanish architect Miguel de Guzmán that features a wolf, three bears and Little Red Riding Hood. (more...) View the full article

Product news: these angular lounge chairs and ottomans by Brisbane designer Alexander Lotersztain can be tessellated in an endless array of shapes and patterns. (more...) View the full article