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In this movie by Gwenael Lewis, designer Omer Arbel talks about the story behind the 14 Series lights he produced under-the-radar in a barn to create a chandelier for Canadian lighting company Bocci. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: Swedish design studio Form Us With Love has launched a watch for new Swedish brand TID Watches – and the first ten customers who pre-order the watch at Dezeen Watch Store will get special-edition signed packaging by the designers (+ interview). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen promotion: the Design Industry ceramic tile collection by Italian company Refin features two ranges of tiles that resemble metallic surfaces and cement finishes. (more…) View the full article

Danish architects Tredje Natur and PK3 have designed a series of artificial islands that will transform Copenhagen's harbour into a recreational area filled with wildlife and water sports (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Visitors to an exhibition of work by architects Haptic can take a rest inside a wooden cabin filled with coloured light and smoke (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

Italian industrial designer Diego Vencato has created a collection of wooden textiles (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Scroll on for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with Theis + Khan (who designed Bateman's Row, pictured above, which was shortlisted for the 2010 RIBA Stirling Prize), SOA Architects, MAD Architects and Tom Dixon, plus this is the last chance to apply for roles with Foster + Partners, Habitat, Russell Sage Studio and more... (more...) View the full article

Japanese designer Kouichi Okamoto has made a tape cutter with a curved edge that he uses to create drip-like patterns (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

Roughly hewn concrete gives a rocky texture to the walls of this Alpine holiday home by Austrian studio Marte.Marte Architects (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

The first batch of designer Michael Young's updated Moke beach buggys has been produced, ahead of the car's launch later this year (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

A raw concrete interior is contained behind the white limestone facade of this townhouse in Lisbon by ARX Portugal (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Bacteria from personalities including artist Olafur Eliasson, curator Hans Ulrich Obrist and chef Michael Pollan have been used to make human cheese as part of an exhibition about synthetic biology in Dublin. (more...) View the full article

Comedy skyscraper stories dominated August, when a Spanish residential tower was reportedly built without a working elevator and a Chinese businessman made himself a home resembling a fake mountain on top of a Beijing housing block (pictured). (more...) View the full article

Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: in our first movie looking at the interface between design and technology, Andy Millns of 3D production company Inition claims virtual reality will soon become almost indistinguishable from the real world. (more...) View the full article

Pale bricks are arranged in a herringbone pattern on the outer walls of this compact house in north-east London that local architect Zoe Chan designed and built for herself (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Black panels of corrugated iron clad the exterior of this lakeside wooden cabin in rural Victoria, Australia, by local firm Branch Studio Architects (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

News: a new generation of 3D printing pens will "improve the creativity of everybody" and "give the world a new way to communicate," according to the designer of the Lix pen, which launched on Kickstarter this week and has already raised over £400,000 (+ interview). (more...) View the full article

Venice Architecture Biennale 2014: four machines trace patterns in piles of sand to reveal plans of buildings, neighbourhoods and cities in this installation at the Israeli Pavilion (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

A travelling abattoir highlights the reality of meat production and examines how it can be made more humane in this project by Royal College of Art graduate Janice Tseng Lau. (more...) View the full article

Stockholm designer David Taylor has combined brushed aluminium and polished brass with waste material found on the site of a former iron foundry to create a series of candle holders. (more...) View the full article

Belgian studio Unfold has developed a set of instruments that measure physical objects and transfer the dimensions to a digital model in real time on screen (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

The Philadelphia Museum of Art is hosting an exhibition of products by Swiss brand Vitra to celebrate the company's American ties (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Dezeen's design editor Dan Howarth picks 10 of his favourite gadgets from this year, including a robotic fish tank and a vaginal activity monitor. (more…) View the full article

A curving wall of rammed earth channels a stream of water around the edge of this horse riding centre near Melbourne, by London studio Seth Stein Architects and local firm Watson Architecture + Design (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Finnish designer Iiro A Ahokas has created a tea set that fits neatly together inside an insulated cup shaped like a "bawdy" test tube. (more…) View the full article