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Competition: we’ve teamed up with Page One Publishing to give away five copies of Jyanzi Kong’s new architecture book, Geometry of the Unconscious. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The London Design Festival may be over but Dezeen Space is still open at 54 Rivington Street, London EC2A 3QN until 16 October. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: the Royal Institute of British Architects‘ Future Trends Survey for September points to a drop in the number of architectural practices anticipating increased demand for their services. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

No more searching around for a pencil sharpener in the bottoms of pen pots or backs of drawers: this waste-paper bin by Korean designer Giha Woo has a sharpener in the lid so it’s waiting right where you need to use it. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This school in Porto by Portuguese studio AVA Architects has lime green walls inside and out, and is filled with green furniture. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Stockholm 2012: London designer Samuel Wilkinson presents a table with legs that are sharpened like pencils at the Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair, which opens today. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Slideshow: the glazed walls of this pavilion-like house in southern Germany are sandwiched between a roof and plinth that mirror one another (photographs by Zooey Braun). (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Skyscrapers in Seoul: Chicago architects Murphy/Jahn have designed two towers under one roof for the western side of South Korea’s new commercial centre, the Yongsan International Business District of Seoul. (more…) View the full article

Menswear is displayed like tools in a shed at this shop in Stockholm by local designers Form Us With Love. (more…) View the full article

German designer Valentin Loellmann used hazel branches to create the knobbly legs of these benches, tables and stools. (more…) View the full article

New York artist Nova Jiang has created a mechanical maze that rearranges itself as you move through it (+movie). (more…) View the full article

In the next movie filmed for the Stepney Green Design Collection we curated, east London designer Donna Wilson talks about the knitted tree with creatures nestled inside it that she contributed. (more…) View the full article

Three sandstone wings protect an inner courtyard from fierce coastal winds at this seaside house in Ireland by Tierney Haines Architects. (more…) View the full article

Our first Dezeen Watch Store pop-up of 2013 is now open as part of the Seven Dials Presents pop-up shop on Neal Street in Covent Garden, London. (more...) View the full article

Stockholm 2013: these bent wood chairs by Japanese studio Nendo flick out at the back as if they're wearing capes. (more...) View the full article

Opinion: in his latest column, Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs discusses why gated communities are "becoming the default setting in towns and cities around the world" and asks whether it matters who owns the land beneath our feet. (more...) View the full article

News: work has started on a football stadium in Bordeaux, France, by Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron. (more...) View the full article

News: Barcelona officials are outraged over plans to construct a 300-metre "space hotel" - complete with a zero-gravity spa and vertical wind tunnel - on an artificial island off the coast of the city. (more...) View the full article

A jumble of wooden boxes provide a compact storage solution in this São Paulo micro apartment by Brazilian architect Alan Chu (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

From the outside this house in Nagoya by Japanese architect Tetsuo Kondo looks like a pile of overlapping boxes, but inside it opens up to form one big bright space (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Dezeen's World Design Guide has created a digital map of West End Design District - one of the key districts during this year's London Design Festival, which started yesterday and runs until 22 September. (more...) View the full article

News: Dutch fashion designer Iris van Herpen's Voltage collection featuring 3D-printed garments has been awarded the Golden Eye prize at this year's Dutch Design Awards. (more...) View the full article

This headquarters for an oil and gas company in Mexico City features a square pool of reflective oil in the centre of the lobby (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Behind a shimmering aluminium facade, the rooms of this Montreal house are organised around a three-tiered courtyard that allows daylight to funnel through to every storey (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Metal pipes and lightbulbs previously used on squid fishing boats are used to make a sculptural light that hangs from a double-height space in the centre of this Aesop skincare store in Kyoto (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article