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Studio Tada is presenting a haptic fingernail during the VDF x Ventura Projects collaboration that allows users to experience touch virtually. Read more View the full article

Today, Virtual Design Festival has teamed up with CAMP, Prague's centre for architecture and urban planning, to present a day of talks, starting with a live lecture by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma from 10:00am UK time. Read more View the full article

VDF products fair: Meet is a porcelain surface collection with a wood-like finish, developed by Caesar Ceramics to suit both contemporary and classical interiors. Read more View the full article

Designers FærID of Iceland exhibited a picnic set made of birch with a plaited leather strap at Design March in Reykjavík last week. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Es Devlin, Zoé Whitely, Marc Spiegler and others will join a live panel discussion organised by Therme Art for VDF, which will examine the value of cultural events amidst global unrest. Watch here from 5:00pm UK time. Read more View the full article

Milan 2010: British designer Thomas Heatherwick presented a chair resembling a spinning top at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan earlier this month. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London designer Ross Lovegrove has launched this LED pendant lamp for Japanese lighting brand Yamagiwa. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Hello readers! Over the weekend we installed a new system for submitting and managing comments – scroll to the bottom of any story (including this one) to see it in action.The Intense Debate system allows readers to log in using Twitter, Facebook and other popular networks, respond to comments by others and vote for their [...]</img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Swedish architects Visiondivision have created this undulating concrete habitat for crayfish in a stream in Sweden. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: we’re having a January sale at Dezeen Watch Store, with discounts of up to 35% on watches including Hu by Ross Lovegrove (above). (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: food company Del Monte have begun a trial packaging individual bananas in plastic wrappers. The company claim the packaging extends the shelf life of bananas by up to six days – Daily Mail </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2011: Dezeen will be at Ventura Lambrate in Milan all next week, where we’re collaborating with Yves Behar and Jawbone on the JamScape installation and showcasing our Dezeen Watch Store collection as well as making video documentaries about events and exhibitions in the district for our forthcoming movie website www.dezeenscreen.com. If you’re exhibition there and want us to feature you and your work read on… (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dutch studio MVRDV have won a design competition to build a Comic and Animation Museum in Hangzhou, China, formed of eight giant balloon-shaped forms. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dutch designer Kiki van Eijk has created this series of 14 mantle clocks, each made from a different metal wire or finish. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: the London 2012 Olympic medal design unveiled yesterday “fails to impress branding experts,” reports Sam Jones for the Guardian. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milanese collective Carnovsky have decked out east London bar and gallery DreamBags-JaguarShoes in their wallpaper that changes under different lighting conditions. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen archive: a waterside summerhouse in Norway (top left) was popular on Dezeen this week, so here’s a roundup of all our stories about Norwegian architecture and interiors. See all the stories » See all our archive stories » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Customers can leave their children playing downstairs and dine beside a four metre-high model elephant at this Bucharest restaurant. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: architecture critic Rowan Moore claims that corporate facilities integrated into the plans for the controversial London River Park would turn it into a “gigantic hospitality suite with a fairly nice walkway threaded through it” – The Observer Moore describes architects Gensler‘s proposal as “the latest example of a widespread type of the 21st century, the pseudo-public space.” He criticises the design for the walkway and rentable pods, describing them as “offensively indifferent” to their historical surroundings and says the project organisers should learn from New York’s High Line park in order to turn a good idea into a popular public space. See our pre…

Scroll on for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with University College London, Dominique Perrault Architecture and Vitsoe, plus this is the last chance to apply for roles with Nokia, UN Studio and more… (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

In this second instalment in our series of articles on technology and design supported by computing brand Intel, we look at how our online lives and physical environments will become increasingly entwined. (more…) View the full article

Dezeen archive: this week on Dezeen we’ve featured a series of stories on skyscrapers in the Yongsan International Business district in Seoul, so now we’ve grouped together all our stories about South Korea. See all the stories » See all our archive stories » View the full article

Royal College of Art graduate Gaspard Tiné-Berès has designed slippers made from just one piece of felt and a shoelace (+ movie). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen Wire: six buildings have been shortlisted for this year’s RIBA Stirling Prize, including the London Olympic Stadium by Populous (above) and two projects by OMA. (more…) View the full article

Stray balls aren’t a problem on the rooftop tennis court of this sports centre in western Poland by PL.architekci, thanks to the cage that covers the building (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article