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Both weddings and council assemblies take place beneath the double gabled-roof of this hall at the medieval centre of a German village (photography by Roland Halbe). (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with German watchmaker Nomos Glashütte to give readers the chance to win a Tangente watch, which features a mechanical system, Arabic numerals and tempered blue hands (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Italian design gallery Secondome have launched these handblown glass pieces by 5.5 designers, Sam Baron, Joost van Bleiswijk and Kiki van Eijk at Maison & Objet in Paris this week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Hong Kong designer Michael Young has created two collections of watches for brand o.d.m. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: In this interview filmed in Milan last month, London designer Philippe Malouin tells us about The Yachiyo metal rug, which is handmade from galvanised steel wire. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: Antilia, the “world’s most expensive house”, has been completed in Mumbai, India - Time </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This underground railway station with criss-crossing concrete beams is by Hungarian firm Spora Architects and currently under construction in Budapest. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Polish architect Mateusz Baumiller has merged deep-pink walls, velvet furnishings and wooden fixtures to soften the industrial shell of this creative office in Warsaw. Read more View the full article

Public Works has built a water-heating system powered by compost that warms a bench at the Oslo Architecture Triennale to demonstrate the potential of the system. Read more

Italian designer Fabio Novembre will present this robot-shaped shelving unit for design brand Casamania in Milan next month. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Brothers Adrian and Jeremy Wright of London based design studio DesignWright have released this set of stackable. colour-coded stationary in collaboration with design brand Lexon. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2012: wonky curtains, a disco ball and framed X-ray photographs can be found at the temporary apartment in Milan where design brand Maison Martin Margiela are presenting new furniture this week. (more…) View the full article

This week on Dezeen, the world paid tribute to the "incredible life" of Chinese-American architect IM Pei, who passed away on Thursday aged 102. Read more

Every staircase designed by Geoffrey Bawa is unique says David Robson, the leading expert on Sri Lanka's best-known architect. In a Dezeen exclusive, he picks out the 10 that are most worth knowing. Read more

French designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have created a collection of tableware for Italian brand Alessi. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

We’ve teamed up with luxury outdoor furniture brand Dedon to give away five copies of Dedon: Coming Home, a limited-edition collection of photographs by American photographer Bruce Weber. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Pyramidal chimneys perforated by square windows draw light into the playrooms of a Japanese nursery by Archivision Hirotani Studio. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2011: industrial designer Konstantin Grcic launched this armchair inspired by windsurfing and paragliding equipment for design brand Vitra at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

VDF products fair: The Val collection by Konstantin Grcic for Swiss manufacturer Laufen consists of flexible and dynamic designs that rethink the proportions of bathrooms. Read more View the full article

BeL Architects of Germany have transformed a listed former railway workers’ house in Cologne into a family home. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: a system that extracts moisture from air like a desert-dwelling beetle has won this year’s James Dyson Award for students working on innovative engineering solutions. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Japanese designers Nendo will draw black and white floorboards that appear to flow around plinths for their solo show at the National Taiwan Craft Research and Development Institute later this month. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: the latest watch by Swedish designer David Ericsson for VOID, the V01 LED, is now available at Dezeen Watch Store and you can also try one on before Christmas at our pop-up The Temporium, where readers get 10% discount on all Dezeen Watch Store products. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

DezeenTV: in this next movie in our series of Dezeentalks at [D3] Design Talents, Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs talks to the three joint winners of this year’s [D3] Contest young designers competition; Julien Renault, Jessica Hansson and Rémi Bouhaniche.Click on the symbol in the bottom right of the video player above to view the movie in full-screen [...]</img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The LLOVE exhbition currently on show in Tokyo comprises a hotel with rooms created by Dutch and Japanese designers, including this one by Pieke Bergmans filled with an enormous undulating mattress. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article