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London designer Charlotte Kingsnorth will present a collection of fat chairs at Designersblock in London next week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London designer Moritz Waldemeyer created the laser effects for pop star Ellie Goulding‘s music video Lights. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Industrial designer Yves Béhar of San Francisco studio fuseproject is our featured designer this week. See all our stories about him by clicking here. We also now stock his new Vue watch for Issey Miyake over at Dezeen Watch Store. </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Belgian studio adn Architectures have renovated this old farmhouse in Walhain, Belgium. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Behind the sliding doors of a corrugated steel shed near Paris is an artist’s studio with a double-height atrium and translucent rear wall. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Creative agency Havas has designed a new brand identity for British condom manufacturer Durex, which features a flattened logo written in One Night Sans typeface in a bid to challenge "repressive" sexual norms. Read more View the full article

The Design Transfigured/Waste Reimagined exhibition at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art features projects that repurpose waste products. Dezeen's Kristine Klein has selected eight highlights, including shoes made from the byproducts of pineapple harvesting and vases sculpted using melted PVC pipes. Read more View the full article

French architects Studio Bellecour have completed a pair of office buildings near Toulouse, France, wrapped in aluminum fins and connected by a twisting concrete element. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Today we’re launching a Twitter concierge service to help readers navigate the London Design Festival. If you’re looking for tips or directions, we’ll be on hand to help you out via our @dezeen Twitter account. Later today we’ll be tweeting details of two parties our readers are invited to, so start following us now! (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The Los Angeles film producer behind American Psycho has created a cantilevered mirrored house near Joshua Tree National Park, designed to look like a New York skyscraper on its side. Read more View the full article

Scroll on for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with The Architecture Foundation, Studio Toogood, Thomas Heatherwick, UNStudio and more, plus this is the last chance to apply for roles with Vitsœ, Tom Dixon and more… (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Moving on to our top five Dezeen stories from August this year, this house with a spiralling concrete slide by Indonesian architects Aboday was also our most popular story of the whole year. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen are in Venice for the opening of the Venice Architecture Biennale 2010 where Lisbon firm Aires Mateus Architects are exhibiting these houses with sandy floors, photographed by Nelson Garrido. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> 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

DezeenTV: here’s a movie showing Tokujin Yoshioka’s tank of flying feathers on show at the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This desk lamp standing on three little legs is by designer Artem Zigert of Mechanical Piano Design in Kazakhstan. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: Dutch architect Winy Maas of MVRDV has been awarded the Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur, the highest decoration in France. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

As the Milan furniture fair begins, Alice Rawsthorn previews this year’s event in the New York Times and compares the design industry’s fortunes to previous years. Read the story. See all Dezeen’s stories from Milan 2011. </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Japanese architect Shunichiro Ninomiy used an atrium and small pool of water to admit light indirectly to the ground floor of this east-facing home in Osaka, Japan. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2011: Rotterdam designer Diederik Schneemann presents a series of vases and lamps made from recycled flip-flops found washed up on Kenyan beaches at Ventura Lambrate in Milan this week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

We’ve just sent the latest issue of Dezeenmail – take a look at it here. Dezeenmail contains a selection of Dezeen’s best stories and comments, along with all our latest competitions, jobs and highlights from Dezeenwire. You can subscribe here. </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

New York's Islyn Studio has overhauled an old lumber warehouse in Albuquerque, New Mexico and turned it into a sun-lit food hall with various spots to indulge. Read more View the full article

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. Dezeen podcast: Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs talks to James Dyson in this podcast recorded at the UK launch of Dyson’s new floor-standing blade-less fans. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: Bill Mitchell, former dean of the School of Architecture and Planning at MIT and one of the world’s leading urban theorists, had died aged 65. MIT News has published an obituary. </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Need a designer disguise? Estonian product designer Pavel Sidorenko has created this range of felt fake moustaches. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article