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Brooklyn creative agency An Aesthetic Pursuit has designed a bold rental house in Maine with furniture and products that guests can purchase. Read more View the full article

Dezeen Wire: safety concerns have led local officials in Shanghai to propose the introduction of a regulation banning the use of glass curtain walls on new schools, hospitals and residential buildings - China Daily A number of recent incidents involving falling glass in the city, which has the highest number of glass-clad buildings in China, have led to concerns that poor installation and maintenance are increasing the chances of injury to the public. </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: Nicolas Hayek, founder and chairman of Swiss watch company Swatch Group, has died in Biel, Switzerland, aged 82 - New York Times </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Scroll down for the latest update from our recruitment site Dezeenjobs, including jobs with Acconci Studio in New York, e15 in Germany and LS:N Global in London, plus this is the last chance to apply for roles at Priestmangoode, Design Miami/, B&B Italia and more… (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Yves Béhar of San Francisco design firm fuseproject has designed an affordable family of office chairs inspired by suspension bridges for Herman Miller. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Frankfurt designer Kai Linke has created a series of vases and side tables by sand-blasting timber to enhance the texture of the grain then casting the resulting shapes in ceramic. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Slideshow: Danish architects 3XN have completed a riverside cultural centre in Norway with glass hills outlined on its facade. (more…) 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

Faceted glass triangles create glowing crowns around a trio of stadiums for the World University Games currently taking place in Shenzhen. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Ribbons of mesh spiral around two conical bridges by French architect Dominique Perrault that cross a river and park in Madrid. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Movie: Thomas Heatherwick talks about his studio’s tradition of sending unusual handmade Christmas cards in this interview filmed by Dezeen at Heatherwick’s exhibition at the V&A museum in London. (more…) View the full article

Architects mihadesign have completed a Tokyo house with sloping skylights, suspended lofts and a staircase that spirals around a wall. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This extension to a mill-keeper’s house on the Norfolk Broads by London studio Acme has been awarded the RIBA Manser Medal 2010 for the best new house in the UK. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This cluster of asymmetric wooden huts houses a museum dedicated to the craft of paper-making in a mountainside village in rural China. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Haller modular furniture can be used to create a "third space" between the workplace and the home, say Thomas Dienes of USM and Ren Yee of UNStudio in this movie produced by Dezeen during Milan design week. Read more

Mexican architecture firm RIMA Design Group has connected several structures made from rammed earth with wood pergolas to form an arts centre in Los Cabos, Mexico. Read more View the full article

Aki and Arnaud Cooren of Paris studio A+A cooren have designed a glass vase with a vortex-shaped void in the middle. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London designer Simon Hasan has hand-made 400 bowls, cups and vases from boiled leather, which he will sell via a vending machine. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A vintage El Camino parked outside this house in Austin designed by Texas firm Mark Odom Studio adds to its mid-century modern aesthetic. Read more View the full article

This split-level terraced house has been completed by 05 AM Arquitectura on a narrow plot in Girona, Spain. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

 Dezeen Space: Victoria Spruce and her sculptural shoes are the stars of our micro-exhibition Dezeen Platform at Dezeen Space today. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

British studio Fletcher Crane Architects have won a competition to design a waterside office building on the river Aire in Leeds, UK. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

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

Rotterdam and Paris architects Ooze have collaborated with artist Marjetica Potrc to create a community garden and water treatment plant on an island in Essen, Germany. (more…) </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