Dezeen archive: following our popular story on the smartphone with an old-fashioned rotary dial by Richard Clarkson (top left), we’ve grouped together all our stories from the Dezeen archives about telephones. See all the stories »

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An outdoor elevator by Spanish architects Vaumm connects the mountainside neighbourhoods of a Spanish town to those in the valley. More »

Dezeen Wire: the V&A museum in London has purchased work by designers including Nendo, BCXSY and Fredrikson Stallard using a new acquisition fund for contemporary design. More »

Industrial designer Konstantin Grcic presents these tables painted to look like Formula 1 cars at Gallerie Kreo in Paris. Update: this project is included in Dezeen Book of Ideas, which is on sale now for £12. More »

Dezeen Screen: Hong Kong designer Andre Fu is one of the judges of the Inside awards. In this movie filmed by Dezeen he talks about designing the Fullerton Bay Hotel in Singapore. Watch the movie »

Dezeen readers can save 25% on the price of entering the Inside awards and attending the festival in Barcelona from 2-4 November – simply quote VIP code DEZEEN when entering online atwww.insidefestival.com. Entries close on 30 June.

Dezeen Wire: plans by Zaha Hadid Architects to extend London’s Serpentine Gallery have been approved by Westminster Council. More »

Design Miami/Basel 2011: here are some images of installations at Design Miami/Basel by this year’s W Hotels Designers of the Future award winners Studio Juju, Asif Khan and mischer’traxler. More »

Competition: we have teamed up with Rafael Viñoly Architects to give away five copies of their new monograph, written by Rafael Viñoly and critic Philip Jodidio. More »

Dezeen Wire: the winners of the D&AD awards were announced at a ceremony in London last night.

Winners include the iPad and Plumen 001 light bulb in the consumer product design category, Thomas Heatherwick’s Seed Cathedral at Shanghai Expo 2010 and Studio East by Carmody Groarke in the spatial design section, and Puma’s Clever Little Bag in the packaging category.

See all the winning projects on the D&AD website.

Photographer Roland Halbe has sent us these images of an extension to a museum inside a ruined castle in Halle, Germany, by Spanish studio Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos. More »

Design Miami/Basel 2011: London designers Fredrikson Stallard present a series of crystal lamps resembling the human eye at Design Miami/Basel this week. Watch the designers explaining their work in this movie on Dezeen Screen.  More »

Two shipping containers provide a sea-facing observation deck atop this tower in South Korea by Portuguese artist Didier Faustino. More »

Designer Richard Clarkson has created a conceptual smartphone with a rotary dial. More »

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