Check out the latest issue of Dezeen Mail for all the best stories and comments from Dezeen, including an upside-down skyscraper, sculptural shoes and stools made in an explosion. There's also an update from Dezeen Wire, the latest movies on Dezeen Screen and all our new competitions and jobs. Take a look at Dezeen Mail issue #78 here.

Dezeen Mail is sent out every couple of weeks and you can subscribe here.

Australian skincare brand Aesop have launched in New York with a kiosk at Grand Central that's made from over 1000 copies of the New York Times. More »

We've made a few changes to Dezeen which hopefully will make it easier for people to navigate the site and find what they want, without detracting from the clarity and simplicity of our layout.  More »

Tiny dimples and raised dots cover these ceramic tiles by French designers Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec. More »

Dutch architects Concrete designed flattened parasols of rusted steel to shelter the terraced restaurant outside a historic castle in Girona, Spain. More »

With all six permanent venues completed and the opening ceremony exactly one year away, here's a roundup of all our stories about the London 2012 Olympics. See all the stories »

The aquatics centre designed by Zaha Hadid for the London 2012 Olympic Games is complete. More »

A private balcony is concealed behind the black galvanised steel exterior of this house in Yao, Japan, by architect Yosuke Ichii. More »

These clothes by Montreal fashion designer Ying Gao curl and unfurl in reaction to light.

More »

Following our story about Shigeru Ban's apartments secured by rolling metal shutters, here's a concrete house near Stuttgart that can be sealed with sliding screens. More »

Dezeen Wire: The Telegraph shows 22 new aerial photos of the London 2012 Olympic Games venues - see the gallery here.

See all our stories about the London 2012 Olympic Games here.

After hours, rolling metal shutters fasten across these New York apartments designed by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban. More »

In this next movie in our series by publishers Laurence King, made to accompany Paul Jackson's book Folding Techniques for Designers, the author shows how to form spans and parabolas in a sheet of card. More »

Portuguese architect and set designer João Mendes Ribeiro has converted the former house of a poet into a writer's retreat (photos: Do Mal o Menos). More »