Dezeen Wire: a group of Palestinian business leaders are working on a Palestinian national brand and will launch the first campaigns later this year. The move coincides with an appeal for the UN to admit Palestine as a full member state - Financial Times
German studio Archifaktur has inserted felt-lined caves and green-floored playrooms into the loft of a 1930s primary school (photographs by Zooey Braun). More »
Hopkins’ hyperbolic paraboloid-shaped Velodrome for the London 2012 Olympics (above) is one of six projects shortlisted for the RIBA Stirling Prize 2011. More »
Amsterdam studio Sander Architecten designed cardboard meeting rooms inside a bank in the Netherlands. More »
Dezeen Wire: as the UK government reviews design technology’s status as a compulsory school subject, industrial designers Seymourpowell have released a movie featuring Paul Smith, James Dyson and others talking about the importance of design education. More »
These dresses by Montreal fashion designer Ying Gao move as if they’re breathing. More »
French architect Jean-Luc Fugier has designed a contorted timber hut to house a parking ticket machine. More »
Furniture designers’ obsession with clamps has taken a new turn with this stool held together with one of the woodworking tools. More »
London studio Post-Office have completed a boutique in Notting Hill with rails made of bronze-plated scaffolding. More »