Clothes and accessories are ensconced in an elaborate lattice of wood at an Amsterdam boutique designed by Dutch studio Doepel Strijkers. More »

Light floods into this Kyoto house by Japanese studio FORM/Kouichi Kimura Architects through a light well in its enormous chimney. More »

From the side, this sofa by Iskos-Berlin for Danish brand Versus bears a passing resemblance to its canine namesake, Snoopy. More »

Paris 2012: Spanish designer Jaime Hayón presents these figurines for porcelain brand Lladró at Maison & Objet in Paris this weekend. More »

Five years ago we were the first to publish images of an apartment designed for Kanye West by architect Claudio Silvestrin, following a chance encounter with the musician during Design Miami 2006. More »

Dezeen archive: following our story this week on a public promenade in a disused railway tunnel, here's a roundup of all Dezeen's stories about tunnels. See all the stories »

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This desk lamp by Berlin studio Böttcher+Henssler for Slovenian lighting brand Vertigo Bird can be adjusted by sliding the aluminium tube through a hole in the maple base and kept in place by gravity alone.  More »

Spinning the wine bottle-shaped shutters in the windows of this Prague shop reveals a wall of wine racks inside. More »

This time last year Dezeen was in Cologne for the annual furniture fair, where we saw a sofa you could wrap around yourself, a chair bent from a single sheet of aluminium and a rocking horse shaped like a vase. We also teamed up with [D3] Design Talents to host a series of talks with 12 designers who launched their careers at the young designers’ showcase, which you can watch over on Dezeen Screen. More »

Dutch architect Erick van Egeraat has completed a mixed-use block in Hamburg with a facade that parts like a pair of red curtains. More »

This week Richard Meier & Partners unveiled designs for a 34-storey tower in Mexico City, SOM won a competition to design a skyscraper for China with proposals that incorporate a 30-storey-high opening window and the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat in Chicago released a report that revealed a record number of skyscrapers were completed in 2011. More »

In this last movie in our series of interviews with designers who'll be part of Dezeen Watch Store and friends at trade show Interiors UK from Sunday, Carl Clerkin of All Lovely Stuff presents their charming and functional wooden products, including the Animals of Whittling Wood. More »

Competition: we've teamed up with Dutch author Jeroen Junte to give readers the chance to win one of five copies of his new book, Hands On: 21st Century Dutch Design. More »

Cologne 2012: Japanese designer Yota Kakuda has created this collection of small wooden storage and display units for French brand Ligne Roset. More »