Dezeenwire: UK architects will be required to pay statutory minimum wage to students on placements as of 1 July, according to new RIBA rules: More about UK architects must pay minimum wage for student placements
London designer Mathias Hahn talks to Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs in our next movie from Dezeentalks at [D3] Design Talents, filmed at imm cologne earlier this year. More about Dezeentalks at [D3] Design Talents: Mathias Hahn
Ladders link the first floor, mezzanine and skylight of this house in Sapporo, Japan, by Akasaka Shinichiro Atelier. More about Small Box House by Akasaka Shinichiro Atelier
Milan 2011: German design firm Nils Holger Moormann will present this leaning coat stand by designers Martin Pärn and Edina Dufala-Pärn at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan next month. More about Lodelei by Martin Pärn and Edina Dufala-Pärn for Nils Holger Moormann
Competition: we've teamed up with It's Nice That magazine to give away five copies of Issue #5 of their bi-annual printed publication. More about Competition: five copies of It’s Nice That Issue #5 to be won
New Zealand architects Gascoigne Associates have completed this Japanese restaurant lined with wooden slats in Auckland, New Zealand. More about Cocoro by Gascoigne Associates
Dezeenwire: the latest RIBA Future Trends Survey reports growing confidence among UK architects. More about “Growing confidence amongst practices” - RIBA Future Trends Survey
The fifth in our series of Dezeentalks at [D3] Design Talents features designer German designer Stefan Diez talking about factories, working conditions, mittens for motorcycles and sex tourism.
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Designer David Taylor of Stockholm has created a series of candle holders made from layers of silver, steel and beech for Stockholm craft collective Konsthantverkarna. More about KHV60 by David Taylor
Russian architects Arch-group and French studio Sade Sarl last week won an international competition to design a Russian Orthodox church and cultural centre beside the Eiffel Tower in Paris. More about Cultural and Spiritual Russian Orthodox Center in Paris by Arch group and Sade Sarl
Danish architects Bjarke Ingels Group have won a competition to masterplan a new gateway to Stockholm at the intersection of two motorways. More about Stockholmsporten masterplan by BIG
British architect John Pawson has designed images of ribbons to show support for Japan that can be downloaded in exchange for a donation to disaster relief following the earthquake and tsunami earlier this month. More about Ribbons for Japan by John Pawson
French designer Matali Crasset has designed these jewellery pieces featuring tiny figures scuba diving, flying off with a jewel and perched on a unicycle. More about Le Buisson by Matali Crasset
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London designer Shay Alkalay of Raw Edges is next up in our series of movies from Dezeentalks at [D3] Design Talents filmed at imm cologne earlier this year. More about Dezeentalks at [D3] Design Talents: Shay Alkalay
Japanese interior designer Yukio Kimura has created this combined cafe, gallery and second-hand book shop in Osaka, Japan. More about Sorayumebako by Yukio Kimura
Milan 2011: Dezeen, Jawbone and industrial designer Yves Behar have teamed up to invite readers to create tracks for an audio installation at Ventura Lambrate in Milan next month. More about Win a Jambox! Dezeen, Jawbone and Yves Behar seek soundscapes for Milan
Here's another apartment renovation in Barcelona by Spanish studio Arquitectura-G (see their El Born apartment in our earlier story). More about Apartment in Barcelona by Arquitectura-G
In this movie recorded at Somerset House in London author Max Fraser talks about his Joy of Living project, where designers including John Pawson, Michael Wolfson and Brodie Neill donated artworks based on graph paper to raise money for a cancer charity. More about Interview: Max Fraser at Joy of Living
Spanish studio Arquitectura-G have renovated this apartment in the El Born area of Barcelona by adding wooden storage and mezzanines. More about Apartment in El Born by Arquitectura-G