Dezeen archive: packaging for carrying fresh fish home from the supermarket (top left) was popular on Dezeen earlier this week, so we've grouped together all our stories about packaging, including T-shirts wrapped up to look like food and gift boxes shaped like cartoon characters. See all all the stories »
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Urban improvement projects in neighbourhoods across America are presented on stripy blinds that can be pulled down from the ceiling of the United States Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2012 (+ slideshow). More about United States Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2012
Chairs used in the wheelchair rugby event at the London 2012 Paralympics are designed to withstand heavy impacts and be easily manoeuvrable. More about Paralympic design: wheelchair rugby
Curator Justin McGuirk tells us why his Golden Lion-winning installation about a community living in a vertical slum in Caracas could set an example for new forms of urban housing, in this movie we filmed at the Venice Architecture Biennale. More about "Why should the poor live in slums if there are empty offices in the city?" - Justin McGuirk
Stockholm designer David Taylor sees his latest series of candlesticks as a crowd of friends that changes over time when some of them are bought and others are made to replace them. More about Crowd Candlesticks by David Taylor