This week on Dezeen
This week Chinese architect Wang Shu of Amateur Architecture Studio in Hangzhou was named 2012 Pritkzer Prize laureate and we rounded up his key projects. More about This week on Dezeen
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Koloro-desk by Torafu Architects
This desk by Japanese studio Torafu Architects looks like a doll's house, with little windows in the walls and a pendent lamp inside. More about Koloro-desk by Torafu Architects
Coat-hanger Chopper by Michael Schoner
Dresses whirl past on a radio-controlled coat hanger in this installation by Amsterdam-based German designer Michael Schoner at the Droog flagship store in Amsterdam. The movement was controlled by manipulating two fans, taken from computers, at the top of the mobile while bags of sugar and salt provided counterweights. More about Coat-hanger Chopper by Michael Schoner
H-supplies Kit by Dialoguemethod
Slideshow: Seoul studio Dialoguemethod made this stationery set by layering up birch plywood with coloured paper. More about H-supplies Kit by Dialoguemethod
House in Iizuka by Rhythmdesign
A small wooden dining table at the heart of this house in Fukuoka, Japan, is overlooked from every other room. More about House in Iizuka by Rhythmdesign
Volksbank Gifhorn by Stephan Braunfels Architekten
The subtly different proportions of two concrete gables fronting a bank building in northern Germany create the illusion that one side is fatter than the other. More about Volksbank Gifhorn by Stephan Braunfels Architekten
Noma FoodLab by 3XN
Danish architects 3XN have transformed a warehouse at popular Copenhagen restaurant Noma into an experimental food laboratory filled with modular wooden furniture and star-shaped lighting. More about Noma FoodLab by 3XN
Dezeen Platform: Pia Wüstenberg
Dezeen Platform: in the last of our series of movies filmed with Dezeen Platform exhibitors, Royal College of Art graduate Pia Wüstenberg presents her pieces made from processed paper, which include pendant lamps and a folding table with paper vases for legs. More about Dezeen Platform: Pia Wüstenberg
Dezeen Mail #93
Check out the latest issue of Dezeen Mail for all the best stories and comments from Dezeen, including open-source eyewear, impossible buildings and Kengo Kuma's take on Starbucks.
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Corkers by Monkey Business and Reddish
Slideshow: Israeli studios Monkey Business and Reddish have designed these pins for making little animal characters from wine corks at the dinner table. More about Corkers by Monkey Business and Reddish
Trunk House by Paul Morgan Architects
Forked tree branches framing this house in southeast Australia were intended by architect Paul Morgan to resemble the sun-bleached kangaroo and sheep bones scattered around the surrounding woodland. More about Trunk House by Paul Morgan Architects
University of Applied Arts Vienna by Wolfgang Tschapeller
Austrian architect Wolfgang Tschapeller has won a competition to overhaul the University of Applied Arts Vienna with proposals that include facade-climbing staircases and giant balloons. More about University of Applied Arts Vienna by Wolfgang Tschapeller
Dezeen's top ten: spectacles and shades
This month our readers' opinions were divided over the open-source WikiGlasses made of 18mm plywood (top right) so here's a roundup of our most popular stories about spectacles and shades. More about Dezeen's top ten: spectacles and shades
Dezeen Platform: Philippe Malouin
Dezeen Platform: this next instalment in our series of interviews with exhibitors at Dezeen Platform features London-based Canadian designer Philippe Malouin, who showed his modular bowls made of waxed concrete at Dezeen Space last autumn. More about Dezeen Platform: Philippe Malouin
Hôtel de Police / Charleroi Danses by Ateliers Jean Nouvel and MDW Architecture
Slideshow: French architects Ateliers Jean Nouvel and Belgian studio MDW Architecture have collaborated on designs for a new police headquarters on a former police cavalry site in Charleroi, Belgium, which now also accommodates a dance school. More about Hôtel de Police / Charleroi Danses by Ateliers Jean Nouvel and MDW Architecture
Form Pendants by Form Us with Love for Design House Stockholm
Stockholm studio Form Us with Love has launched a range of lighting for Swedish company Design House Stockholm featuring blown-glass pendants in circular, square and triangular shapes. More about Form Pendants by Form Us with Love for Design House Stockholm
Dutch Mountain by Denieuwegeneratie
Slideshow: Amsterdam design studio Denieuwegeneratie have buried a woodland villa beneath a mound of earth at a Dutch nature reserve. More about Dutch Mountain by Denieuwegeneratie
Light Stage House by Future Studio
Slideshow: Japanese architects Future Studio conceived the rooftop terrace of this Hiroshima house as a stage, with its audience in the living room and kitchen. More about Light Stage House by Future Studio
Dezeen Platform: Thomas Hudson
Dezeen Platform: University of Sheffield graduate Thomas Hudson created a fictional model of a home in Berlin for twentieth century writer Walter Benjamin, exhibited at Dezeen Platform at Dezeen Space last year. Here he explains the ideas behind his project. More about Dezeen Platform: Thomas Hudson
Moments in Time by Dominic Wilcox
London designer Dominic Wilcox has expanded his series of sculptures featuring tiny characters balanced on watch hands with three new scenes tackling protest and surveillance. More about Moments in Time by Dominic Wilcox