Dezeen Platform: design graduate Ariane Prin uses an extruding machine to press pencils from waste materials she finds at the Royal College of Art workshops in her project From Here to Here, presented and filmed at our micro-exhibition Dezeen Platform. More about Dezeen Platform: Ariane Prin
Sugary treats are arranged like ingredients for potions inside this dimly lit patisserie in north Athens. More about Sweet Alchemy by Kois Associated Architects
London designer Phil Cuttance has built a machine to cast faceted vases that are unique every time. More about Faceture by Phil Cuttance
Australian designer Marc Newson has launched a camera for Japanese brand Pentax. More about K01 by Marc Newson for Pentax
A staircase at the centre of this Amsterdam apartment has risers that are almost but not quite at right angles to the treads. More about Singel by Laura Álvarez Architecture
Dezeen Wire: architect and structural engineer Charles Walker has been appointed head of architecture at the Royal College of Art in London, while designer Ab Rogers will become head of interior design. More about Charles Walker and Ab Rogers to head up architecture and interior design at RCA
Portuguese architects Comoco have added a weathered steel cafe and a wooden gazebo on the hill of a castle in the town of Pombal. More about Pombal Castle Hill by Comoco Architects
This coffee table by Rotterdam designer Reinier de Jong can be expanded by sliding the middle sections outwards in either direction. More about REK coffee table by Reinier de Jong
British architects Marks Barfield have designed a research centre for the Amazon Jungle with a bulging bamboo observation tower and over six miles of treetop bridges. More about Amazon Science Centre by Marks Barfield Architects
London studio Gundry & Ducker have added oak booths and stencilled tree-like graphics to the interior of an Italian chain restaurant in Hertfordshire, England. More about ASK Hertford by Gundry & Ducker
Dezeen promotion: Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair takes place from 7-11 February and is the world's largest event for Scandinavian design. More about Stockholm Design Week 2012
The monochrome, mosaic-clad classrooms at this preschool in Santa Marta, Colombia, are grouped into modular clusters around triangular courtyards. More about Timayui Kindergarten by el Equipo de Mazzanti
Dezeen Wire: design show Designjunction 2012 will take place at the Sorting Office, 21-31 New Oxford Street, London WC1 from 19 to 23 September during the London Design Festival and the organisers are now accepting applications from exhibitors. More about Designjunction 2012 - call for exhibitors
New design brand One Nordic Furniture Company will launch during Stockholm Design Week next week with an inaugural collection by Swedish studio Form Us With Love. More about Bento by Form Us With Love for One Nordic Furniture Company
Swedish studio Råk-Arkitektur have won a competition to design a cultural centre for a north London site believed to have once been the legendary realm of King Arthur. More about Camelot at Cockfosters by Råk-Arkitektur
You can’t miss this bright red psychiatric centre in Spain, where the differently pitched roofs are meant to reveal how much mental activity takes place in each room. More about Young Disabled Modules and Workshop Pavilions by José Javier Gallardo ///g.bang///
Austrian designer Nina Levett mixes imagery from punk and pop culture into her designs for textiles, wallpaper and ceramics. More about Making a Silk Screen by Nina Levett
This wristband by sports brand Nike tracks your movement throughout the day and gives you points for being more active. More about FuelBand by Nike+
The best escape route from a meeting at the Denmark office of toy brand Lego is down a metal slide. More about Lego PMD by Rosan Bosch and Rune Fjord
Dezeen Wire: Tom Campbell of BOP Consulting has published an article on the company's culture and creative industries blog slamming the UK government's new student immigration rules as "a potential disaster for the UK's creative and design sector."
The new regulations are due to come into effect in April and mean non-EU students will no longer have the right to apply to stay in the UK upon completing their studies, instead returning home and "taking their talents, intellectual property and entrepreneurial energies with them." Read the full article here.
More about "Turning inwards, going backwards": new student immigration rules