Dezeen Wire: Sir Terence Conran is launching a competition with the British government to give communities the chance to design housing for their local areas. More about Sir Terence Conran invites communities to design housing
Wooden louvres mask the facade of this apartment block in South Korea by local studio Smart Architecture. More about Louver Haus by Smart Architecture
London Design Festival: These felt candle holders by Amsterdam designer Siba Sahabi are inspired by the colours and silhouettes of Istanbul's skyline at dusk. More about Istanbul Twilight by Siba Sahabi
Thai architects Architectkidd built an outdoor shower room behind wooden screens on the balcony of this renovated apartment in Bangkok (+ slideshow). More about Bangkok Flat by Architectkidd
Caged balconies provide open-air corridors that are sheltered from harsh sunlight and tropical rain at this school in Vietnam by architects Vo Trong Nghia. More about Binh Duong School by Vo Trong Nghia
The latest movie from a series of interviews we filmed for the Design Museum Collection App for iPad features Design Museum director Deyan Sudjic talking about some of the iconic lights in their collection. Download the app free from the app store here. More about Design Museum Collection App: lights
This house overlooking the sea in southern Spain by MVN Architects comprises white rectilinear volumes on a base of travertine marble (+ slideshow). More about AA House by MVN Architects
Trinidadian architect Tara Keens Douglas presented a series of carnival costumes made from folded paper and twisted rope as part of her masters thesis. More about Ecstatic Spaces by Tara Keens Douglas
Shimmering aluminium panels are ridged like the top surfaces of bricks on the exterior of this country house in upstate New York by architects Grzywinski + Pons (+ slideshow). More about Dutchess House No. 1 by Grzywinski + Pons
Designers and artists including Paul Smith, Quentin Blake, Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen and Tracey Emin have customised classic Ant chairs by Arne Jacobsen, which will be auctioned in order to raise money for Jamie Oliver's Better Food Foundation. More about BIG Chair Project for Jamie Oliver at Republic of Fritz Hansen
As London design month continues at Dezeen Super Store, we are now stocking Punkt. alarm clocks and phones by Hackney designer Jasper Morrison. More about Punkt. Alarm Clock and Phone by Jasper Morrison at Dezeen Super Store
These wooden shoes by London-based footwear designer Cat Potter clamp around the wearer's feet and fasten with a metal hinge. More about Pernilla shoes by Cat Potter
A continuous band of lighting shines down onto a long concrete table at a Japanese restaurant in Sydney refurbished by architects Facet Studio (+ slideshow). More about Uchi Lounge 01 by Facet Studio
Czech studio Kibardindesign have created a 3D version of a digital clock face. More about White & White Clock by Kibardindesign
Spraying a wall with water creates graffiti with tiny points of light instead of paint in this installation by French artist Antonin Fourneau (+ movie). More about Water Light Graffiti by Antonin Fourneau for DigitalArti Artlab
Architect Peter Zumthor presents a series of his models in an old post office beside the Austrian gallery Kunsthaus Bregenz that he designed in the 1990s. More about Architectural models by Peter Zumthor
Slices of wood are layered in different combinations to make each animal in this toy menagerie by London design studio Yang:Ripol. More about Flat Zoo by Yang:Ripol
Online music label Curious Absurdities has contributed some great chill-out tracks to Dezeen Music Project over the past few months (check them out here), but this instrumental composition by Japanese artist Yu-Chi is something very different. In fact, existing somewhere between the beautiful and the bizarre, Marks of a Tear isn't much like anything we've featured on Dezeen Music Project before.
The track comes from Yu-Chi's recently released album Monochrome Clown, which is well worth a listen and is available to download for free.
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A weaver bird's nest was the inspiration for this wooden treehouse in Devon by London-based Jerry Tate Architects. More about Dartmoor Treehouse by Jerry Tate Architects
Gravel coats the exterior of this house in Japan by Keitaro Muto Architects, including a wedge-shaped block with outward sloping walls. More about Ginan House by Keitaro Muto Architects