News: Dutch office UNStudio has won a competition to design a world trade centre in the growing city of Wenzhou, China, with proposals for a family of segmented skyscrapers. More about UNStudio to design Yongjia World Trade Centre
News: the founder of a new magazine celebrating the work of interns in the creative industry has spoken of the dangers of creating a culture on unpaid labour (+ interview + slideshow). More about Young people "can't afford to work for free" says Intern magazine founder
Dutch designer and Moooi art director Marcel Wanders explains why the design brand wanted to make a big impact at Milan this year in this movie filmed at Moooi's Unexpected Welcome exhibition. More about "I'm sure we had the most expensive exhibition at Milan this year" - Marcel Wanders
This family house in Nara, Japan, is raised up on pilotis and residents have to enter using a staircase beneath the floor (+ slideshow). More about 4n house by Ninkipen!
Product news: these chandeliers by American lighting designers Rich Brilliant Willing feature glowing blobs of glass that dangle from aluminium rods. More about Gala chandelier by Rich Brilliant Willing
Zaha Hadid's soon-to-complete university building in Hong Kong and a debate surrounding unpaid internships feature in Dezeen Mail issue 161, along with all the latest news, jobs, competitions and reader comments from Dezeen.
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News: a camera that allows users to focus photographs after they've been taken has launched in the UK. More about UK launch of camera you focus after shooting
This streamlined sculpture by designer Gerry Judah features three Porsche 911s soaring up into the sky like rockets. More about Porsche Sculpture by Gerry Judah
Dezeen promotion: an exhibition dedicated to the work of British architect Richard Rogers opens at London's Royal Academy of Arts today. More about Richard Rogers RA: Inside Out exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts
News: D&AD chairman Dick Powell has moved to defuse the controversy over a speech advising young people to "work for nothing" in order to get a job in the creative industries. In a letter to Dezeen, Powell states that "there are no circumstances where working unpaid in any capacity is acceptable on any level" and adds: "I apologise to your readers who may wrongly have a different impression". More about Unpaid work is not "acceptable on any level" says Dick Powell
News: six buildings have been shortlisted for this year's Stirling Prize, including the overhaul of Sheffield's notorious Park Hill housing estate (above), an elliptical chapel and a museum that mimics volcanic formations. More about 2013 RIBA Stirling Prize shortlist announced
News: Dutch firm OMA has seen off competition from Danish studio BIG to land the high-profile commission to renovate Miami Beach Convention Center, home to the annual Art Basel/Miami and Design Miami trade fairs. More about OMA lands Miami Beach Convention Center commission
The towering fortress of fairy tale character Rapunzel inspired this steel-clad house extension that accommodates the three oldest daughters of Austrian architect Stefan Marte (+ slideshow). More about Maiden Tower by Marte.Marte Architects
An integrated pulley system allows items to be hoisted up and down around this workstation by Italian design graduate Micaela Nardella (+ slideshow). More about CRANE-IT by Micaela Nardella
News: a fat-wheeled electric concept vehicle that you ride standing up like a child's scooter has achieved its funding target on Kickstarter, allowing final development to go ahead (+ slideshow). More about Scrooser electric scooter gets funding boost
We take a tour through the staircases, gyms and study areas of Steven Holl's Campbell Sports Centre at Columbia University in the second of two movies by architectural filmmakers Spirit of Space. More about Movie: Campbell Sports Centre by Steven Holl Architects
Architect Steven Holl describes how the design for his new athletics centre at Columbia University was based on a diagram for a football strategy, in the first of two movies by architectural filmmakers Spirit of Space. More about "The concept was based on a football diagram" - Steven Holl on Campbell Sports Centre
The facade of this black and white house by British architect Matthew Heywood is sliced up into irregular shapes to mimic the crooked angles of tree branches (+ slideshow). More about Trish House Yalding by Matthew Heywood
News: young people wanting to start a career in design should offer to work for free, according to Dick Powell, chairman of design charity D&AD. More about Graduates should "work for nothing" says D&AD chairman
