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Dezeen Mail #92

Check out the latest issue of Dezeen Mail for all the best stories and comments from Dezeen, including interviews with Marc Newson and Fabio Novembre plus a slick skatepark, outdoor chairs joined like shopping trolleys and shoes with fangs.

There are also details of the new larger images on Dezeen, our 2012 Dezeen Watch Store collection, an update from Dezeen Wire, the latest movies on Dezeen Screen, plus all our new competitions and jobs. Take a look at it here.

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Rose Etherington | 16 February 2012 | Leave a comment
Ai Weiwei documentary screening in Berlin

Dezeen Wire: a documentary about controversial Chinese artist Ai Weiwei filmed by American journalist Alison Klayman is now screening at the Berlin International Film Festival. The movie follows the artist from 2009, when he was preparing for the Sunflower Seeds installation at Tate Modern, up until his release from 81 days of detention. More about Ai Weiwei documentary screening in Berlin

Amy Frearson | 16 February 2012 | Leave a comment
Museum of Handcraft Paper by TAO

Slideshow: this cluster of asymmetric wooden huts houses a museum dedicated to the craft of paper-making in a mountainside village in rural China. More about Museum of Handcraft Paper by TAO

Amy Frearson | 16 February 2012 | 3 comments
Manifest Destiny! by Mark Reigelman and Jenny Chapman

Brooklyn artist Mark Reigelman and San Francisco architect Jenny Chapman have installed a wooden hut in an unusual city location – suspended on the side of a San Francisco hotel like a bird box. More about Manifest Destiny! by Mark Reigelman and Jenny Chapman

Amy Frearson | 16 February 2012 | 9 comments
Competition: five DIY Furniture books to be won

Competition: Dezeen and publishers Laurence King are offering readers the chance to win one of five copies of DIY Furniture: a step by step guide. More about Competition: five DIY Furniture books to be won

Dan Howarth | 16 February 2012 | 2 comments
Beater by Ding3000 for Normann Copenhagen

Stockholm 2012: the prongs of this whisk by Hanover studio Ding3000 for Danish brand Normann Copenhagen fold away for neat storage. More about Beater by Ding3000 for Normann Copenhagen

Rose Etherington | 15 February 2012 | 3 comments
Dezeen Platform: Mirna Kerr

Dezeen Platform: in this movie we filmed at our micro-exhibition Dezeen Platform last autumn, young Croatian designer Mirna Kerr presents her jewellery made of bulldog clips, cable ties and plumbing components. See photos and read more about her work in our story on Dezeen. More about Dezeen Platform: Mirna Kerr

Rose Etherington | 15 February 2012 | Leave a comment
Halo by Benjamin Hubert for David Design

Stockholm 2012: Londoner Benjamin Hubert has designed a fruit bowl for Swedish brand David Design with concentric circles milled out of a slice of oak, cut deeper as they approach the centre to form a stepped dish. More about Halo by Benjamin Hubert for David Design

Rose Etherington | 15 February 2012 | 8 comments
Alpine Ski Apartments by OFIS Arhitekti

This scaly apartment block in alpine Slovenia appears to have had its corners sliced away to create triangular balconies. More about Alpine Ski Apartments by OFIS Arhitekti

Amy Frearson | 15 February 2012 | 1 comment
Goodnight Day by JamesPlumb

London designers JamesPlumb present a solo show of their work in Geneva this month, including a three-piece suite made by inserting cast concrete seats between the carved frames of a reclaimed sofa and armchairs. More about Goodnight Day by JamesPlumb

Rose Etherington | 15 February 2012 | 2 comments
La Cros Factories by Díaz&Díaz Arquitectos

Slideshow: the stripped concrete skeletons of three former factories in A Coruña await conversion into public buildings by Spanish architects Díaz&Díaz. More about La Cros Factories by Díaz&Díaz Arquitectos

Amy Frearson | 15 February 2012 | 5 comments
Zap' Ados by Bang Architectes

Slideshow: French studio Bang Architectes has converted a former peanut factory in Calais into a skateboarding park with a bright orange mesh facade (photos by Julien Lanoo). More about Zap' Ados by Bang Architectes

Amy Frearson | 14 February 2012 | 12 comments
Heart Chair by Claesson Koivisto Rune for David Design

More Valentine's design: Claesson Koivisto Rune presented this chair with a heart-shaped back at Stockholm Furniture Fair last week. More about Heart Chair by Claesson Koivisto Rune for David Design

Rose Etherington | 14 February 2012 | 6 comments
The Kimball Art Centre by BIG

Slideshow: architects BIG have won a competition to renovate and extend an art centre in Utah with proposals that will be built from railway sleepers reclaimed from the Great Salt Lake. More about The Kimball Art Centre by BIG

Amy Frearson | 14 February 2012 | 29 comments
Silestone Slab Vases by Form Us With Love for Cosentino

Stockholm 2012: Swedish designers Form Us With Love presented vases comprising slabs of quartz compound slotted onto a metal frame in Stockholm last week.

More about Silestone Slab Vases by Form Us With Love for Cosentino

Rose Etherington | 14 February 2012 | 2 comments
Little Romance by Lee Washington

Since it's Valentine's day, London designer Lee Washington has created a set of bookmarks shaped like little men with cut-out hearts. More about Little Romance by Lee Washington

Ayeshah Zolghadr | 14 February 2012 | 1 comment
House in Aoto by High Land Design

Japanese architect Masayoshi Takahashi of High Land Design has completed a house in Tokyo with a squared spiral staircase at its centre. More about House in Aoto by High Land Design

Amy Frearson | 14 February 2012 | 9 comments
House K by TANK

Kitchen cabinets made from concrete blocks and removable patches of carpet that function as flip-flops can be found inside this Tokyo apartment by architects TANK. More about House K by TANK

Amy Frearson | 13 February 2012 | 9 comments
Suburban Studio by Ashton Porter Architects

A single-storey studio at the bottom of the garden of a semi-detached house in London creates a separation between work and domestic life for its residents. More about Suburban Studio by Ashton Porter Architects

Dan Howarth | 13 February 2012 | 11 comments
Beaugrenelle Shopping Mall by Agence Search

French architects Agence Search have won a competition to design a Paris shopping mall with proposals involving giant elliptical lattices. More about Beaugrenelle Shopping Mall by Agence Search

Amy Frearson | 13 February 2012 | 17 comments