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This Tokyo house by Japanese studio Naf Architect & Design has a climbing wall and ladders, in case the owners get bored of using the stairs. More about 3 Way House by Naf Architect & Design
French architects Djuric Tardio have designed a wooden tipi that could be mass-produced to provide miniature nurseries in the parks of Paris. More about Sticks by Djuric Tardio Architectes
Dezeen Wire: Apple designer Jonathan Ive was in London yesterday to receive his knighthood and give a number of press interviews, including this one for the Telegraph in which he says: "Design is a word that's come to mean so much that it's also a word that has come to mean nothing. We don't really talk about design, we talk about developing ideas and making products." More about Jonathan Ive receives knighthood
Architect Matteo Inches has completely rebuilt the inside of an old farm building in the Swiss town of Vacallo to create a house for the local mayor. More about Casa Rizza by Studio Inches
Designed in Hackney: these chandeliers by Hackney designer Stuart Haygarth were painstakingly assembled from found objects like discarded spectacles, plastic bottles or party-poppers. More about Designed in Hackney: chandeliers by Stuart Haygarth
Japanese architect Shigeru Ban has completed a New York store for footwear brand Camper where all the shoes are hidden away. More about House of Shoes by Shigeru Ban and Dean Maltz
Dezeen Wire: the UK government has announced changes in the law that will extend copyright protection of 'artistic' manufactured goods from just 25 years to the life of the creator plus 70 years, giving design the same term of protection as literature and art. More about UK copyright law changed to protect design classics
Skateboarding star Pierre Andre Senizergues wanted to skate over every surface of his new house, inside and out, so he turned to Californian architect Francois Perrin plus designer and skater Gil Lebon Delapoint to make it a reality. More about The PAS House by Francois Perrin and Gil Lebon Delapointe
Milan 2012: London designers Doshi Levien have designed an armchair and sofa for Italian brand Moroso that's inspired by Modernist architect Le Corbusier and the Indian city of Chandigarh that he masterplanned in the 1950s. More about Chandigarh by Doshi Levien
Figures appear as ghostly silhouettes behind the translucent white fabric that partitions these New York offices by architects SO-IL. More about Logan Offices by SO-IL
Movie: in this movie produced by Dezeen Studio, Hackney architects Patrick Theis and Soraya Khan explain the ideas behind the forms and detailing of their combined home, studio and gallery and discuss how they feel the building responds to its location in Shoreditch, the "naughty relative" of the City of London. More about Movie: Batemans Row by Theis and Khan Architects
Clerkenwell Design Week 2012: Clerkenwell Design Week is underway and visitors to the main venue arrive through an archway clad in 20,000 wooden hexagons by London designer Giles Miller. More about The Clerkenwell Archway by Giles Miller
Dezeen Wire: Japanese designer Takeshi Miyakawa has been accused of planting false bombs and arrested while installing his work in a New York street during the International Contemporary Furniture Fair. More about Designer arrested for "planting false bombs" in New York
Dutch designers Daphna Laurens have created a series of storage containers that partially conceal their contents behind metal grilles. More about Cover collection by Daphna Laurens
Slideshow: granite bleachers climb the exterior of this sports centre in Portugal by architects Barbosa & Guimarães, while a cantilevered, rusted-steel cafe looms over its entrance (photographs by José Campos). More about Centro Multiusos de Lamego by Barbosa & Guimarães
Dezeen Wire: Hackney Council have announced the call for entries to this year's Hackney Design Awards. More about Call for entries to the Hackney Design Awards
Dezeen Wire: the world's tallest broadcast tower opened to the public for the first time today in Tokyo - The Independent
The 634-metre-high structure, named the Sky Tree, overtakes the Canton Tower in China, which is 34 metres shorter. More about "World's tallest tower 'Sky Tree' opens in Tokyo" - The Independent
When asked to draw up plans for a cycle-hire shop in southern China, Dutch studio NL Architects thought it would be fun to put a velodrome on the roof. More about Bicycle Club by NL Architects
This house in Osaka by architects Suga Atelier has a faceted concrete exterior that looks like a rockface. More about House S by Suga Atelier