Instead of applying coloured pigments to these vases, Scottish designer Dean Brown has placed the powder in glass tubes and suspended it away from the undecorated surfaces (+ slideshow). More about Glazing pigments and vases kept separate for A Matter of Colour exhibition
Architect Joris Verhoeven chose hand-moulded bricks for the walls of this asymmetric gabled house in the Dutch village of Riel (+ slideshow). More about House by Joris Verhoeven features handmade bricks and a lopsided roof
A plywood storage wall stores and displays furniture, ingredients and cooking apparatus at this Paris culinary workshop by architecture studio Septembre (+ slideshow). More about Tools and furniture hook onto a plywood wall in Paris cookery classroom by Septembre
Ian Anderson's Philadelphia-based ceramics studio has developed a collection of porcelain tableware by deforming traditional shapes, with the aim to increase, or at least maintain, the functionality of each piece (+ slideshow). More about Aandersson deconstructs archetypal vessels to create unusual ceramic shapes
Graduate shows 2015: traditional machiya houses in the Japanese city of Kyoto are under threat from modern development, so Royal College of Art graduate Adam Roberts proposes stacking them up to make them more cost and space efficient (+ slideshow). More about Adam Roberts proposes stacking traditional Kyoto dwellings to create "machiya towers"
This week we reported on the latest controversy to hit Rafael Viñoly's Walkie Talkie skyscraper (pictured) and Pharrell Williams and Zaha Hadid's collaboration for Adidas, and published the first piece in our summer-long series on Postmodernism. Click through for more of the biggest architecture, interiors and design stories from the past seven days. More about The biggest architecture and design stories on Dezeen this week
Chybik+Kristof Associated Architects stacked prefabricated construction modules horizontally and vertically to create this staff cafeteria at the factory where they are produced (+ slideshow). More about Prefab blocks used to build cafe at a modular construction factory in the Czech Republic
Do you ever dream of escaping the hustle and bustle of the city? Check out our new Pinterest board filled with stunning cabins in remote, isolated landscapes.
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Anodised aluminium panels surround windows and doors set into the angular concrete facades of this house in Tübingen, Germany, by Steimle Architekten (+ slideshow). More about S3 House is a concrete and aluminium villa by Steimle Architekten
Graduate shows 2015: Central Saint Martins graduate Firdaws Fourcroy has created a cutlery set that is deliberately difficult to eat with, aiming to help users relate to behaviour caused by schizophrenia (+ slideshow). More about Homemade Schizophrenia cutlery designed to increase empathy for "abnormal" behaviour
Music: Spanish director Joan Guasch has used 3D mapping and animation to distort and transform images of a man and woman in Delorean's music video for Crystals (+ movie). More about Psychedelic imagery twists and warps in Delorean's 3D-mapped Crystal music video
Graduate shows 2015: Larisa Bulibasa has developed a vision for the City of London in which a complex network of alleyways, dead ends and enclosed spaces evoke the bewildering financial practices conducted within. More about Larisa Bulibasa reimagines London's financial district as a disorientating labyrinth
London's Aram Gallery is hosting an exhibition of products by young designers who are working with ordinary materials and processes in "extraordinary" ways (+ slideshow). More about Young designers explore materials, products and processes in Aram Gallery exhibition
A fitted kitchen, a seating nook and a desk space are all contained in oak-lined recesses in the otherwise black walls of this apartment in Ljubljana, Slovenia by local studio Arhitektura d.o.o. (+ slideshow). More about Wooden niches contain work surfaces and storage inside Black Line Apartment by Arhitektura d.o.o.
The walls of this extension to a house in Melbourne feature a mismatched pattern of bricks and roof slates, sourced when part of the original building was demolished (+ slideshow). More about Bricks, doors and roof tiles recycled by Phooey Architects for Melbourne house extension
Crystal-covered strands in London designer Elaine Yan Ling Ng's Design Miami/Basel installation respond to movement nearby by curling and twisting, as shown in this movie filmed by Dezeen (+ movie). More about Elaine Yan Ling Ng's interactive Sundew installation coils in response to movement
New York architect Sharon Davis has completed a new housing complex for doctors and nurses in a village in rural Rwanda, which was built by local residents using regional materials (+ slideshow). More about Sharon Davis' housing for Rwandan healthcare workers is wrapped in eucalyptus screens
Our US job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for a communications manager at Selldorf Architects, which restored the original west-to-east orientation of the Clark Art Institute in Massachusetts to provide the institute space to house a permanent collection (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
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Pomo summer: patterned tiles, geometric screens and a bright yellow staircase were added to this apartment in Athens by local studio Point Supreme (+ slideshow). More about Point Supreme adds Postmodern touches to Nadja apartment in Athens
The logos for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games by Japanese graphic designer Kenjiro Sano have been unveiled by the event organisers. More about Tokyo unveils 2020 Olympics logo by Kenjiro Sano