At the start of 2011 two of our most popular stories were about sex toys. New online brand Made to Pleasure invited customers to customise the shape of their toys, while designer Marc Dibeh designed one that discreetly tucks into the side of a bedside lamp. More about One year ago...
Architects CZWG have completed a bronzed, hexagonal library that leans across a dock in south London. More about Canada Water Library by CZWG
This week Peter Zumthor's memorial to suspected witches put to death in Norway captured readers attention, while David Chipperfield was confirmed as architecture curator for this year's Venice Biennale and rapper Kanye West announced plans to launch a design company. More about This week on Dezeen
Japanese architect Hiroyuki Tanaka added diagonal walls and blue lights to this Tokyo apartment. More about High-rise residence by Hiroyuki Tanaka Architects
In this movie filmed at Qubique 2011, student Milena Kling shows us an exhibition of projects from the University of Arts Berlin, which were completed in collaboration with material brand Alcantara. More about Alcantara and University of Arts Berlinat Qubique 2011
Italian studio LDA.iMdA Architects converted this former warehouse in northern Italy into a design showroom and then concealed it behind gauzy black curtains. More about Artwood Showroom by LDA.iMdA Architects
A ridged cloak of glazing would surround the extension to an art centre in Utah proposed by Californian architects Brooks + Scarpa. More about The Kimball Art Centre by Brooks + Scarpa
Chairs that double up as ladders, clotheshorses, shelves or lamps are part of a collection of furniture by Korean designer Seung-Yong Song. More about Objets by Seung-Yong Song
Dezeen Wire: rapper Kanye West has announced via his Twitter feed - @kanyewest - that he is to launch a design company named DONDA, which will be formed of creative thinkers from different industries.
The musician claims to be assembling a team that will include architects, designers and directors and has appealed for anyone interested to contact him at [email protected].
Click here to see more stories about Kanye West, including renders of his apartment from five years ago.
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The stairwell ascending through the centre of this Tokyo house is illuminated from a skylight and glows through translucent glass partitions. More about Urban Hut by Takehiko Nez Architects
Dezeen Platform: Dutch designers Merel Sloother, Liat Azulay and Pieter Frank de Jong talk about their prototype for a bicycle that plays records on its wheels as you ride, in this movie that we filmed at our micro-exhibition Dezeen Platform.
More about Dezeen Platform: Feats per Minute
This wooden house in Yokohama by Japanese architects Suppose Design Office has a garden behind its walls and a roof terrace beneath a ceiling. More about House in Seya by Suppose Design Office
Art and design studio CTRLZAK have launched a collection of tableware where half of each piece resembles traditional Chinese porcelain and the other side features a European design. More about Hybrid Collection by CTRLZAK studio for Seletti
A painted-timber skin that skirts around the top storey of this Hamburg house reveals the heights of staggered floors inside. More about Haus W by Kraus Schoenberg
Dezeen Platform: in this interview filmed at Dezeen Space, London designers JAILmake Studio talk about their Brick Replacement Service, which turned seeds and soil into bricks during a day at our micro-exhibition Dezeen Platform. More about Dezeen Platform: JAILmake
This high chair by Vienna designers Patrycja Domanska and Felix Gieselmann gives coffeehouse patrons a view over the heads of others. More about Homage to Karl by Patrycja Domanska and Felix Gieselmann
Following our recent roundup of stories featuring ice and snow, here’s a timber lodge outside Prague that was photographed days after a blizzard. More about House on the outskirts of Prague by Martin Cenek
Architect Peter Zumthor designed this memorial on an island in Norway to commemorate suspected witches who were burned at the stake there in the seventeenth century (photographs by Andrew Meredith). More about Steilneset Memorial by Peter Zumthor and Louise Bourgeois
Dezeen in Israel: these high-heeled shoes disguised as birds are by designer Kobi Levi, whose footwear resembling inflatable sex dolls caused a stir amongst our readers back in November. More about Bird Series by Kobi Levi
Japanese architect Shinya Miura has completed a house in Shizuoka with three courtyards concealed inside. More about Izukougen House by Atelier Shinya Miura