This raw concrete house in Tokyo was designed by Japanese firm Apollo Architects & Associates as a family home for a couple whose interests include contemporary art and cars (+ slideshow). More about Apollo Architects creates spaces for artwork and cars in raw concrete Grigio house
Our job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is for a 3D visualiser with architect David Chipperfield, who is reconfiguring the Royal Academy of Arts in London (pictured). Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
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Sydney design studio Sibling has installed a grid system based on 3D rendering programmes to define the working areas within the new Australian headquarters for digital animation studio Squint/Opera (+ slideshow). More about Sibling installs wireframe "matrix" in Squint/Opera's Melbourne office
This staircase inserted into a terraced house in London features alternating treads that make the most of a tight space, and perforated steel surfaces that allow light to filter through. More about DBLO Associates adds perforated steel staircase to refurbished London home
NeoCon 2015: French designer Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance has created a collection of lozenge-shaped seats for American brand Bernhardt Design, intended to break up large public spaces like lobbies and lounges (+ slideshow). More about Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance creates colourful modular seating for Bernhardt Design
Protruding windows and overlapping walls create the impression of picture frames on the exterior of this office and studio for a photographer in Seoul, completed by local firm Studio GAON (+ slideshow). More about Studio GAON creates multiple frames on Seoul photography studio facade
Opinion: designers could offer beautiful, meaningful and lasting alternatives to the mass-produced souvenirs offered inside London's tourist shops, says Will Wiles. More about "Can design reclaim and redeem the humble souvenir?"
Pomo summer: Aldo Rossi's unfinished San Cataldo Cemetery in Modena, Italy, is considered one of the first and most important Postmodern buildings. As part of our Postmodernism series we explore how the architect, who denied being part of the controversial movement, designed the seminal building in 1971 while recovering from a car crash (+ slideshow). More about Postmodern architecture: San Cataldo Cemetery by Aldo Rossi
Converse has released a movie explaining the changes it has made to its classic Chuck Taylor All Star basketball sneakers, which have been redesigned for the first time in over 80 years. More about Movie shows features of Converse's redesigned Chuck Taylors
Zaha Hadid's mountain museum (pictured), Converse's classic trainer redesign and the latest Walkie Talkie skyscraper scandal feature in Dezeen Mail issue 264. There's also the latest news, jobs and reader comments from Dezeen.
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Muji announced the roll out of Japanese designer Naoto Fukasawa's minimal kitchen appliances internationally last week. Here's a look at some of the other products he has created for the design brand, including his iconic CD player (pictured), a suitcase, and even ballet shoes (+ slideshow). More about Minimal luggage, clocks and footwear among Naoto Fukasawa's products for Muji
It's been a big week for trainers: Converse has redesigned its classic Chuck Taylor All Star for the first time in almost 80 years while Zaha Hadid and Pharrell Williams have collaborated on a pair of Adidas shell toes (pictured). See all our stories about sneakers »
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Hall + Bednarczyk Architects paired rugged sandstone with contemporary details to create this rural house in Wales, which pays homage to vernacular barns (+ slideshow). More about Sandstone-clad house in Wales designed by Hall + Bednarczyk to resemble local barns
Different wooden backrests and armrests slot into the top of this aluminium chair by Japanese studio Nendo. More about Nendo's Twig chair features interchangeable wooden tops
This shelter for the remains of a Roman villa in Gloucestershire, England, is wrapped in slats of untreated larch so that it will blend peacefully into the landscape over time (+ slideshow). More about Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios designs larch-clad shelter for Roman ruins
Italian brand Boffi will present a modular kitchen system by Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola at its Chelsea showroom during London Design Festival 2015 (+ slideshow). More about Patricia Urquiola's Salinas system for Boffi is based on her grandfather's kitchen
The upper storey of this forest house near Ottawa projects out from the landscape, creating a cantilevered living room offering views through the trees towards a nearby lake (+ slideshow). More about Canadian forest retreat by Christopher Simmonds stretches out towards lake views
Brooklyn ceramics studio Object and Totem has launched a wearable ring-shaped vessel, based on a circular 19th-century flask (+ slideshow). More about Object and Totem's hip flask fits on the wrist like a bracelet
Rippled facades create curved balconies for the residents of this apartment building completed by NEXT Architects in the Chinese city of Fuzhou (+ slideshow). More about NEXT Architects creates rippled facade for Fuzhou apartment block
Bblur Architecture has won approval to wrap a giant slide around the Anish Kapoor-designed ArcelorMittal Orbit sculpture in London's Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. More about "World's longest and tallest tunnel slide" to wrap Anish Kapoor sculpture in London's Olympic park