News: Dundee, Bilbao, Curitiba, Helsinki and Turin have been awarded UNESCO City of Design status for their input to the international design industry. More about Five cities awarded UNESCO City of Design status
Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with British furniture manufacturer Vitsœ to give away five side tables originally created by German industrial designer Dieter Rams. More about Competition: five Vitsœ tables by Dieter Rams to be won
Concrete was cast over engineered wooden boards to give a textured finish to the walls of this apartment block in Zurich by Swiss architect Gus Wüstemann. More about Gus Wüstemann uses chipboard-textured concrete for Zurich apartment block
News: designs have been revealed for one of Zaha Hadid's smallest new structures – an advertising billboard for a stretch of road in west London that the architect says will "create a new genre in the roadside advertising canon". More about Zaha Hadid attempts to rethink roadside advertising with billboard design
News: BIG's competition-winning design for a new public square at London's Battersea Power Station has been revealed. More about Bjarke Ingels' public square for Battersea Power Station unveiled
Dezeen's A-Zdvent calendar is back for another year! For 2014, we're bringing you an iconic chair design every day in the run up to Christmas – starting with A: the Air-Chair by Jasper Morrison. More about Dezeen's A-Zdvent calendar: Air-Chair by Jasper Morrison
Colourful cakes and pastries are displayed in glass vitrines against a stark monochromatic backdrop in this Montreal patisserie by designers Atelier Moderno and Anne Sophie Goneau (+ slideshow). More about À La Folie patisserie contrasts colourful treats with a black and grey interior
This house in rural New York state by Anmahian Winton Architects is made up of timber-clad volumes that project from a hillside towards views of the surrounding forest (+ slideshow). More about Red Rock House by Anmahian Winton Architects sits on a forested New York hillside
Royal College of Art graduate Marina Stanimirovic has paired gold with Corian to create this collection of geometric wearable objects. More about Marina Stanimirovic launches jewellery made from Corian and gold
Swiss architect Max Dudler has completed a granite office building near Zurich featuring a regular gridded facade and a street-level colonnade (+ slideshow). More about Zurich office block by Max Dudler features a gridded granite facade
Inside Festival 2014: Virginia Lung of interior design firm One Plus Partnership explains why she used a palette of black and white for the interior of the Cine Times cinema in Hong Kong (+ movie). More about Black-and-white Hong Kong cinema interior evokes "old movies"
Open-source furniture designs and 3D-printed signage are found throughout the Small House Big Door boutique hotel in Seoul, by local studio Design Methods (+ slideshow). More about Design Methods fills Seoul hotel with open-source furniture
Corrugated polycarbonate panels create varying levels of insulation around the exterior of this Spanish house by local architects Casos de Casas, designed to be comfortable for residents throughout the year (+ slideshow). More about Casos de Casas' plastic-clad house designed to adapt to all the Spanish seasons
Swedish designer Fredrik Wallner has designed a flexible bathroom system for Stockholm brand Swoon that takes references from furniture in other parts of the home (+ slideshow). More about Fredrik Wallner's bathroom furniture for Swoon can be customised online
Following a string of popular projects from Finland, including a forest house with a bean-shaped roof, we've collected together the best architectural projects from the Nordic country and added them to a new Pinterest board.
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Five box-shaped blocks radiate out from the centre of this Barcelona house by Spanish firm RTA-Office, separating living areas from the client's workspace (+ slideshow). More about Five sprawling volumes make up Barcelona home by RTA-Office
Lithuanian designer Marija Puipaitė used the curves of her legs in different resting positions to generate the forms of these seats created for her Design Academy Eindhoven graduate project. More about Marija Puipaitė shapes Embracing Touch seats with the outline of her legs
Music: South Korean director Goateee has manipulated the faces and limbs of a couple to represent their emotional turmoil in this video for electronic musician Heo. More about Body parts appear to stretch and rip in Goatee's music video for Heo
Chilean architects Alejandro Soffia and Gabriel Rudolphy were set a strict budget for this seaside guesthouse complex, so they used standard dimensions to get as much value as possible out of their building materials (+ slideshow). More about Rough-sawn pine used to build low-cost Hostal Ritoque in Chile
Exposed brick walls, rugged wooden ceiling beams and chunky wooden staircases with zigzagging undersides feature inside this office block in London, recently renovated by Amin Taha Architects (+ slideshow). More about Amin Taha Architects peels back layers of plasterboard to create open-plan offices