A playground covering the roof of this kindergarten in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, is dotted with wooden obstacles that function as light wells for the nurseries underneath (+ slideshow). More about Mukou Leimondo Nursery School by Archivision Hirotani Studio
Diagonally laid timber planks create zig-zagging patterns across the exterior of this church in Cologne by German architects Sauerbruch Hutton (+ slideshow). More about Immanuel Church and Parish Centre by Sauerbruch Hutton
Welsh designer Kieren Jones has devised a concept for harnessing the destructive power of erupting volcanoes by using lava flows to cast components for buildings. More about The Volcano Project by Kieren Jones
Design studio Weiss—heiten used emerald-coloured tiles to cover the walls, floors and surfaces of the new Berlin store for skincare brand Aesop (+ slideshow). More about Aesop Mitte by Weiss—heiten
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Portuguese studio Belém Lima Arquitectos has perched a pair of gabled cabins on the edge of a dam in northern Portugal to provide a public boathouse and cafe (+ slideshow). More about Cais Bagaúste by Belém Lima Arquitectos
Dutch Design Week 2013: architecture studio Onix has inserted a wooden staircase inside a medieval Dutch church to provide access to the apex of the bell tower (+ slideshow). More about Toren van Uitwierde staircase by Onix
Dutch Design Week 2013: Dutch firm Bierman Henket architecten has added an extension shaped like a rugby ball on top of a neo-classical museum in the city of Zwolle (+ slideshow). More about Museum De Fundatie by Bierman Henket architecten
Dutch Design Week 2013: designer Christien Meindertsma has compiled photographs of hundreds of jumpers knitted by an elderly woman into a book and organised a flashmob in her honour (+ movie). More about The knitting collection of Loes Veenstra by Christien Meindertsma
London College of Fashion graduate Barbora Veselá has layered-up leftover scraps of leather to create striations based on rock formations on the surface of these shoes (+ movie). More about Geology of Shoes by Barbora Veselá
Movie: architect David Kohn explains how his studio transformed a neglected Barcelona apartment into World Interior of the Year 2013 in this exclusive video interview Dezeen filmed at Inside Festival in Singapore. More about "There was all this potential but it was being held back by the architecture"
Wire-encased lights are suspended above oak-topped counters at this bakery in Poland by designer Maciej Kurkowski (+ slideshow). More about Przystanek Piekarnia Bakery by Maciej Kurkowski
Product news: Dutch designer Arian Brekveld based the design of this lounge chair on the shapes of seats in cars. More about VIK lounge chair by Arian Brekveld for Spectrum
A smog-removal machine and a modular phone concept (pictured) are among the highlights from Dutch Design Week, which we've been covering for the past seven days. More from Eindhoven, plus this week's architecture and design news and our Dezeen Music Project featured track follow. More about This week on Dezeen
Young Serbian architect and 3D artist Milan Stevanović created these convincingly photo-realistic renderings of an imaginary Scandinavian interior furnished with favourite design pieces he found on the internet. More about Scandinavian Shades of White photo-realistic images by Milan Stevanović
Dutch Design Week 2013: from synthetic biology to 3D printing, technologies that could signal the future of fashion are demonstrated in garments and accessories at an exhibition in Eindhoven (+ slideshow). More about Future Fashions exhibition by You Are Here and Glamcult Studio
This week's job of the week on Dezeen Jobs is a position for transport/ product designers at Priestmangoode, whose concept for high-speed trains that would transfer passengers while still moving is pictured. Visit the ad for full details or browse other architecture and design opportunities on Dezeen Jobs.
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Dutch Design Week 2013: Dutch artist Arne Hendriks proposes shrinking the human population to an average height of 50 centimetres as a way to reduce the amount of food and natural resources we consume. More about The Incredible Shrinking Man by Arne Hendriks
News: Greater Manchester Police have issued a new statement following earlier claims that they had seized "component parts for what could be the UK's first ever 3D gun" after the 3D-printing community pointed out they may be harmless printer upgrade parts. More about Doubts emerge over police "first ever 3D gun" claims
Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with publishers ORO Editions to give away copies of a book about British firm Wilkinson Eyre Architects' cooled conservatories at Gardens by the Bay in Singapore (+ slideshow). More about Competition: five books about Wilkinson Eyre's cooled conservatories to be won