Competition: Dezeen is giving readers the chance to win a set of Stackable Snowmen or Happy Little Trees Christmas decorations, both designed by Fruitsuper Design (+ movie). More about Competition: Stackable Snowmen and Happy Little Trees to be won
News: Aric Chen, curator of design and architecture for the new M+ museum for visual culture in Hong Kong, says the museum will take an unprecedented stance in "placing Asia at the centre" of design history, rather than on the periphery as western curators have done (+ audio + transcript). More about "For us, Asia is in the centre" - Aric Chen
Shanghai studio Archi-Union used differently sized bricks to make waves across the exterior of this restaurant and members' club at a cultural heritage park in Chengdu, China (+ slideshow). More about The Lan Xi Curtilage by Archi-Union
A residence on the edge of a cliff in Chile named D House is the fourth project from our A-Zdvent calendar, which is counting down the days until Christmas with houses named after letters of the alphabet. Read more about D House »
More about Dezeen's A-Zdvent calendar: D House by Panorama
IDEO UK design director Tom Hulme advocates that "designers should be more entrepreneurial" and design every part of a business in this movie we filmed as part of the Dezeen Live series of discussions during the talks programme at 100% Design during London Design Festival. More about "Designers should be more entrepreneurial" - Tom Hulme at Dezeen Live
Product news: three magnetic rings can be joined in different configurations to display the date on this table calendar by South Korean designer Jeong Yong. More about ONE calendar by Jeong Yong
New York studio Ray Kingston Inc. has developed a wireless speaker that you wear over your sneakers. More about Sneaker Speaker by Ray Kingston Inc.
News: a five-storey house that had stood for over a year at the centre of a Chinese motorway has finally been demolished. More about House in middle of Chinese motorway demolished
Huge photographic prints conjure the illusion of translucent marble over the glass walls of this music library at Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen, Germany (+ slideshow). More about Folkwang Library by Max Dudler
Work at home with fewer distractions behind the misty screen of this desk by Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Thijmen van der Steen. More about Fading Desk by Thijmen van der Steen
Light filters into rooms through chunky chimneys at this dark grey house in Ireland, which is behind the third door of our A-Zdvent calendar of houses named after letters. Read more about C-House »
More about Dezeen's A-Zdvent calendar: C-House by Dot Architecture and Soc-Arc
Earlier this year Slovenian firm OFIS Arhitekti transformed three baroque houses in Ljubljana into an apartment block with a secret courtyard, which is featured in this third movie from our series about the studio's work. More about Movie: Baroque Court Apartments by OFIS Arhitekti
Design Miami: strips of seaweed have left their mark on the photosensitive surfaces of these vases by Anglo-Dutch design duo Glithero, who will present the collection at Design Miami this week. More about Silverware by Glithero
Product news: Oslo designer Andreas Engesvik has created a series of blankets inspired by the textiles of Norwegian folk costumes. More about Bunad Blankets by Andreas Engesvik
Today’s window in our A-Zdvent calendar of houses named after letters of the alphabet is B House, a hillside cabin in Japan that generates all its own energy and heating designed by San Francisco firm Anderson Anderson Architecture. Read more about B House »
More about Dezeen's A-Zdvent calendar: B House by Anderson Anderson Architecture
Christmas shoppers in Madrid can stroll under glittering circles of LEDs designed by Italian architect Teresa Sapey (+ slideshow). More about Christmas lights in Madrid by Teresa Sapey
Unsure what to ask Santa for? We've made a new Pinterest board full of suggestions for Christmas presents and stocking fillers. Check out Dezeen's Christmas list on Pinterest »
More about New Pinterest Board: Dezeen's Christmas list
Welcome to our A-Zdvent calendar! As we count down to Christmas we'll be showcasing a house named after every letter of the alphabet. First up is House A in Osaka by architect Takeshi Hamada with a stark concrete gallery on the ground floor. Read more about House A »
More about Dezeen's A-Zdvent calendar: House A by Takeshi Hamada
Chilean architecture was popular on Dezeen this week, including a tiered residence with Pacific views (above) and an earthquake-proof house (below), plus here's our track of the week from Dezeen Music Project. More about This week on Dezeen
The final extract from our Book of Ideas selected by Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs this week is a 24-hour performance involving two janitors constantly sweeping lines of rubbish to represent the hand of a clock. More about Dezeen Book of Ideas: Sweeper Clock by Maarten Baas