Product news: the steel beam running through this compact bicycle by British industrial designer Ben Wilson means it can carry heavy loads on its front and rear platforms (+ slideshow + movie). More about Donky Bike by Ben Wilson
News: journalist Kieran Long has been appointed senior curator of contemporary architecture, design and digital at the V&A museum in London. More about Kieran Long appointed senior curator of architecture, design and digital at V&A
This stacking chair by Swedish designer Jens Fager is more flexible than you'd expect thanks to a springy mechanism that joins the back to the metal frame (+ slideshow). More about Feather by Jens Fager for Edsbyn
This narrow townhouse in Lisbon has bushy plants all over its body and a swimming pool on its roof. More about House in Lisbon by Luís and Tiago Rebelo de Andrade and Manuel Cachão Tojal
Product news: his stool by Norwegian designer Hallgeir Homstvedt is held up by three slim, curved legs inspired by skateboards (+ movie). More about Pal stool by Hallgeir Homstvedt for One Nordic
A home and studio for a photographer are contained inside this Corten steel bunker that Undercurrent Architects has squeezed beside and beneath the arch of a railway viaduct in south London. More about Archway Studios by Undercurrent Architects
Design Miami: architects and designers including Kengo Kuma, Toyo Ito, Shigeru Ban, MVRDV and Konstantin Grcic have designed a series of downloadable architectural structures that are just for dogs (+ slideshow). More about Architecture for Dogs curated by Kenya Hara
Interieur 2012: Dutch designer Richard Hutten has created a series of sofas and armchairs designed to resemble the icons on a smartphone screen. More about Apps by Richard Hutten for Artifort
Istanbul Design Biennial 2012: this movie shows how a custom printer continually updates a copy of the Open Source Architecture Manifesto Wikipedia entry, written on a wall in the entrance to the Adhocracy exhibition at the Istanbul Design Biennial. More about Open Source Architecture Manifesto movie
Product news: a ball of cork provides the stopper for this glass container by Czech designer Martin Jakobsen. More about Luno by Martin Jakobsen
The only windows at this concrete house in Moreira, Portugal, face one another across recessed patios. More about House in Moreira by Phyd Arquitectura
The upper floors are stacked at right angles across garages at this fire station in the Netherlands by René van Zuuk Architekten. More about Fire Station Dordrecht by René van Zuuk Architekten
Eindhoven design studio BCXSY used hand-blown glass in six grades of opacity, from transparent to white, to create a collection of glassware for Japanese design brand Inframince (+ slideshow). More about In Between by BCXSY for Inframince
Black-stained cedar clads this weekend house at the beach in Chiba, Japan, by Tokyo studio BAKOKO (+ slideshow). More about Onjuku Surf Shack by BAKOKO
This university building in Melbourne by Australian architects Lyons is covered in brightly coloured scales (+ slideshow). More about RMIT Swanston Academic Building by Lyons
Competition: Dezeen is giving readers the chance to win one of five books about Stanton Williams' Sainsbury Laboratory, the winner of this year's Stirling Prize. More about Competition: five copies of The Sainsbury Laboratory book to give away
Product news: Berlin-based product designer Dirk Winkel created this slim black desk lamp to show that plastic can be as solid and tactile as metal or wood. More about Winkel w127 by Dirk Winkel for Wästberg
It's coming up to Dezeen's sixth birthday and this week we've published our 10,000th story as well as our 100,000th reader comment! We've also gained our 200,000th Facebook follower, 100,000th Twitter follower and 40,000th Pinterest follower. Thanks to all our readers!
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Plywood boards in a variety of colours generated the multi-tonal concrete facade of this house in Yokohama by Japanese architects no.555 (+ slideshow). More about NDA Planter by no.555
UK designers David Ben Grünberg and Daniel Woolfson have devised a concept for a shape-shifting house that morphs to deal with changing times of day, seasons and weather conditions (+ movie). More about The Dynamic D*Haus by The D*Haus Company