Our Dezeen Olympics continue as we award medals to the design and architecture of the London 2012 games. Today it's the three most commented stories and the runaway gold medallist is the ArcelorMittal Orbit by Anish Kapoor and Cecil Balmond (above), with over 300 passionate comments. More about Dezeen Olympics: most commented Olympic designs
This conceptual skyscraper by Brazilian architects Projeto Coletivo would be constructed using rubbish in the city of São Paulo. More about Scrap Skyscraper by Projeto Coletivo
Faye Toogood has filled a pop-up fashion boutique in London with rubber-coated furniture and glass tabletops mounted on piles of industrial fabrics. More about Furniture by Faye Toogood for Opening Ceremony
Dezeen promotion: fashion designer Vivienne Westwood (above) is to design the foyer for the Decorex International trade show from 23 to 26 September 2012 in London. More about Decorex International 2012
A suspended net provides a hammock over the staircase of this apartment in Porto by architects OODA. More about 227 Flat by OODA
This library by London architects Studio Egret West looks like a row of books (+ slideshow). More about Clapham Library by Studio Egret West
Dezeen Wire: London studio Hat Trick Design have produced a set of Royal Mail stamps featuring iconic architecture from the capital to celebrate the London 2012 Olympics. More about Olympic stamps by Hat Trick Design
The London 2012 Olympics are well underway and every day this week we'll award medals to design and architecture created for the games, starting with the three most popular stories. The Olympic Torch by BarberOsgerby takes the gold, with over 40,000 pageviews. More about Dezeen Olympics: most popular Olympic designs
A boxy wooden staircase twists up through the floors of this design store in Shanghai by architects Neri&Hu. More about Design Collective by Neri&Hu
Google's new London headquarters by designers Penson features Union Jack flags, balcony gardens and allotments where staff can grow vegetables (+ slideshow). More about Google Super HQ by Penson
Dezeen Wire: after a spectacular unveiling on Friday, the London 2012 Olympic Cauldron designed by Thomas Heatherwick is proving controversial. Detractors complain that it's hidden out of sight for most visitors to the Olympic Park, only on show for those with tickets to events inside the main stadium, and last night the Cauldron had to be extinguished while it was moved aside to make way for sporting events.
Read more about the Cauldron's design in our earlier story here and see all our stories about the London 2012 Olympics here.
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This milking stool by Danish designer Rasmus B. Fex has interlocking legs like a puzzle. More about Milk by Rasmus B. Fex
Dezeen Wire: officials say the ancient Colosseum in Rome, one of Italy's most popular attractions, has started to tilt and may need urgent repairs - Guardian
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Dezeen Wire: angered that architects, engineers and suppliers have been unable to promote their Olympics-related work because of a marketing agreement with London 2012 organisers, New London Architecture chair Peter Murray aims to provoke debate on the subject at today's Creative Industries Summit in London by wearing a T-shirt listing all the architects and engineers involved in London 2012. More about NLA chair launches T-shirt protest against Olympic marketing rules
Dezeen Wire: Guus Beumer has been named director of a new institute for architecture, design and electronic culture that is due to launch in January in the Netherlands. More about Guus Beumer appointed director of new Netherlands design institute
Digital data is visualised as kinks in a piece of thread to make an analogue, wall-mounted graph by design students Christian Ferrara and Jon McTaggart (+movie). More about Pulse by Christian Ferrara and Jon McTaggart
Dezeen Wire: the seminar programme for 100% Design in London this September has been announced and features a series of live shows curated by Dezeen and talks by designers including Ross Lovegrove and Yves Behar (above). More about 100% Design 2012 seminar programme announced
Plastic carrier bags glow like lamps from within two skips that Spanish lighting designers Luzinterruptus have placed at the entrance to the Gewerbemuseum in northern Switzerland. More about Plastic Garbage Guarding the Museum by Luzinterruptus
Florida-based firm Oppenheim Architecture + Design and Swiss studio Huesler Architekten have created offices for themselves in an eighteenth century building in northern Switzerland and constructed a new house in the garden behind (+ slideshow). More about Kirchplatz Office and Residence by Oppenheim and Huesler Architekten
Japanese designer Morie Nishimura has made a series of hinged brass mirrors that look like butterflies when mounted on a wall. More about A Quiet Celebration by Morie Nishimura