Dezeen promotion: the 23rd Biennial of Design (BIO 23) will take place from 27 September to 11 November 2012 at the Museum of Architecture and Design in Ljubljana, Slovenia, and the organisers are accepting applications from exhibitors now. More about Call for entries to BIO 23
Slideshow: while the face of this waterside house near Amsterdam is cloaked in perforated aluminium, the rear is entirely glazed so that residents can watch the sun setting. More about Rieteiland House by Hans van Heeswijk
Dezeen today launches a new initiative to celebrate the incredible diversity of design talent in the east London borough of Hackney.
Designed in Hackney will showcase world-class architecture and design created in the borough, which is one of the five host boroughs for the London 2012 Olympic Games as well as being home to Dezeen's offices.
Each day from tomorrow until the games this summer, Dezeen will publish buildings, interiors and objects that have been designed in Hackney, creating a unique guide to the borough's rich and diverse design community.
Dezeen Wire: politician, author and barrister Lord St John of Fawsley has died aged 82 - Guardian
He was chairman of the Royal Fine Art Commission from 1985 to 1999, when it was succeeded by the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (now Design Council CABE, following a merger last year).
French graffiti artist Tilt has swamped one half of a Marseille hotel room in decoration, while the other half remains completely blank. More about Panic Room by Tilt
Dezeen Wire: Dezeen's editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs is among those interviewed by design editor Alyn Griffiths for this month's Port Magazine in a feature entitled RIP CMYK, charting the shift from paper to pixels in design journalism and asking why it works. Read the full article here.