Five years ago, when Dezeen was still in its infancy, we travelled to Cape Town for the 10th Design Indaba conference. From here, we shared links to movies showing Swedish designers Front questioning whether or not design makes people happy, as well as some snapshots from the party where guests included Jaime Hayon, Jasper Morrison, Michael Young and Neville Brody. More about Five years ago...
These earrings by Japanese jewellery designer Akiko Oue can be added to and reconfigured since they're made up of tiny magnetic circles. More about Mag・net・ic by Akiko Oue
Dezeen archive: the mobile sauna in Finland we published earlier this week has inspired this archive of projects that feature wood that's been charred, stained or painted black. See all the stories »
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English architects Designscape have reversed the orientation of a country house in Bath by adding a prominent glazed entrance to its rear. More about The Fosse by Designscape Architects
A year ago this week the Guangzhou Opera House designed by architect Zaha Hadid opened up in China. The curved timber velodrome was completed in London in preparation for this year's Olympic Games and Thomas Heatherwick was revealed as designer of the Olympic cauldron. More about One year ago...
Architects HWKN have won this year’s MoMA/P.S.1 Young Architects Program competition and will install a giant spiky structure that cleans the air in the courtyard of the P.S.1 Contemporary Art Centre in New York. More about Wendy by HWKN
This week we introduced slideshows of larger images to the top of selected stories on Dezeen - see the first few examples here, including a museum of handmade paper, stripped-out factories awaiting renovation and a skatepark in Calais. More about This week on Dezeen
Slideshow: overlapping openings in the walls and ceilings of this Tokyo house by Japanese architects Suppose Design Office create dozens of views between rooms. More about House in Kokubunji by Suppose Design Office
Photographer Cristobal Palma has sent us photographs and a movie that he shot of the Chilean Pavilion at the Shenzhen & Hong Kong biennale of urbanism/architecture 2011, where objects usually found in disaster relief shelters were used as furniture. More about Gimme Shelter! by Sebastián Irarrázaval and Hugo Mondragón
These toy vehicles by London designer Oscar Diaz are assembled from their own packaging. More about Tube Toys by Oscar Diaz
Dezeen Wire: the Royal Institute of British Architects' Future Trends Survey for January indicates that larger architecture practices in the UK are more confident about future workloads than medium and small-sized studios. More about "Confidence concerning future workloads is now reasonably stable" - RIBA Future Trends Survey
Performance venues don't get any more intimate than this. Folk in a Box provides just enough space for a single musician to play to an audience of one. More about Folk in a Box by Cristina Monteiro
Slideshow: one of Antony Gormley's sculptures appears to guard the entrance to the British artist's new galvanised steel workshop, designed by London architects Carmody Groarke. More about Artist Workshop by Carmody Groarke
Slideshow: here are the latest visuals by architects OMA of their designs for a performing arts centre that broke ground today in Taipei, Taiwan. More about Taipei Performing Arts Center by OMA
Those of you who've been asking us for larger images on Dezeen will be pleased to see we're now adding a slideshow of big pictures to the top of selected stories. Click here to see what we mean. More about New! Larger images on Dezeen
Dezeen Wire: London architect Mike Rundell of MRJ Rundell + Associates has revealed in a local meeting that he is working with artist Damien Hirst on proposals to build over 500 sustainable homes in Devon, England - North Devon Journal
Photographer Cristobal Palma has sent us these photographs and an extended movie showing how children playing on roundabouts generate electrical power to illuminate three twirling parasols at an installation by Spanish studio Clavel Arquitectos in a Shenzhen public square. More about Pabellon Ultraligero Centrifugo by Clavel Arquitectos
Check out the latest issue of Dezeen Mail for all the best stories and comments from Dezeen, including interviews with Marc Newson and Fabio Novembre plus a slick skatepark, outdoor chairs joined like shopping trolleys and shoes with fangs.
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Dezeen Wire: a documentary about controversial Chinese artist Ai Weiwei filmed by American journalist Alison Klayman is now screening at the Berlin International Film Festival. The movie follows the artist from 2009, when he was preparing for the Sunflower Seeds installation at Tate Modern, up until his release from 81 days of detention. More about Ai Weiwei documentary screening in Berlin
Slideshow: this cluster of asymmetric wooden huts houses a museum dedicated to the craft of paper-making in a mountainside village in rural China. More about Museum of Handcraft Paper by TAO