Designed in Hackney: today's instalment in our showcase of creative talent from Hackney is interior design brand House of Hackney, who have named both themselves and their collections after places in the London borough they call home. More about Designed in Hackney: Hackney Empireby House of Hackney
Competition: we're collaborating with the authors of WRAP, an illustration magazine designed to be reused as giftwrap after reading, to give our readers the chance to win one of five copies of their new fourth issue. More about Competition: five copies of WRAP magazine issue four to be won
Five-metre-high wicker baskets hang as lampshades from the ceiling of this Barcelona restaurant. More about El Japonés@22 by Sandra Tarruella Interioristas
Milan 2012: Dezeen relocates to Milan during the Salone Internazionale del Mobile next month where we're setting up Dezeen Studio powered by Jambox at MOST, the multi-faceted design epicentre instigated by Tom Dixon. More about Dezeen Studio powered by Jambox at MOST
Dezeen Wire: internet giant Google have honoured eminent German architect Mies van der Rohe by changing their logo to a doodle celebrating his 126th birthday today.
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Slideshow: the walls of this house in Tokyo by Japanese studio Apollo Architects & Associates stretch outwards around a secret balcony. More about Ring by Apollo Architects & Associates
Designed in Hackney: it's week four in our celebration of design from the London borough of Hackney and today's featured project is a modest glass extension to a house in Dalston by Shoreditch-based architects Platform 5. More about Designed in Hackney: Mapledene Road by Platform 5 Architects
Slideshow: a chandelier made from jam jars hangs from the grilled ceiling of this barbeque restaurant in north east Athens by Greek architects K-studio. More about BarQue by K-studio
Slideshow: Swedish architects Waldemarson Berglund were inspired by the slopes of a nearby ski resort to create these three slanted timber cabins in north Sweden. More about Åre Solbringen by Waldemarson Berglund
This dark red concrete enclosure in Scharans, Switzerland, contains a work studio for a poet and musician. More about Atelier Bardill by Valerio Olgiati
Dutch designer Pepe Heykoop has made a series of furniture by casting recycled tin around wooden offcuts. More about Bits of Wood by Pepe Heykoop
Richard Rogers scooped the Pritzker Prize five years ago this week. More about Five years ago...
Dezeen archive: this week we've featured both floating islands made of crumpled copper (bottom right) and a copper-clad house extension (bottom left) so we thought we'd round up all our stories about projects that were made using the metal. See all the stories »
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Slideshow: the modular fenestration of this school building in western Switzerland was inspired by shapes from 1980s computer game Tetris. More about ESGE Ecole Secondaire de Genolierby ipas
These gift boxes shaped like little characters by design student Wilda Wongso were on show at Platform 2012 during the International Furniture Fair Singapore earlier this month. More about Vigoo by Wilda Wongso
This week last year architects Populous completed the London 2012 Olympic stadium and it was announced that Portuguese architect Eduardo Souto de Moura would be awarded the 2011 Pritkzer Prize. We subsequently published a few of his key projects, as well as a red concrete museum he'd just completed. More about One year ago...
London architects Pernilla & Asif have unveiled designs for a pavilion that can be played like a musical instrument for the London 2012 Olympic Park. More about Coca-Cola Beatbox by Pernilla & Asif
This week we launched Dezeen Music Project, a new initiative to promote new, original music by upcoming musicians. We were also named #01 in the Best Blogs list of top 50 design blogs. More about This week on Dezeen
Designed in Hackney: next up in our showcase of design talent from Olympic host borough Hackney is Stoke Newington studio Loop.pH, who have installed this umbrella-like canopy of illuminated lace at the entrance to London's Kensington Palace. More about Designed in Hackney: Luminous Lace by Loop.pH
Slideshow: this museum in Xinjin, China, by Japanese architects Kengo Kuma and Associates appears to be screened by rows of floating tiles. More about Xinjin Zhi Museum by Kengo Kumaand Associates