This desk lamp by Berlin studio Böttcher+Henssler for Slovenian lighting brand Vertigo Bird can be adjusted by sliding the aluminium tube through a hole in the maple base and kept in place by gravity alone. More about Mantis by Böttcher+Henssler for Vertigo Bird
Spinning the wine bottle-shaped shutters in the windows of this Prague shop reveals a wall of wine racks inside. More about Red Pif Restaurant and Wine Shop by Aulík Fišer Architekti
This time last year Dezeen was in Cologne for the annual furniture fair, where we saw a sofa you could wrap around yourself, a chair bent from a single sheet of aluminium and a rocking horse shaped like a vase. We also teamed up with [D3] Design Talents to host a series of talks with 12 designers who launched their careers at the young designers’ showcase, which you can watch over on Dezeen Screen. More about One year ago...
Dutch architect Erick van Egeraat has completed a mixed-use block in Hamburg with a facade that parts like a pair of red curtains. More about Sumatrakontor by Erick van Egeraat
This week Richard Meier & Partners unveiled designs for a 34-storey tower in Mexico City, SOM won a competition to design a skyscraper for China with proposals that incorporate a 30-storey-high opening window and the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat in Chicago released a report that revealed a record number of skyscrapers were completed in 2011. More about This week on Dezeen
Competition: we've teamed up with Dutch author Jeroen Junte to give readers the chance to win one of five copies of his new book, Hands On: 21st Century Dutch Design. More about Competition: five copies of Hands On 21st Century Dutch Design to be won
Cologne 2012: Japanese designer Yota Kakuda has created this collection of small wooden storage and display units for French brand Ligne Roset. More about Mortaise by Yota Kakuda for Ligne Roset
Dezeen Wire: publishing and events company Media 10 has bought design trade show 100% Design from Reed Exhibitions - Event Magazine More about Media 10 buys 100% Design from Reed Exhibitions
Black frames outline rows of olive oil bottles at this culinary shop in Toronto, while images of olive branches decorate the walls behind. More about TA-ZE by Burdifilek
Every floor of this Tokyo house by Japanese studio Keiji Ashizawa Design opens onto a garden or terrace. More about House S by Keiji Ashizawa Design
American architects Skidmore, Owings & Merrill have won a competition to design a skyscraper for China with proposals that incorporate a 30-storey-high opening window. More about Greenland Group Suzhou Center by SOM
Dezeen Wire: architect David Chipperfield, the curator for this year's Venice Architecture Biennale, has revealed that the title for this year's show will be Common Ground. More about David Chipperfield reveals title for Venice Architecture Biennale 2012
Dezeen Wire: an annual report released by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat in Chicago reveals that the number of buildings over 200 metres tall completed in the last year has increased for the fifth consecutive time. More about Record-breaking number of skyscrapers completed in 2011
San Francisco designer Yves Behar of fuseproject has designed a range of pill containers for new brand Sabi, launched today. More about Vitality by fuseproject for Sabi
A curving chasm slices off the corner of this showroom building in western Tokyo to create a passageway to its entrance. More about Sunwell Muse by Takato Tamagami and Be-Fun Design
This mirror with blurry edges reflects a rather dreamy image of its surroundings. More about Fading Mirror by Thomas Eurlings
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Italian architects 3S Studio have converted a former railway tunnel between two north Italian towns into an enclosed pedestrian passageway. More about Public Promenade by 3S Studio
Here are some images by photographer Iwan Baan of a house by Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto, where rectangular windows puncture three layers of walls and ceilings. More about House N by Sou Fujimoto Architects
In this third of four interviews with some of the designers who'll be part of Dezeen Watch Store and friends at the Interiors UK exhibition in Birmingham from 22 January, Swedish designer Johan Lidehäll presents his Bookman bicycles lights. More about Johan Lidehäll at Interiors UK