Design
Pentagon Pen by Industrial Facility
These pens by London designer Sam Hecht of Industrial Facility are hand-carved from hard rubber. More about Pentagon Pen by Industrial Facility
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Architecture
Daylight House by Takeshi Hosaka
Natural light diffuses into this house in Yokohama, Japan, through a grid of arched skylights in the ceiling. More about Daylight House by Takeshi Hosaka
Video
Vienna Design Week 2011
Vienna Design Week 2011: Vienna Design Week opens from Friday until 9 October. Here’s a trailer from the curators, featuring a dance performance involving one of the event’s signature painted chairs that will be stationed at event venues across the city. More about Vienna Design Week 2011
Architecture
Liverpool Department Store by Rojkind Arquitectos
This shopping centre by Mexican firm Rojkind Arquitectos is nearing completion in Huixquilucan, Mexico. More about Liverpool Department Store by Rojkind Arquitectos
News
Justin McGuirk reviews this year's London Design Festival
Dezeen Wire: design critic Justin McGuirk claims that the most creative work on show during the recent London Design Festival was to be found in basement flats and disused offices - The GuardianSee more stories by Justin McGuirk here and all of our coverage on the London Design Festival here.
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Interiors
Beyond the Infinity by Serge Salat
French architect Serge Salat has designed an infinite labyrinth of shapes and colours for a touring exhibition in China. More about Beyond the Infinity by Serge Salat
Dezeen Space
Today at Dezeen Platform: LingJing Yin, Mark McKeague and Ting Chung Jessica Cheng
Dezeen Platform: visitors to Dezeen Space today can stand on Dezeen Platform installation to create a soundscape by linking hands with others. More about Today at Dezeen Platform: LingJing Yin, Mark McKeague and Ting Chung Jessica Cheng
Design
Water Calligraphy Device by Nicholas Hanna
Beijing Design Week 2011: a tricycle modified by Canadian artist Nicholas Hanna mimics the Chinese custom of writing temporary messages on the road with water. More about Water Calligraphy Device by Nicholas Hanna
Dezeen Mail #82 out now
Check out the latest issue of Dezeen Mail for all the best stories and comments from Dezeen, including work by Marcel Wanders, Tadao Ando and James Dyson. There's also an update from Dezeen Wire, the latest movies on Dezeen Screen and all our new competitions and jobs. Take a look at it here.
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Interiors
Kurogane by Maker
Japanese architects Maker have completed a Hiroshima restaurant where timber slats on the ceiling descend around the dining tables. More about Kurogane by Maker
Architecture
Ronchamp Tomorrow by Renzo Piano
Renzo Piano Building Workshop has completed a monastery built into the side of a hill at the site of Le Corbusier's chapel of Notre-Dame du Haut in Ronchamp. More about Ronchamp Tomorrow by Renzo Piano
Design
Postmodernism: Style and Subversion 1970-1990 at the V&A
London Design Festival 2011: divisive designs from the 1970s and 1980s are brought together in a retrospective exhibition entitled Postmodernism: Style and Subversion 1970-1990, which opened at the Victoria & Albert museum at the weekend. More about Postmodernism: Style and Subversion 1970-1990 at the V&A
Design
Local by fuseproject
Despite living in hilly San Francisco, designer Yves Behar of fuseproject has created a tricycle for local living. More about Local by fuseproject
Design
Roger Arquer at Dezeen Platform
Dezeen Platform: in this movie filmed at Dezeen Space, Spanish designer Roger Arquer talks about the furniture he made for his daughter using wooden spoons, rolling pins and a pastry brush. Watch the movie »
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News
"Renzo Piano's new convent is spare, calm and quietly masterful"- The Guardian
Dezeen Wire: architecture critic Jonathan Glancey reviews the latest building by Renzo Piano, a convent near to Le Corbusier's chapel of Notre Dame du Haut in Ronchamp - The Guardian
See more stories about Renzo Piano here and all of our stories on chapels and churches here.
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Architecture
Today at Dezeen Platform: Thomas Hudson
Dezeen Platform: up next at our micro-exhibition Dezeen Platform at Dezeen Space is University of Sheffield graduate Thomas Hudson, with his fictional model of a home for early twentieth-century intellectual Walter Benjamin. More about Today at Dezeen Platform: Thomas Hudson
Dezeen Space
Dezeen Space at 54 Rivington Street
The London Design Festival may be over but Dezeen Space is still open at 54 Rivington Street, London EC2A 3QN until 16 October. More about Dezeen Space at 54 Rivington Street
Architecture
Coldwater Studio by Casey Hughes Architects
A recessed balcony carves a rectangular hole in the facade of a writer’s house in north Hollywood. More about Coldwater Studio by Casey Hughes Architects
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News
"More practices expecting drop in workload" - RIBA Future Trends Survey
Dezeen Wire: the number of architectural practices expecting more work in the month from July to August saw a drop from 27% to 25% according to the latest Future Trends Survey published by the Royal Institute of British Architects in London. More about "More practices expecting drop in workload" - RIBA Future Trends Survey 
One year ago...
This time last year MVRDV's Balancing Barn was nearing completion and the proposals for the V&A at Dundee were unveiled, including the eventual winning design by Kengo Kuma. More about One year ago...