What if plastic polluting the seas could be harvested by a retired fishing trawler, then transformed into chairs by an onboard factory? More about The Sea Chair by Alexander Groves, Azusa Murakami and Kieren Jones
Here's a movie about the almost invisible installation by Japanese architect Junya Ishigami that's on show at the Barbican art gallery in London. More about Junya Ishigami at the Barbican
London designer Héctor Serrano presents a series of paper accessories for turning balloons into animal heads at the New York Gift Fair this week. More about Air Heads by Héctor Serrano
Dezeen Wire: architects Will Alsop and Scott Lawrie have announced the name of their new practice: Alsop Lawrie Ltd, trading as ALL Design.
The announcement follows their decision to leave architects RMJM and set up a new design studio in London, as reported on Dezeen Wire last week.
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Criss-crossing metal beams surround a first floor reading room at a multimedia library near Paris. More about Médiathèque Romain Rolland by Philippe Gazeau
Furniture-filled caves can be found inside a guesthouse in Modica, Sicily. More about Casa Talia by Marco Giunta and Viviana Haddad
UK studio ABIR Architects and Peter Lewis of AEREA Design have redesigned the traditional English beach hut to be accessible for wheelchair users. More about Boscombe Beach Huts by ABIR Architects and Peter Lewis
In this movie by Brussels gallerist Victor Hunt, Korean designer Kwangho Lee explains how growing up on a farm outside Seoul has influenced his work. The movie is part of a series of interviews called Tales of the Hunt. More about Interview with Kwangho Lee
Steel whirlpools spiral into skylights in the roof of a church in Austria by architects Coop Himmelb(l)au. More about Martin Luther Church by Coop Himmelb(l)au
A terracotta-coloured earth wall bounding the edge of a research complex in Pune, India, vanishes into a hillside. More about Lupin Research Park by Malik Architecture
The roof and upper walls of a house in Tübingen, Germany, are covered in rubber, like a fisherman's hat pulled low over his eyes. More about Just K by Architekten Martenson und Nagel Theissen
Reed-like steel columns surround another stadium designed by German studio GMP Architekten for the World University Games in Shenzhen. More about Bao'an Stadium by GMP Architekten
Dezeen Screen: here's a movie by architectural photographer David Vintiner of vintiner/ap about Folly for a Flyover, a temporary canal-side cinema under a London motorway flyover. Watch the movie »
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Faceted glass triangles create glowing crowns around a trio of stadiums for the World University Games currently taking place in Shenzhen. More about Universiade 2011 Sports Centre by GMP Architekten
Competition: we've teamed up with publishers Thames & Hudson to give away five copies of Pasta by Design. More about Competition: five copies of Pasta by Design to be won
For those who can't ever have too many shoes, these 16 modular components combine to make 256 different pairs. More about MyShell256 by Sharon Golan
Shimmering panels of stainless steel create the appearance of a rippling lake above the heads of shoppers at a supermarket in Moscow. More about Tsvetnoy Central Market by Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands
What appears to be an open tunnel beneath a bridge in northern Spain is in fact a concealed passageway, screened behind a secret mirror. More about Mirror lab by VAV Architects
Dezeen Wire: architecture critic Rowan Moore takes a look at the "impressive – if exhausting – spectacle" of the Ground Zero 9/11 memorial, ahead of its opening next month - The Guardian
Here is a complete set of photographs of the heavily criticised Museum of Liverpool by Danish architects 3XN, which opened to the public last month. More about Museum of Liverpool by 3XN