Design
Folding Stool by Jack Smith
Show RCA 2011: to continue our series of graduate projects from the Royal College of Art, here's a stool by Jack Smith that collapses when its seat is lifted. More about Folding Stool by Jack Smith
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Architecture
Neighbourhood Centre by Colboc Franzen & Associés
Visitors can climb a staircase over the roof of this spiralling community centre in Lille by French architects Colboc Franzen & Associés. More about Neighbourhood Centre by Colboc Franzen & Associés
Design
P-Tree by Aandeboom
Unable to prevent revellers urinating against their trees, Roskilde Festival in Denmark installed tree-mounted urinals by Dutch designers Aandeboom. More about P-Tree by Aandeboom
Design
Interview with Jens Martin Skibsted
Danish designer Jens Martin Skibsted talks about his bicycle brand Biomega and the future of urban cycling in this previously unseen video filmed by Dezeen during the London Design Festival 2010. More about Interview with Jens Martin Skibsted
Furniture
NSEPS by Silo
Show RCA 2011: Royal College of Art graduates Attua Aparicio and Oscar Wanless have invented a new manufacturing process that involves steaming polystyrene beads inside fabric moulds. More about NSEPS by Silo
Architecture
Indian Ocean Tsunami Memorial by Carmody Groarke
British architects Carmody Groarke have completed this granite monolith outside London's Natural History Museum to commemorate victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami. More about Indian Ocean Tsunami Memorial by Carmody Groarke
Design
From Here For Here by Ariane Prin
Show RCA 2011: Royal College of Art graduate Ariane Prin uses waste from college workshops as the raw material for her on-site pencil factory More about From Here For Here by Ariane Prin
Competition: five sets of The Play of Combinations by Cibicworkshop to be won
Competition: we've teamed up with designers Cibicworkshop to give away five construction games based on iconic buildings by renaissance architect Andrea Palladio. More about Competition: five sets of The Play of Combinations by Cibicworkshop to be won
News
"New York Times names Michael Kimmelman to be new architecture critic" - Chicago Tribune
Dezeen Wire: The New York Times is set to name its art critic and columnist Michael Kimmelman as its new architecture critic, following the departure last month of Nicolai Ouroussoff - Chicago Tribune.
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Architecture
Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2011 by Peter Zumthor photographed by Hufton + Crow
Here are some more photographs of Peter Zumthor's recently-opened Serpentine Gallery Pavilion in London, taken by UK photographers Hufton + Crow. Update: this project is included in Dezeen Book of Ideas, which is on sale now for £12. More about Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2011 by Peter Zumthor photographed by Hufton + Crow
Architecture
Folly for a Flyover by Assemble
Non-profit organisation Assemble have constructed a temporary canal-side cinema under a London motorway flyover. More about Folly for a Flyover by Assemble
Architecture
Torre Telefónica Diagonal ZeroZero by EMBA
Criss-crossing lengths of aluminium cover the glass facade of this Barcelona skyscraper by Spanish architects EMBA. More about Torre Telefónica Diagonal ZeroZero by EMBA
Design
Jaguar E-Type Sculpture by Gerry Judah
This 28 metre-high steel sculpture of the Jaguar E-Type car was designed by Gerry Judah for the Goodwood Festival of Speed, which took place in Sussex, UK, last weekend. More about Jaguar E-Type Sculpture by Gerry Judah
Design
Featured event: Show RCA 2011
Check out all our stories about this year's Royal College of Art graduate show, including a 3D-printer that uses sunlight to make sand into glass objects, clothes that feed information to smart phones and spectacle frames made of hair. See all the stories »
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News
"Government's Made by Britain initiative takes the biscuit"- Management Today
Dezeen Wire: the UK government has set MPs a homework project over the summer to highlight British design and manufacturing icons. Examples put forward so far include toilet rolls, fish fingers and custard cream biscuits - Management TodaySee the full list of products on the Guardian Datablog »
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Architecture talks
Interview with Bas Princen
In this final movie from our series filmed at the Design Academy Eindhoven My Way talks in Milan, academy graduate Bas Princen talks about his work as a photographer. More about Interview with Bas Princen
Design
Weight Vases by Decha Archjananun
Thai designer Decha Archjananun has made a series of vases with concrete bases to hold water and wire frames to support flower stems. More about Weight Vases by Decha Archjananun
Architecture
Museum in Palmiry by WXCA
Each bullet-sized hole piercing the skin of this museum by architects WXCA in Palmiry, Poland, represents a Polish civilian murdered there during the holocaust. More about Museum in Palmiry by WXCA
Architecture
House in Ropponmatsu by Kazunori Fujimoto Architect & Associates
Japanese firm Kazunori Fujimoto Architect & Associates have completed a concrete house in Fukuoka that resembles a half-submerged submarine. More about House in Ropponmatsu by Kazunori Fujimoto Architect & Associates
Design
Hose Clip Shelving by Max Frommeld
Show RCA 2011: this modular shelving unit by Royal College of Art graduate Max Frommeld is held together with clips more commonly found on garden hoses. More about Hose Clip Shelving by Max Frommeld