Dezeen Wire: as the UK government reviews design technology's status as a compulsory school subject, industrial designers Seymourpowell have released a movie featuring Paul Smith, James Dyson and others talking about the importance of design education. More about Creative Britain in Reverse? by Seymourpowell
These dresses by Montreal fashion designer Ying Gao move as if they're breathing. More about Walking City dresses by Ying Gao
French architect Jean-Luc Fugier has designed a contorted timber hut to house a parking ticket machine. More about Parking Attendant’s Pavilion by Jean-Luc Fugier
Furniture designers' obsession with clamps has taken a new turn with this stool held together with one of the woodworking tools. More about Clamped Stools by Daniel Glazman
London studio Post-Office have completed a boutique in Notting Hill with rails made of bronze-plated scaffolding. More about Orlebar Brown by Post-Office
Dutch architect Dick van Gameren has converted a family house outside Hilversum by punching three faceted skylights through the roof and driving a corridor through the middle. More about Villa 4.0 by Dick van Gameren
A ring of mesh thorns crowns the roof of this convention centre in Zlín, Czech Republic, by London studio Eva Jiricna Architects and Prague architects A.I Design s.r.o. More about Convention Centre by Eva Jiricna Architects and A.I Design s.r.o.
Panels woven from steel wire filter light into this combined cafe and gallery by Spanish architects MSB Estudi Taller. More about 6T7 Espai Cafe by MSB Estudi Taller
An explosion created these stools by Israeli designer Guy Mishaly. More about Blast by Guy Mishaly
Show RCA 2011: here's another piece of manufacturing machinery that harnesses sunlight by Markus Kayser - inventor of the Solar Sinter 3D printer in our earlier story - this time a low-tech, low-energy version of a laser cutter. More about Sun Cutter by Markus Kayser
Brazilian architects Metro have completed a red glass chocolate museum in the sky. More about Nestlé Chocolate Museum by Metro
A diamond-shaped cabin on legs is the first of four woodland hotel rooms to be completed by French designer Matali Crasset. More about Feral House Nichoir by Matali Crasset
Here's a round-up of all our stories that feature buildings with alarming cantilevers. See all the stories »
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New Designers 2011: Spanish furniture and product design graduate Ornella Stocco has created a modular furniture system with joints made of porcelain. More about Underconstruction by Ornella Stocco
Dezeen promotion: Swiss studio Atelier Oï suspended nets from floating helium balloons to decorate the halls of interiors event Designer Werktag in Hamburg. More about Designer Werktag 2011
A zig-zagging metal wall divides this clothes shop by Japanese architects Suppose Design Office, separating outerwear from undergarments. More about 52 by Suppose Design Office
Designer Faye Toogood presents Assemblage 1, her first collection of furniture and lighting made of stone, brass and English sycamore, in this interview that Dezeen filmed during the London Design Festival 2010. Studio Toogood presented the range as part of their Super Natural exhibition in a west London garage. More about Interview: Assemblage 1 by Toogood
Extreme cantilever alert! A four-storey block with a mirrored underside juts out from the top of a Berlin hotel, 25 metres above the ground (photos by Roland Halbe). More about NHow Hotel Berlin by NPS Tchoban Voss
Waiting rooms inside this red-striped health centre by architects Miguel Barahona and Luis Castillo overlook the Sierra de Gardor mountains in southern Spain. More about Consultorio en La Envía by Miguel Barahona and Luis Castillo
We've published a few stories about green walls this week. Here are a few more from the Dezeen archives. See all the stories »
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