Shigeru Ban Architects have designed temporary homes for Japanese disaster victims inside a chequerboard of stacked shipping containers. More about Multi-storey Temporary Housing by Shigeru Ban Architects
Israeli designer Rachel Boxnboim has cast a ceramic tea service inside fabric moulds. More about Alice by Rachel Boxnboim
Dezeen Wire: the latest Future Trends Survey by the Royal Institute of British Architects reports little change confidence levels among UK architects in the last two months. More about "Little overall change in confidence levels" - RIBA Future Trends Survey
German architects GMP Architekten designed three stadiums for the World Aquatics Championships currently taking place in Shanghai. More about Shanghai Oriental Sports Centre by GMP Architekten
Dezeen Wire: a group of Palestinian business leaders are working on a Palestinian national brand and will launch the first campaigns later this year. The move coincides with an appeal for the UN to admit Palestine as a full member state - Financial Times
German studio Archifaktur has inserted felt-lined caves and green-floored playrooms into the loft of a 1930s primary school (photographs by Zooey Braun). More about Alte Schule Winterbach by Archifaktur
Hopkins’ hyperbolic paraboloid-shaped Velodrome for the London 2012 Olympics (above) is one of six projects shortlisted for the RIBA Stirling Prize 2011. More about Stirling Prize shortlist 2011
Amsterdam studio Sander Architecten designed cardboard meeting rooms inside a bank in the Netherlands. More about Rabobank Headquarters by Sander Architecten
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