"It's nice to make a modernist table in an old artisanal way" - Hugo Passos
East London designer Hugo Passos talks about making his modernist Piet side table without machinery in an "old artisanal way" in this movie filmed by Dezeen. More
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The Academy of the Jewish Museum Berlin by Daniel Libeskind
Daniel Libeskind has completed an education centre at the Jewish Museum Berlin, twelve years after the American architect completed his widely acclaimed extension (+ slideshow). More
Flat, Flair, Philo and Tube stoves by MCZ
Dezeen promotion: these space-saving stoves by fireplace manufacturers MCZ are designed to fit into tight spaces. More
Höst by Norm Architects and Menu
Norm Architects of Denmark used industrial pendant lights, woollen blankets and reclaimed wood to create rustic Scandinavian dining rooms at Höst, a new restaurant in Copenhagen. More
Home Shelves by Artem Zigert
A house-shaped metal frame surrounds the objects on these tall display tables by Kazakhstan designer Artem Zigert. More
Urban Collage by Maison Edouard François
Gabled bungalows are scattered over the rooftops of bulky apartment blocks that are perched above rows of narrow townhouses in this social housing development outside Paris by French studio Maison Edouard François (+ slideshow). More
Wall of Flame by Frederik Roijé
Product news: Dutch designer Frederik Roijé has added to his series of candle holders with a design that looks like a bent pipe poking through a wall. More
Competition: five copies of Generative Design to be won
Competition: Dezeen is giving readers the chance to win one of five copies of Generative Design, a book about using computer processing to design artwork, models and animations. More
Parrish by Konstantin Grcic and Emeco for the Parrish Art Museum
Industrial designer Konstantin Grcic worked with furniture brand Emeco to create the chairs and tables that furnish the new Parrish Art Museum on Long Island, recently completed by Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron. More
Cultural Centre in Nevers by Ateliers O-S Architectes
Bleachers climb over the roof of this timber-clad community centre in France by Ateliers O-S Architectes (+ slideshow). More
Shang Xia Beijing Store by Kengo Kuma and Associates
A lattice of extruded aluminium sections evokes images of the brickwork in Beijing's old neighbourhoods at this Shang Xia boutique by Kengo Kuma and Associates (+ slideshow). More
Leaf by Broberg & Ridderstråle for Muuto
Product news: each of these lamps by Swedish design duo Mats Broberg and Johan Ridderstråle for Nordic furniture company Muuto is shaped like a single leaf at the end of a long stem. More
Creative Dismantling by espai MGR
A disused hospital building in Valencia explodes and shifts into new configurations in this series of manipulated photographs by Spanish studio espai MGR (+ slideshow + movie). More
Perot Museum of Nature and Science by Morphosis
American firm Morphosis has completed a museum of nature and science in Dallas where visitors begin their tour by taking an escalator journey to the uppermost floor. More
Côme by Patrick Norguet and Alias for McDonald's
McDonald's restaurants in France will soon be kitted out with designer outdoor furniture by Patrick Norguet and Italian brand Alias. More
Dezeen Music Project: Summer Haze by Oathless
This lush, downtempo electronica track is by a UK artist based in Stoke-on-Trent called Oathless. The track is taken from an EP of the same name released by online label Curious Absurdities in October. You can listen to the full EP for free here.
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Peruri 88 by MVRDV, Jerde and Arup
Dutch studio MVRDV is proposing a 400-metre skyscraper for Jakarta that looks like a pile of at least ten separate buildings. More
"The Olympic Games is phenomenally religious" - Thomas Heatherwick
News: the lighting of the London 2012 Olympic Cauldron was conceived as a religious ceremony, designer Thomas Heatherwick has explained. More
House on the Cliff by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos
This bright-white house in Alicante by Spanish studio Fran Silvestre Arquitectos features an 18-metre-long balcony that stretches out towards the Balearic Sea (+ slideshow + movie). More
UK overtakes US as nation with strongest cultural influence
News: the UK has become the most powerful nation in the world in terms of cultural influence following the success of the London 2012 Olympics, according to Monocle magazine's annual Soft Power Survey. More