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Dezeenwire: Jaime Hayon, Neville Brody and Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs are among speakers at the DesignBoost – Telefonplan conference taking place from 9 – 11 February at Designens Hus at Telefonplan in Stockholm. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This time last year Dezeen featured a collection of 3D-printed dresses followed by clothing that becomes transparent when approached. The RIBA predicted a gloomy time for UK architects with a double-dip recession on the horizon and the loathed Strata tower was awarded the 2010 Carbuncle Cup for being the ugliest new building in Britain. Daniel Michel marked the phasing out of incandescent light bulbs in Europe by designing a skeletal shade with invisible bulb, Helge Fischer presented a fluffy children’s playsuit that sounds an alarm if the child is touched inappropriately and Japanese artist Takashi Murakami opened an exhibition of his work Château de Versailles…

This dreamy holiday bunker designed by Portuguese studio Phyd Arquitectura is sunk into the landscape, overlooking the hills near Torres Novas. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A personal shopping suite created by London designer Lee Broom has opened at fashion retailer Topman‘s flagship store in London. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Our most popular and most controversial story this week featured a redesign of the London tube map that’s more geographically accurate than the 1931 classic – read both sides of the argument and have your say here. Other interesting debates this week focused on the Japanese trend for cladding interiors in plywood and whether a monochrome concrete ice cream parlour can be sophisticated or just cold and brutal. In the wake of the riots that broke out across the UK last weekend, a group of architecture graduates launched an initiative called Riot Rebuild to help repair homes and businesses that were damaged. In cheerier news, Ron Arad’s curtain call exhibition…

Industrial designer Yves Béhar of fuseproject has created a range of spectacles that will be distributed free to children in Mexico. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Stairs lead past lumpy cork-covered walls to a rooftop swimming pool at a house in the south of France by architect Raphaëlle Segond. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Amsterdam designer Marcel Wanders has created a dinner service for Dutch airline KLM. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Brazilian designers Fernando and Humberto Campana have designed a bamboo version of their Blow Up furniture and tableware collection for Italian design brand Alessi. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Each of these vases by London designer Pia Wüstenberg combines turned wood, blown glass and thrown pottery. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: construction of the Frank Gehry-designed Louis Vuitton Foundation of Creation in Paris has been halted due to complaints from neighbours, The Independent reports. Read the full article » All our stories on Frank Gehry » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Catalan designer Martí Guixé has created a wall clock for Italian design brand Alessi with no markings and a dry-wipe surface. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Manchester School of Architecture gives an insight into the eight ateliers that make up its Master of Architecture course in this Virtual Design Festival school show. Read more View the full article

British architect John Pawson has installed the largest lens ever made by crystal brand Swarovski in the southwest tower of St Paul’s Cathedral for the London Design Festival, which starts on Saturday. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

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…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2010: Spanish designer Jaime Hayón created an installation for Italian energy company Enel at the Interni Think Tank in Milan last week. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2011: Designers Peter Bottazzi and Denish Bonapace presented this exhibition of recycled furniture used as planters, in Milan earlier this month. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This time last year Priestmangoode unveiled a conceptual high-speed train for the UK, the Union Street Urban Orchard temporary public garden opened in London and Zaha Hadid curated an exhibition comparing her own work to Russian Suprematism. Meanwhile the V&A museum in London launched a competition for its Exhibition Road extension, later won by AL_A. Dezeen recorded a podcast with industrial designer James Dyson at the launch of his Air Multiplier fans and published a movie interview with James Irvine, the first in our popular series of Dezeentalks at [D3] Design Talents. See all our stories from July 2010 » See our review of last year » </im…

News: Will.i.am has called for "new morals, new laws and new codes" for 3D printing, a technology he says is evolving so rapidly that we will soon be able to print humans (+ interview). (more…) View the full article

VDF products fair: Emotional Lab is a modular storage system by interior designer Hania Jneid that can be adapted to suit various spaces and changing user needs. Read more View the full article

Milan 2010: a self-assembly chair designed in 1974 by Italian designer Enzo Mari has been put into production by Finnish furniture brand Artek. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: food company Del Monte have begun a trial packaging individual bananas in plastic wrappers. The company claim the packaging extends the shelf life of bananas by up to six days – Daily Mail </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: the Record watch, one of the last projects worked on by Italian architect and designer Achille Castiglioni (1918-2002), is now available at Dezeen Watch Store. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London Design Festival 2011: Dutch designer Marcel Wanders launched a collection for British retailer Marks & Spencer in London last night, including a pair of gloves with one gold finger tip (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

In our second of four films made to coincide with the Ron Arad: Restless exhibition at the Barbican in London, we asked Ron Arad (above, pictured while studying at the Architectural Association) about his upbringing in Israel and how he found himself working as a furniture designer in London. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article