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Competition: we’ve teamed up with Page One Publishing to give away five copies of Jyanzi Kong’s new architecture book, Geometry of the Unconscious. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Japanese designers Nendo have combined a USB stick with a giant paperclip. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Billowing fabric mushrooms by New York designers Situ Studio have cropped up in the great hall of the Brooklyn Museum. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: with 30 Habitat stores in the hands of administrators, the Guardian’s Andy Beckett asks how this iconic British design retailer can be saved – Guardian </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A seafront auditorium in southern Spain has concave walls that resemble the deflated cheeks of someone taking a deep breath (photographs by Julien Lanoo). (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: the London 2012 Olympic medal design unveiled yesterday “fails to impress branding experts,” reports Sam Jones for the Guardian. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Seoul designer Jeongmi Lee has designed a conceptual domestic robot that steals your duvet in the morning and poos all over the floor. Watch the movie on Dezeen Screen. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Mirrored walls conceal a photography studio at the centre of this clothes store in Malmö, Sweden, by architects Arrhov Frick. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Check out the latest issue of Dezeen Mail for all the best stories and comments from Dezeen, including an upside-down skyscraper, sculptural shoes and stools made in an explosion. There’s also an update from Dezeen Wire, the latest movies on Dezeen Screen and all our new competitions and jobs. Take a look at Dezeen Mail issue #78 here. Dezeen Mail is sent out every couple of weeks and you can subscribe here. </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Australian skincare brand Aesop have launched in New York with a kiosk at Grand Central that’s made from over 1000 copies of the New York Times. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

We’ve made a few changes to Dezeen which hopefully will make it easier for people to navigate the site and find what they want, without detracting from the clarity and simplicity of our layout. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Tiny dimples and raised dots cover these ceramic tiles by French designers Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dutch architects Concrete designed flattened parasols of rusted steel to shelter the terraced restaurant outside a historic castle in Girona, Spain. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

With all six permanent venues completed and the opening ceremony exactly one year away, here’s a roundup of all our stories about the London 2012 Olympics. See all the stories » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A private balcony is concealed behind the black galvanised steel exterior of this house in Yao, Japan, by architect Yosuke Ichii. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

These clothes by Montreal fashion designer Ying Gao curl and unfurl in reaction to light. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Following our story about Shigeru Ban’s apartments secured by rolling metal shutters, here’s a concrete house near Stuttgart that can be sealed with sliding screens. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

After hours, rolling metal shutters fasten across these New York apartments designed by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Following the popularity of the movies in yesterday’s book competition to win copies of Folding Techniques for Designers by Paul Jackson, here’s a chance to see the films on Dezeen Screen. Watch the movies » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Portuguese architect and set designer João Mendes Ribeiro has converted the former house of a poet into a writer’s retreat (photos: Do Mal o Menos). (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

New Designers 2011: as the value of copper increases, product design graduate Oscar Medley-Whitfield has minted a range of copper-bullion bowls so investors can display their assets at home. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Both weddings and council assemblies take place beneath the double gabled-roof of this hall at the medieval centre of a German village (photography by Roland Halbe). (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Show RCA 2011: footwear designer Victoria Spruce presented these sculptural shoes at the Royal College of Art graduate show earlier this month. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A triangulated glass and steel restaurant sits beside a river in a remote forested gorge in southern China. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A Picasso painting inspired this cliff-top house near Sydney by architects Durbach Block Jaggers. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article