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New Designers 2011: product design graduate Ben Fursdon has created the Broo-ver, a broom converted into a vacuum cleaner. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: this movie shows the making of the Rise for Japan poster by Milton Glaser, designer of the iconic I Love New York logo. Rise for Japan is a fundraising project founded by New York artists to support Architecture for Humanity’s efforts to rebuild the Tohoku region of Japan, following its devastation by an earthquake and subsequent tsunami in March. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Frank Gehry‘s residential skyscraper, New York by Gehry, is nearly complete. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Plants adapted to thrive in rocky crevices will take over the facade of this tower for Nantes by French architect Edouard François. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen is looking for 30 young and upcoming designers to showcase their work at Dezeen Space, a project we’re hosting at a gallery in Shoreditch, London this autumn. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: Organisation in Design, the Dutch company behind Ventura Lambrate design district in Milan, are taking their concept to Berlin during new trade fair Qubique from 26 to 29 October. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

New Designers 2011: Kingston University graduate Oscar Medley-Whitfield presented these benches that rely on each other for support at New Designers in London last week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: the Royal Institute of British Architects in London has published a report promoting the social and economic benefits of well-designed buildings. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

These photographs by Roland Halbe show a mixed-use building by German architects NPS Tchoban Voss, which cantilevers over a neighbouring rooftop in Berlin. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: Robots of Brixton is a sci-fi animation by Bartlett School of Architecture graduate Kibwe Tavares in which a downtrodden robot workforce battles with police against a backdrop of dystopian architecture in scenes reminiscent of the 1981 Brixton riots in London. Tavares, who has now set up animation and architectural imagery studio www.factoryfifteen.com, made the film as his final design project for his masters degree. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

New Designers 2011: textile designer Orawee Choedamphai has created modular knitted screens that incorporate cable ties and Lego. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: Mexican architect Ricardo Legorreta and British sculptor Anish Kapoor are among the five laureates of this year’s Praemium Imperiale arts prize, awarded by the Japan Art Association. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This corner house by Sophie Valla Architects is the latest of 670 architect-designed homes to be completed at a new development masterplanned by architects MVRDV in Leiden, the Netherlands. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Scroll on for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with designers Tom Dixon, Curiosity and Philippe Malouin, plus this is the last chance to apply for roles with Studio Egret West, Mathmos, BarberOsgerby and more… (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Kingston University graduate Hannah Niskanen-Benady presented this series of side tables that incorporate knitted containers at graduate show New Designers in London over the weekend. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Four courtyards are cut into the asymmetrical white roof of this Portuguese house by ARX Portugal Arquitectos and Portuguese architect Stefano Riva. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Ceiling-high stacks of reclaimed roof tiles form walls inside this former slaughterhouse in Madrid by Spanish architect Arturo Franco. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Here’s another set of photographs of this year’s Serpentine Gallery Pavilion by Peter Zumthor, this time by photographer Julien Lanoo. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London studio Aberrant Architecture designed a city of wooden towers for an exhibition at Liverpool’s Foundation for Art and Creative Technology (FACT). (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Since our story on the P-Tree urinal that straps to a tree (above, bottom left) was so popular, this month’s top ten is all about toilets. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

You can walk up one curved staircase and down another in this family home in Kitakami by Japanese architect Yukiko Nadamoto. (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…

A steel shell curls over the arched frame of this sports hall near Sydney by Australian architects Allen Jack+Cottier. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Visitors can clamber inside a stretchy web of netting installed by For Use/Numen at Belgian gallery Z33 this summer. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A collection of 30 dinner plates designed by Albert Schrurs of Allegory combine to create a map of France showing the location of the country’s Michelin-starred restaurants. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article