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Dezeen Screen: Ilse Crawford is one of the judges of the Inside awards. In this movie filmed by Dezeen she talks about her studio in London and her work as an interior designer. Watch the movie » Dezeen readers can save 25% on the price of entering the Inside awards and attending the festival in Barcelona from 2-4 November – simply quote VIP code DEZEEN when entering online at www.insidefestival.com. Entries close on 30 June. </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Following our previous story about a labia-like staircase, these images by French photographer Stefan Tuchila illustrate the womb-like orbs created by artist Anish Kapoor in the Grand Palais, Paris. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The Shanghai office of Chinese architecture studio Taranta Creations features a staircase within a labia-like orifice and a floor that doubles as a desk. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Competition: we’ve teamed up with Lego® Architecture to give away five Lego models of the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Around 6000 holes puncture the concrete exterior of this library in Kanazawa, Japan, by Kazumi Kudo and Hiroshi Horiba of Japanese firm Coelacanth K&H Architects. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The zig-zagging doors of this mausoleum in Murcia by Spanish studio Clavel Arquitectos can only be opened in one specific order. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A pair of shell-like forms contain the two halls of this performing arts centre in Kansas City by Israeli architect Moshe Safdie of Safdie Architects. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: Bilbao, Cape Town and Dublin have been shortlisted for the title of World Design Capital in 2014. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: Chicago firm Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture have won a competition to design the Wuhan Greenland Center in Hubei province, China, which is set to be the world’s fourth-tallest building. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Family and PlayLab have designed a floating swimming pool for New York that would filter river water through its walls. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: new plans by Dixon Jones, Squire & Partners and Kim Wilkie to redevelop the controversial Chelsea Barracks site in central London have been approved by Westminster Council - BBC Developer Qatari Diar withdrew its earlier plan by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners in 2009, following criticism of the design from Prince Charles. </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Shoes are displayed in numbered slots on row after row of plywood shelves at this Sydney shop by Facet Studio of Sydney and Osaka. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dutch studio Inbo Architects designed these headquarters for a technology company in Noordwijk, the Netherlands, to look like a meteorite that dropped from the sky. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Portuguese artist Didier Faustino has created a mask that clamps over the faces of a kissing couple. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Lego-like blocks are stacked along the walls of this cafe in Chennai by Indian studio Mancini Enterprises. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Competition: we’ve teamed up with illustration magazine WRAP to give away five copies of their latest issue that’s designed so every page can be re-used as wrapping paper. (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 architects Matteo Thun & Partners, and designers Barber Osgerby and Tom Dixon, plus this is the last chance to apply for roles with Heatherwick Studio, Universal Design Studio and more… (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: designer Enrique Allen has founded The Designer Fund, an organisation in Silicon Valley that supports startup businesses founded by designers - Co.Design </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: a Chinese firm is planning to build an exact replica of the Austrian village of Hallstatt in the Chinese province of Guangdong - Spiegel Online </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Wiggling back and forth across an Amsterdam nature reserve, this curved timber maze by Dutch architect Anne Holtrop was designed to stage an exhibition of landscape paintings. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: London interior designer Linda Morey Smith is one of the judges of the Inside awards. In this movie filmed by Dezeen she talks about designing the headquarters for Sony Music in London. Watch the movie » Dezeen readers can save 25% on the price of entering the Inside awards and attending the festival in Barcelona from 2-4 November – simply quote VIP code DEZEEN when entering online at www.insidefestival.com. Entries close on 30 June. </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Californian designer Curtis Popp has made a series of round side tables with colourful powder-coated steel legs that pierce each table top. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Italian architect Andrea Paoletti has completed the interior of a workspace in Rovereto, Italy, that’s shared by entrepreneurs from a variety of fields. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Takeshi Hayatsu and Kristin Trommler of London studio 6a Architects collaborated with students at Cardiff University to build a timber-framed tea house with wattle and daub panels. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Moss is expected to grow on the perforated aluminium skin of this museum extension in San Sebastián by Spanish studio Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article