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Dezeen archive: following our popular story on the smartphone with an old-fashioned rotary dial by Richard Clarkson (top left), we’ve grouped together all our stories from the Dezeen archives about telephones. See all the stories » See all our archive stories » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

An outdoor elevator by Spanish architects Vaumm connects the mountainside neighbourhoods of a Spanish town to those in the valley. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: the V&A museum in London has purchased work by designers including Nendo, BCXSY and Fredrikson Stallard using a new acquisition fund for contemporary design. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Indistrial designer Konstantin Grcic presents these tables painted to look like Formula 1 cars at Gallerie Kreo in Paris. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Hong Kong designer Andre Fu is one of the judges of the Inside awards. In this movie filmed by Dezeen he talks about designing the Fullerton Bay Hotel in Singapore. 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 atwww.insidefestival.com. Entries close on 30 June. </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: plans by Zaha Hadid Architects to extend London’s Serpentine Gallery have been approved by Westminster Council. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Design Miami/Basel 2011: here are some images of installations at Design Miami/Basel by this year’s W Hotels Designers of the Future award winners Studio Juju, Asif Khan and mischer’traxler. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Competition: we have teamed up with Rafael Viñoly Architects to give away five copies of their new monograph, written by Rafael Viñoly and critic Philip Jodidio. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: the winners of the D&AD awards were announced at a ceremony in London last night. Winners include the iPad and Plumen 001 light bulb in the consumer product design category, Thomas Heatherwick’s Seed Cathedral at Shanghai Expo 2010 and Studio East by Carmody Groarke in the spatial design section, and Puma’s Clever Little Bag in the packaging category. See all the winning projects on the D&AD website. </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Photographer Roland Halbe has sent us these images of an extension to a museum inside a ruined castle in Halle, Germany, by Spanish studio Niento Sobejano Arquitectos. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Design Miami/Basel 2011: London designers Fredrikson Stallard present a series of crystal lamps resembling the human eye at Design Miami/Basel this week. Watch the designers explaining their work in this movie on Dezeen Screen. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Two shipping containers provide a sea-facing observation deck atop this tower in South Korea by Portuguese artist Didier Faustino. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Designer Richard Clarkson has created a conceptual smartphone with a rotary dial. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

We’ve just sent the latest issue of Dezeenmail – take a look at it here. Dezeenmail contains a selection of Dezeen’s best stories and comments, along with all our latest competitions, jobs and highlights from Dezeenwire, Dezeen Screen and Dezeen Watch Store. You can subscribe here. </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Royal College of Art student Dan Watson has designed a trawling net that filters young and endangered fish from the catch. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

With its circular perforations, this staircase in a Budapest house by Croatian architect Biljana Jovanovic resembles a wedge of Swiss cheese. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This temporary outdoor theatre in Tallinn, Estonia, by local studio Kadarik Tüür Arhitektid is made entirely from timber batons. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This movie by Protein features supermodel Erin O’Connor wearing a dress that incorporates a catalytic converter. This is the first part of a collaboration between designer Helen Storey and chemist Tony Ryan to create clothes that filter pollution from the air. Music is by Radiohead. Watch the movie » Above image is by Adam Mufti </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Swings serve as shelves in this Tokyo shop by Japanese designer Hiroaki Matsuyama of Minorpoet. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

In this Dezeen movie London interior designer Linda Morey Smith, one of the judges of the Inside awards, talks about designing the headquarters of drinks brand Red Bull. 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

Here’s a ruler by London designer Sebastian Bergne that’s specially adapted for shooting rubber bands. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A spiralling staircase is visible behind the gridded exterior of this office block in Vevey, Switzerland, by Swiss firm Personeni Raffaele Schärer Architects. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Rotterdam studio STAR Strategies + Architecture have photoshopped green walls over images of iconic buildings to poke fun at the way architects believe cladding a building in plants makes it sustainable. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This school in Cambodia by Finish architects Rudanko + Kankkunen was built by the local community from hand-dried blocks of the surrounding soil. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The latest completed venue for the London 2012 Olympics is the Basketball Arena, a PVC tent designed by Sinclair Knight Merz with Wilkinson Eyre and KSS. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article