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London designer Roger Arquer’s Skeleton project allows several shirts to be held on the same clothes hanger. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This glass library by new studio Zauberscho[e]n stands in a former stable yard in Münster, Germany. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London Metropolitan University graduate Charlotte Wilson was awarded Best in Show at London graduate show FreeRange this year for her proposal to convert a bunker into a museum. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Here’s a concrete espresso machine by Shenkar College of Engineering and Design student Shmuel Linski. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Japanese architects Coo Planning have created this house in Osaka, Japan, with an interior on stepped levels entirely finished in timber boards. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Graduate designer Jacques-Elie Craig Ribeyron’s shaving set is made of stainles steel with a black PVD coating, normally applied to enhance the durability of industrial tools. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

DezeenTV: here is architectural photographer Cristobal Palma’s second video featuring collaborations between architects Giancarlo Mazzanti Arquitectos and Felipe Mesa of Plan B (see the first in our earlier post), this time the Flor del Campo school in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Japanese studio Kazuya Saito Architects have completed this wood-framed house on a narrow site in Tokyo, Japan. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London architects Grimshaw and engineers Arup have unveiled this design for an offshore wind turbine. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London interior designers Studio Toogood have installed a pile of boxes decorated with multi-coloured electrical tape at the Comme des Garcons Aoyama flagship store in Tokyo.The project is Studio Toogood’s second for the fashion label, following their Sneaker department at Dover Street Market in London last year (see our earlier story).Here’s some more information from [...]</img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London designer Tithi Kutchamuch has added new pieces to her Secret Friend collection of jewellery, including this wooden necklace with a deer-shaped base to keep it on. Called Secret Friend Family, the collection also features bracelets cast from rings of toy animals, a necklace with parrot entrails as charms (see our earlier story) and smaller jewellery pieces [...]</img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

DezeenTV: in this next movie in our series of Dezeentalks at [D3] Design Talents, Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs talks to the three joint winners of this year’s [D3] Contest young designers competition; Julien Renault, Jessica Hansson and Rémi Bouhaniche.Click on the symbol in the bottom right of the video player above to view the movie in full-screen [...]</img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: Justin McGuirk on London’s new Barclays Cycle Superhighways - Guardian</img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Swiss architects Herzog and de Meuron have designed this apartment tower with overhanging floor plates and terraces for Beirut, Lebanon. Created as part of a wider masterplan to regenerate this area of the city that includes a marina, the building will comprise five different modular floor slabs used in varying combinations to create a mixture of [...]</img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This coat stand made from a ready-made 20 litre liquid container by London designer Peter Marigold is now in production with design brand Skitsch. Called 20 litre Coat Stand, the base can be weighted with water before a metal pole with branching hooks is attached by the screw-cap.Here’s some more information and photos of the [...]</img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Architect Ivo Pavlik created this gateway overlooking a nuclear power station in the Czech Republic by casting concrete between hay bales then setting them on fire. Called The Cross-Gate, the structure in Dukovany stands at the end of a path leading from a cemetery, in front of a tree.The ends of one wall and the lintel are gilt [...]</img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Feathers fly around this 15 metre-long tank installed by Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka at the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo.Called The Snow, the installation is part of an exhibition called Sensing Nature that continues until 7 November.See all our stories about Tokujin Yoshioka »Here’s some more information from Yoshioka:In recent years, I have been studying [...]</img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

In this movie made to coincide with the Design Museum’s Sustainable Futures exhibition, exhibitors at London graduate show New Designers talk about their views on green design.Can’t see the movie? Click hereThe video features an interview with designer Sophie Thomas from the Design Museum’s advisory board, plus graduate designers Sebastian Cox, Tortie Hoare, Rich Pearson, Tom Broadbent, [...]</img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This 100 metre-tall glass elevator is the winning entry by Rotterdam studio Donis in a competition to design a temporary landmark for Aldgate, east London.Called London Gate, the structure has been commissioned to celebrate the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, and will be in place from January 2012.It will mark the start of High Street 2012, the [...]</img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeewire: Rowan Moore on the projects that didn’t make this year’s RIBA Stirling Prize Shortlist - ObserverSee also: our story announcing the RIBA Stirling Prize Shortlist 2010</img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Scroll down for all the latest from Dezeenjobs, including positions with David Chipperfield Architects, Studio Toogood and Tom Dixon, plus this is the last chance to apply for jobs with Urban Outfitters in Philadelphia, Sruli Recht in Reykjavík, United Designers in London and more… Visit www.dezeenjobs.com to see all jobs or browse different job categories [...]</img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: Angela Brady has been elected the next president of the Royal Institute of British Architects. See press release below.Angela Brady elected next President of the RIBAAngela Brady has been elected the next President of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), the UK body for architecture and the architectural profession. Angela will become President [...]</img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Hello readers! Over the weekend we installed a new system for submitting and managing comments – scroll to the bottom of any story (including this one) to see it in action.The Intense Debate system allows readers to log in using Twitter, Facebook and other popular networks, respond to comments by others and vote for their [...]</img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: the Plastiki boat made entirely from plastic bottles (see our earlier story) has arrived in Sydney after a 130-day voyage across the Pacific from San Francisco. More information on the Plastiki blog.See also: our story about the boat’s design.</img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Here’s another clock designed by Giha Woo and Shingoeun (see their clock with a battery for hands in our earlier story), this time with a single spiralling arm to indicate the time in different countries around the world.Called The Bent Hands, the clock face features countries written inside concentric circles, with linked points on a spiralling [...]</img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article