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Steven Chilton of London office Marks Barfield Architects has designed a factory-shaped youth centre for the site of the what was once the world’s largest car plant at Longbridge in Birmingham, UK. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: Justin McGuirk, editor of icon magazine, launches his new blog for The Guardian with an attack on designer Ron Arad, whose Ron Arad: Restless exhibition opened at the Barbican recently – The Guardian Related stories: see our special Ron Arad issue of Dezeenwire. </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dutch designer Richard Hutten has designed a postage stamp that consists of a tiny eight-page book for Dutch postal company Royal TNT Post.(more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: Jonathan Ive, senior vice president of industrial design at Apple, and other key Apple staff explain the design of the iPad in a video on Apple’s website. Related story: iPad by Apple </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Spanish designers El Ultimo Grito will exhibit a collection of blown-glass installation pieces called Imaginary Architectures at the Aram Gallery in London later this month. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Melbourne office Architects EAT have completed an extension to a house in Canterbury, Australia, suspended above the ground on steel columns. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Swedish designers Front have created a lamp shade where circular holes in the reflective inner layer project spots of light onto the outer diffuser. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

We’ve teamed up with Organisation in Design to give away a 25 sq m exhibition space in the heart of the new Ventura Lambrate design district in Milan during the Salone del Mobile next month. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Paris designer Lee West has designed an extra-tall teapot that has no handle but instead has a removable cork sleeve to stop you burning your hands. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A pedestrian bridge designed by American architect Bernard Tschumi and French firm Hugh Dutton Associés has opened in La Roche-sur-Yon in France. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: The Guardian presents a slideshow of the last collection by fashion designer Alexander McQueen, who committed suicide last month aged 40. The collection was presented posthumously by his studio at Paris fashion week – The Guardian. Related story: Alexander McQueen 1969-2010 </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Designers TAF of Sweden have designed a lamp for Swedish lighting brand Zero, similar in appearance and construction to an embroidery frame. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: Bruce J Graham, the architect who designed America’s tallest building, Sears Tower in Chicago, has died at the age of 84 – Press Association </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London architects AOC have remodelled the interior of an Edwardian suburban home at Golders Green, London, which includes a concrete hearth with a parquet pattern. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London fashion designer Lu Flux has launched her autumn/winter collection 2010, which features salvaged textiles and fairytale characters. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Barcelona company Dream and Fly have designed a series of miniature hotel rooms for busy places like airports and train stations. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Here are some photos of Viamala Raststätte Thusis, an alpine service station designed by young Swiss studio Iseppi/Kurath. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Here are some photos of a housing complex in Santa Catarina, Nuevo León, Mexico, by Santiago studio Elemental, which has been announced as a category winner in the Brit Insurance Designs of the Year Awards.(more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Royal College of Art student Eliot Postma has created a conceptual project where pets could be used to harvest human organs for transplants. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Scroll down for all the latest from our recruitment site Dezeenjobs, including positions with us at Dezeen, communications agency BBH, Danish architects Schmidt Hammer Lassen and Beijing architects MAD. This is also the last chance to apply for jobs with UNStudio, Jason Bruges Studio, Mikou Design Studio and more… (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Danish studio Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects have won a competition to design the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

More from Italian design brand Alessi: here are a couple of images showing a ceramic vase by Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas Architects. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Zurich photographer Bruno Helbling has sent us his photos of a house in Feldkrich, Austria, by Austrian studio Marte.Marte. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Sarajevo designer Belma Arnautović has created a collection of shoes including these candy-filled heels. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

We’ve teamed up with publishers Merrel to offer our readers the chance to win one of five copies of New Architecture in Japan by Yuki Sumner and Naomi Pollock with David Littlefield, featuring photography by Edmund Sumner. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article