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Design Miami update: Dutch designer Marcel Wanders has launched Crochet Chair – a seat made using the same technique as his iconic Crochet Table. More »

Design Miami update: WOKmedia, the London-based design team consisting of Julie Mathias and Wolfgang Kaeppner, have presented a furniture collection called Made in China. More »

Photographer Cristobal Palma has sent us images and a description of Esker House, a new project in Austria’s South Tyrol by London architects Plasma Studio.

The project consists of a timber and steel “parasite” structure placed on top of an existing house. The undulating form of the self-contained residential unit mimics the topography of the surrounding landscape. See the PDF file here.

The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, the new waterfront cultural centre designed by New York architects Diller Scofidio + Renfrew, has released images of the development by photographer Peter Vanderwarker. ICA Boston opens to the public on Sunday 10 December. View image sheet

The controversial 2006 Venice architecture biennale attracted 130,226 visitors, making it the most popular ever, organisers have announced. More »

Art and design auction house Phillips de Pury & Company has sent us images of Seamless, a new range of furniture designed by Zaha Hadid. More »

Sneak preview: A beach cafe designed by Thomas Heatherwick is taking shape on the seafront at Littlehampton on the south coast of England. Two of the four welded steel components are now on site.

Called East Beach Cafe, the project is due to open in early 2007. More »