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Twenty-First Century icons: we’re still on holiday, so here’s another chapter from Marcus’ book, Twenty-First Century Design. More »

Twenty-First Century icons: here’s another holiday serialisation from dezeen editor Marcus Fairs’ book, Twenty-First Century Design. More »

Twenty-First Century icons: dezeen is on holiday this week so each day we’re posting a chapter from dezeen editor Marcus Fairs’ book, Twenty-First Century Design. More »

Zaha Hadid has unveiled designs for a private house in Barvikha Forest close to Moscow. The project was unveiled at the MIPIM property fair in Cannes last week. More »

Carpenters Workshop Gallery in London is hosting an exhibition of the work of French designer Vincent Dubourg, which opens on 19 April. More »

Italian designer Matteo Thun has designed a new collection for Turkish bathroom brand VitrA. More »

The Institute of Contemporary Arts in London has announced plans for a major design exhibition, to be held this September during the London Design Festival. More »

Legendary photographer Oliviero Toscani has updated the controversial advertisement he shot 35 years ago for Le Bambole, the sofa collection originally designed by Mario Bellini for B&B Italia in 1972. More »

Somewhat belatedly, here are five images of OMA’s design for 111 First Street, a mixed-use tower for the waterfront in Jersey City, USA. More »

Philippe Starck has completed a new restaurant in Beijing called Le Lan (via davidreport). More »

British cabinetmaker and designer company Pinch has launched a new collection of hand-crafted storage furniture called Armoire Collection. More »

Foster & Partners has released details of its proposed Zaryadye Project in central Moscow, which will replace the famous Communist era landmark, the Hotel Rossia. More »

Our friends at hg.hu have sent us images of Memory Point, a “political terror museum” in Hódmezővásárhey, Hungary, designed by film designer Attila F Kovács. More »

London’s Royal College of Art has announced plans to hold its Summer Show in a 120×25m tent in Kensington Gardens this summer. More »

Architecture for Humanity has launched the beta version of its Open Architecture Network - an open-source resource for architects working on humanitarian projects around the world. More »

We’ve got hold of a good set of photos of Asphalt Spot, a landscape project in rural Japan by French architects R&Sie. More »

Here are some images of Lynch Architects‘ concept village at the Daily Mail Ideal Home Show, which opened in London this weekend. More »

Adobe is calling for entries to its 2007 Design Achievement Awards for students, which reward creative work produced using the software company’s products. More »

Here are three more images from last week’s Hussein Chalayan show, this time showing the new mechanical dresses (plus a motorised hat) engineered by Moritz Waldemeyer. More »

We’ve scored a couple more images of Hussein Chalayan’s recent runway show in Paris, featuring electronics by Moritz Waldemeyer and crystals by Swarovski. More »