Here is a full set of images, plans and diagrams of the giant RAK Convention and Exhibition Centre for the new city at Ras Al Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates. More »
Monthly archives: May 2007
Charming Disaster
Here are images of some of the "experimental products" presented by Royal College of Art design students at an event in London tonight (Friday). More »
Belgrade Design Week
We just got back from a lightning visit to Belgrade for the second annual Belgrade Design Week, which continues until Saturday. More »
Core77 guide to New York design week
Industrial design blog Core77 has published an online guide to New York design week, which runs from Saturday 19 to Tuesday 22 May. More »
Form magazine digital archive
German design magazine Form is celebrating its 50th birthday by putting its entire archive of back issues online. More »
Meatpacking District Design Week

Our good friends at Meatpacking District Design Week have announced their programme of events that will run during the International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York next week. More »
FredriksonStallard at David Gill Galleries
FredriksonStallard present their new furniture collection at David Gill Galleries in London tomorrow. More »
Frederik Roijé at TuttoBene
Lene Toni Kjeld at Salone Satellite
Milan update: here is another young designer who showed at Salone Satellite in Milan last month - Danish textile designer Lene Toni Kjeld of Wall Decoration, who presented a new collection of wallpaper designs called Meta One. More »
Bouroullecs for Kartell
Milan update: more from Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, this time in the form of their Pol sofa for Kartell. More »
Zero-carbon city by Foster + Partners

Architects Foster + Partners have announced the Masdar Initiative - a giant urban development in Abu Dhabi which they describe as the world's first "zero carbon, zero waste" city. More »
Bouroullecs and Heatherwick for Magis

Milan update: is this the best new chair from Milan this year? The Steelwood cafe chair by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec for Magis features modish mixed materials - in this case steel and wood, as the name suggests. More »
Jean Nouvel in Abu Dhabi
Since we are focusing on architecture in the Gulf at the moment, here is a full set of images of Louvre Abu Dhabi by architect Jean Nouvel. More »
Andrea Salvetti at Dilmos
Milan update: Italian designer/artist Andrea Salvetti continues to plough his distinctive furrow, this year showing chairs resembling nests, cupboards resembling giant logs, some super-sized eggs and a giant filigree mushroom - all made of shiny metal. More »
How they did the floor at the KEF launch
Milan update: people have been asking, so here is a technical explanation of the "liquid" digital floor display at the launch of Ross Lovegrove's new speakers for KEF. More »











