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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 »

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 »

We just got back from a lightning visit to Belgrade for the second annual Belgrade Design Week, which continues until Saturday. More »

Industrial design blog Core77 has published an online guide to New York design week, which runs from Saturday 19 to Tuesday 22 May. More »

German design magazine Form is celebrating its 50th birthday by putting its entire archive of back issues online. More »

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 present their new furniture collection at David Gill Galleries in London tomorrow. More »

Milan update: TuttoBene was our favourite of the independent group shows this year, setting up shop in a warehouse just across the train tracks from Via Tortona and presenting work by young designers from Belgium and the Netherlands. More »

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 »

Milan update: more from Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, this time in the form of their Pol sofa for Kartell. More »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »