Italian electronics brand Olivetti has launched new printers designed by Jasper Morrison, Alberto Meda and James Irvine, and IDEO. More »

Jasper Morrison has designed a mobile phone for Samsung, featuring phone functions on one side and camera functions on the other (via dezain). More »

Julie Mathias and Wolfgang Kaeppner of WokMedia will present new versions of their Made in China series of furniture at Design Miami/Basel next week. More »

Bye bye Dubai: here are some photos we took at the International Design Forum, which ended last Tuesday. More »

The organisers of the 2012 Olympic Games in London have unveiled their new logo, created by Wolff Olins. More »

Property developer Urban Splash has launched an architectural competition for 26 canal-side homes at the New Islington regeneration site in Manchester, England (above).

Each of the houses will be designed by a different competition winner, all of whom will also be given the chance to buy the plot of land and build the house for themselves. More »

Hotel Ballymun is a project that temporarily turned a condemned tower block in Ballymun, Ireland, into a hotel as part of a cultural project headed by artist Seamus Nolan. More »

Sneak preview: here are some photos showing the installation of TransPlastic, an exhibition of a new series of work by the Campana Brothers, which opens at the Albion Gallery in London on Tuesday 5 June. More »

DuPont, the manufacturer of Corian, has marked the composite material’s 40th birthday by commissioning 40 designers to create products using the material. More »

Dutch designer Richard Hutten has designed a collection for French luxury brand Christofle. More »

A new architecture competition has been announced for virtual buildings designed for the Second Life digital world. More »