French architect Jean Nouvel has won the competition to remodel the central port area in Vigo, Spain (actually he won back in May – thanks to eikongraphia via dezain for the tip). More »

New Designers 07: Light Bulb Packaging is a light designed by University of Brighton graduate Olivia Cheung that attempts to avoid waste by converting packaging into product. More »

Matthew Hilton is one of three designers presenting new ranges for British manufacturer Ercol at the new Tent London showcase from 20-23 September. More »

Rove, the website of art dealer Kenny Schachter, presents new images of the Z.Car concept vehicle he commissioned from architect Zaha Hadid. More »

Split series is a design system by Peter Marigold that involves splitting timber logs lengthways into four parts and using the resulting odd angles to generate idiosyncratic shelves, tables and storage towers. More »

OMA in the Middle East: Office for Metropolitan Architecture have sent over a few more images of Dubai Renaissance, a 300m-tall rotating skyscraper. More »

Shanghai Expo 2010: Here are more images of the six shortlisted designs for the British pavilion at Shanghai World Expo 2010 (see previous story) plus, further down the story, text describing each one. Above: The Pavilion of Ideas by Heatherwick Studio, Casson Mann, Adams Kara Taylor & Atelier Ten. More »

Shanghai Expo 2010: Images of the six designs shortlisted for the British Pavilion at Shanghai Expo 2010 have been released. More »

More Corian, but unrelated: designer Arik Levy has created a kitchen in a small Parisian loft using the surfacing material. More »

Architect Amanda Levete of Future Systems has designed an installation using DuPont Corian for the London Design Festival this September. More »

Architects Denton Corker Marshall have won a competition to design a 50-storey office tower in their home town of Melbourne, Australia. More »

Building Design magazine has published the shortlist for this year’s Stirling Prize. The six shortlisted buildings are: More »

We’re not making it up: Leeser Architecture of New York have won a competition to design the World Mammoth and Permafrost Museum in Yakutsk, Siberia. More »

Finnish design duo Company present an exhibition called Top Secrets of Finland at the Kiasma contemporary art museum in Helsinki.

The show consists of a shop selling products that designers Aamu Song and Johan Olin developed in conjunction with manufacturers of traditional furniture, clothing and household goods across Finland. More »