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Swarovski Crystal Palace video diary day 7: Maarten Baas, the Design Museum and the Lomography project in Trafalgar Square feature in the seventh of our daily documentaries about the London Design Festival, commissioned by festival sponsor Swarovksi Crystal Palace <<watch the movie>> More »

Architect Tadao Ando has designed a new contemporary arts centre in Venice for luxury goods tycoon François Pinault. More »

Swarovski Crystal Palace video diary day 6: we spent the weekend uploading three more mini documentaries to swarovksisparkles.tv, as part of our project documenting the London Design Festival for festival sponsor Swarovski Crystal Palace. More »

The blog of design showcase Designersblock show photos of the opening of this year’s London event, held on Friday night. More »

The giant Mutagenesis installation by Belgian designer Arne Quinze opened at the Abitate Il Tempo design show in Verona, Italy this weekend. More »

Freedom of Creation unveiled a new range of rapid-prototyped products at 100% Design in London this weekend. More »

Here are photos of Trash Luxe, an exhibition curated by Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs at Liberty in London. The show features furniture, lighting, homewares and jewellery by young designers who use cheap or worthless materials to create luxury products. More »

FC Barcelona have unveiled the design of their new stadium by Foster + Partners. More »

Architects Asymptote have announced Penang Global City Center (PGCC), a large development in northern Malaysia. More »

Swarovski Crystal Palace video diary day 5: today’s movie features Trash Luxe, the exhibition curated by dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs at Liberty in London. <<watch the movie>> More »

London design store twentytwentyone is showing 40 canvas bags that have each been customised by a different designer, including Ineke Hans (above) and Doshi Levien (below). More »

Breaking news: we understand that Thomas Heatherwick has won the competition for the British pavilion at Shanghai World Expo 2010, beating architects including Zaha Hadid, John McAslan and Marks Barfield. The decision is expected to be confirmed later today (Friday). More info on the competition and shortlist in our previous stories.

Update 21/09/07: here is the announcement from the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office confirming Heatherwick’s victory:

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Here are a few more photos of Rivington Place, a new arts space in Shoreditch, London, designed by architect David Adjaye. More »

The Hulger Indian Call Centre is an installation running during the London Design Festival by web-phone brand Hulger in conjunction with Beyond the Valley. More »

Swarovski Crystal Palace video diary day 4: Future Systems and Ross Lovegrove feature in today’s video diary of the London Design Festival, filmed by Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs. <<Watch the movie>> More »

Furniture designer Matthew Hilton has unveiled the new collection of pieces he will launch at 100% Design in London tomorrow. More »

J Mayer H Architekten have sent us an image of Home.Haus, a design for a children’s home near a forest in Germany. More »

David Chipperfield Architects has won a competition to redevelop a key historic site in the centre of Pisa, Italy. More »

Swarovski Crystal Palace video diary day 3: Zaha Hadid (above) is the subject of today’s movie about the London Design Festival. More »

Swarovski Crystal Palace video diary day 2: the second of our daily movies covering the London Design Festival is now up on swarovskisparkles.tv <<watch the movie>> More »