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: More »

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 »

Industrial designers Industrial Facility have launched a collection of portable digital storage devices for LaCie, called Little Disk Program. More »

Selfridges department store in London has created a Wonder Wall to showcase creative talent, as part of its new Wonder Room ground floor refurbishment by Klein Dytham Architecture. More »

A Rebours is a collaboration between artist Peter Halley and designer Matali Crasset that opened at Ropac Gallery in Paris over the weekend. More »

Here are three preview images of BMW Welt, a new brand experience building and distribution centre in Munich for the car marque designed by architects Coop Himmelb[l]au. More »

Welcome to the new-look Dezeen! We hope you like our new design. Thanks to Micha Weidmann who created our new identity and designjunction who designed the site – it’s been a pleasure to work with such talented people.

Read a bit more about the thinking behind the redesign here. Lots more innovations and developments coming soon… meanwhile, enjoy…