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Dutch designer Maartje Dros created a play space for both children and dogs for design biennale ExperimentaDesign2008 in Amsterdam. More »

Architects Chris Bosse and Tobias Wallisser of Laboratory for Visionary Architecture Asia Pacific (LAVA) have unveiled Michael Schumacher World Champion Tower at the Cityscape property fair in Dubai. More »

Here’s another building for the Ordos 100 project in Inner Mongolia in China, this time designed by Julien De Smedt Architects. More »

Architects Woods Bagot have designed a kilometre-high tower for developer Nakheel in Dubai. More »

Designer Victor Vetterlein has designed a jewellery case made from black crystal. More »

Landscape architects Gustafson Porter created a secret garden called Towards Paradise at the Venice architecture biennale, which opened last month. More »

Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka will present a chair made of natural crystals at Second Nature, an exhibition he is directing at 21_21 Design Sight in Tokyo later this month. More »

Designers Viable London launched three new products during the London Design Festival earlier this month. More »

More from architects Bjarke Ingels Group: this time a design for a new urban space in the Nørrebro area of Copenhagen, Denmark. More »

Design organisation Danish Crafts presented the work of 12 Danish designers including Kim Buck (above), Ole Jensen, (below) and Christin Johansson at 100% Design London last month. More »

California Academy of Sciences by architects Renzo Piano Building Workshop opened last week in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. More »

Design graduates from the Royal College of Art in London presented an exhibition of their work called Changing Dimensions last month. More »

Turkish design brand ilio presented its new range at 100% Design in London last month. More »