Furniture brands Poltrona Frau and Cappellini are holding sales at their Clerkenwell and Chelsea Harbour showrooms in London starting this week (details below) and to mark the events they have teamed up with Dezeen to offer readers the chance to win a Cappellini S-Chair (above) designed by Tom Dixon. More »
Designer Chris Martin of Swedish company Massproductions has designed a stool made of laminated beech. More »
Young Mexican architects Arquitectura en Proceso have completed the headquarters of developers Darcons in the suburbs of Delicias City in the Chihuahua state of Mexico. More »
Dezeenwire: the New Acropolis Museum designed by Bernard Tschumi Architects has opened in Athens, with the Greek president Karolos Papoulias calling on Britain to return sculptures from the Parthenon held at the British Museum. BBC News Related: New Acropolis Museum by Bernard Tschumi (Dezeen)
Architect Daniel Libeskind has unveiled Villa, a made-to-order luxury house that can be delivered and assembled anywhere in the world. More »
Dezeenwire: Gijs Bakker, the co-founder of Droog Design, has resigned following a dispute over the company’s direction. More »
DMY Berlin 09: Memory Stücks is a project by Berlin- and London-based design studio Beta Tank that was exhibited at the DMY Allstars exhibition in Berlin earlier this month. More »
Dutch interior architects i29 have completed an office suite for an advertising agency using used furniture bought from online auction sites and charity shops. More »
Dezeen has teamed up with iPhone application 29GPS to offer readers the chance to win an iPod Touch. More »
Dezeenwire: the Royal College of Art has confirmed the appointment of Dutch Designer Tord Boontje as head of the Design Products course, replacing Ron Arad. More »
Brooklyn-based graphic designer Ebon Heath will exhibit a series of typographic mobiles called Stereo.type at retail store 50°C in Dubai next week. More »
An exhibition of work by designers including Marcel Wanders, Ettore Sottsass, David Adjaye and Marc Newson is on show at the NRW-Forum Kultur und Wirtschaft in Düsseldorf, Germany. More »
Israeli architects SO have completed an ice cream and yogurt parlour in an old carpentry shop in Ramat Ishay. More »
Belgian architects import.export have created a mobile multi-storey structure that allows people to camp in urban areas. Update: this project is included in Dezeen Book of Ideas, which is on sale now for £12. More »
Korean product designer Ramei Keum has designed a steel table called Gorge. More »