Dezeenwire: The Guardian presents a video of Zaha Hadid’s Bach Chamber Music Hall in Manchester including an interview with the architect – The Guardian Related: see Dezeen’s story about the project
Dezeen have got together with Arup and publishers Prestel to give away five copies of Drivers of Change by Chris Luebkeman, Arup’s leader of global foresight and innovation. More »
Spanish designer Victor Carrasco has designed a wash basin for Italian manufacturers Boffi. More »
German Swiss bag brand Freitag have launched a limited edition range of bags made of used exhibition banners from leading art galleries and museums. More »
Cloud Tower is a pavilion for open-air concerts in the grounds of a castle near Vienna, Austria, designed by the next ENTERprise – architects. Photographs are by Lukas Schaller. More »
French designers Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec have sent us some new images of the store they recently completed in Paris for shoe brand Camper. More »
London-based taxidermy artist Kelly McCallum has created this new piece of work for a new exhibition at Sotheby’s in London this week. More »
Thai graduate designer Worapong Manupipatpong has created an installation that is halfway between furniture and architecture. More »
Dutch architectural photographer Iwan Baan has sent us his photographs of this year’s Serpentine Gallery Pavilion by Japanese architects SANAA, which opened to the public in London’s Kensington Gardens yesterday. Update: this project is included in Dezeen Book of Ideas, which is on sale now for £12. More »
New York designer Matthias Kaeding has designed a pair of ceramic cooking knives inspired by Stone Age tools. More »
French architects Manuelle Gautrand Architecture have designed a car showroom and leisure centre for Cairo, Egypt. More »
German firm Architekten Schröder Schulte-Ladbeck have completed a copper-clad concert hall in the grounds of a castle near Vienna, Austria. More »
Designer Karim Rashid has designed a lamp inspired by a leaf blowing in the wind for Italian brand Artemide, More »
No Discipline, a retrospective of British designer Ron Arad, will open at the Museum of Modern Art in New York next month. More »
The 2009 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion designed by Japanese designers SANAA opens to the public in London tomorrow. Here we present a quick guide to all the Serpentine Gallery Pavilions (including the 2003 incarnation, above, by Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer) since the series was inaugurated in 2000. Update: this project is included in Dezeen Book of Ideas, which is on sale now for £12. More »