Dutch architects Office for Metropolitan Architecture have announced the start of construction on De Rotterdam, a complex of three interconnected towers that will be the biggest building in the Netherlands. More »

French architects ECDM have completed a residence in Epinay-sur-Seine north of Paris that includes accommodation for students, university staff and women in distress. More »

Design studio Base Design and industrial designer Michael Young have designed the packaging for a new premium olive oil produced Portuguese brand Herdeiros Passanha. More »

German designer Valentin Loellmann has created a collection of furniture assembled from discarded objects and coated in polyester. More »

Hong Kong designers John Lin, Joshua Bolchover and Jason Carlow have designed the interior of a champagne bar in Wan Chai, Hong Kong. More »

Dutch shoe designer Marloes ten Bhömer has created a pair of shoes made of a single piece of leather folded round a stainless steel support. More »

Croatian design student Elvis Tomljenovic has won a car design competition with MOY, a concept that allows users to download their own surface designs for their vehicles. More »

Here are some pictures of the completed Burnham Pavilion by Dutch architects UNStudio in Millennium Park, Chicago. More »

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London Design Festival 09: British designer Tom Dixon has designed two new stools – the smaller of which is produced from the off-cuts of the larger stool – that will be launched at the first Tom Dixon store, due to open this September in west London. More »

Dezeen and publishers Tank Books are offering readers the chance to win five copies of A View on Harvard GSD, a book documenting the work of students and the faculty at Harvard Graduate School of Design in the USA. More »

Finnish designer Harri Koskinen has created a collection of glassware for Scandinavian design group Iittala, the first in the new Art Works concept range which will be launched in September. More »

Here’s the latest in our series of stories about projects by Japanese architects Suppose Design Office: a residence in Saijo, Hiroshima, Japan, based on traditional pit-dwelling houses. More »

South Korean designer Kim HyunJoo has designed a combined chair and dog kennel intended to help dog owners bond with their pets.

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