For this month's top ten we've compiled our most popular stories about lighting from the last year. In pole position are these intricately-cut paper lanterns by London designer Yu Jordy Fu. More about Dezeen's top ten: lighting
Dezeenwire: The Guardian's digital content blog shows technology giant AOL's new logo design and asks designers what they think of it - The Guardian
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Artist Alfio Bonanno and architect Christophe Cornubert will present an installation representing a metric ton of carbon dioxide in Copenhagen next month, while the city hosts the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). More about CO2 Cubes by Alfio Bonanno and Christophe Cornubert
Amsterdam designers Studio Roelof Mulder and Bureau Ira Koers have won the Serve and Facilitate (Public) Great Indoors Award for their project University Library of the University of Amsterdam. More about University Library of the University of Amsterdam by Studio Roelof Mulder and Bureau Ira Koers
Help us choose the person most deserving of applause for their work in design in 2009 and you could win an Applause Machine worth £225! More about Competition: who gets your Applause?
Parisian art collective Fandango Projects have created an installation for surf brand Quiksilver that reconstructs teenagers' bedrooms from different decades. More about I was a teenager in the... by Fandango Projects
German-Japanese studio Minkus Architects Tokyo have renovated an apartment in Tokyo using curtains that make it look like a fabric play-house. More about Egota305 by Minkus Architects Tokyo
Dutch architects MVRDV and designer Richard Hutten have completed a research facility within a courtyard at the Delft University of Technology. More about The Why Factory by MVRDV and Richard Hutten
Here are some images of a fashion store in Belgrade, Serbia, designed by architect Irena Kilibarda of Dsigned By for fashion designer Tamara Radivojevic. More about Fashion Studio by Irena Kilibarda
Cult Japanese car the Nissan Cube is due to launch in the UK in January 2009 2010. More about Nissan Cube by Nissan
Bulgarian studio Bozhinovskidesign have created a cantilevered desk suspended from the wall by steel cables. More about E.L.A by Bozhinovskidesign
Photographer Marco Zanta has sent us his photographs of an apartment designed by Italian architects MZC Architettura in Treviso, Italy. More about Casax5 by MZC Architettura
Dezeen podcast: in this podcast recorded at the Serpentine Gallery in London, industrial designer Konstantin Grcic talks about Design Real, an exhibition he curated that opened at the gallery this week. More about Dezeen podcast: Konstantin Grcic at the Serpentine Gallery
Architectural photographer Stéphane Chalmeau has sent us his photos of a building covered in aluminium bars in Nantes, France, by French architects Tetrarc. More about Manny by Tetrarc
UK company Concrete Canvas have been awarded Material of the Year 2009 by materials consultancy Material ConneXion for their cement-impregnated fabric. More about Concrete Cloth by Concrete Canvas
Scottish architecture firm Rural Design have completed a small timber house on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. More about Fiscavaig Project by Rural Design
Spanish designers Luzinterruptus have created an installation in Madrid by attaching LED lights to leaves. More about An Almost Ephimeral Autumn by Luzinterruptus
Dezeenwire: the Finnish capital Helsinki was yesterday named as World Design Capital 2012. More about Helsinki is named as World Design Capital 2012
TKTS Booth is a ticket booth where the roof forms stepped seating in Times Square, New York, designed by architects Choi Ropiha, Perkins Eastman and PKSB Architects. More about TKTS Booth and Father Duffy Square by Choi Ropiha, Perkins Eastman and PKSB Architects
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