Cologne 2010: German designer Patrick Frey has created a collection of stools and benches each made of a single piece of folded plastic, presented at imm Cologne last week. More »

Mexican designer Liliana Ovalle has designed a sofa based on the improvised furniture of the homeless in Mexico City. More »

Finnish studio ARK-house Architects have completed a centre for visiting seamen at Vuosaari Harbor in Helsinki, sandwiched between two long curving timber walls. More »

Slovenian studio Ofis Arhitekti have completed a project to create suburban affordable housing in Podpec, Slovenia, More »

French designer Arik Levy is exhibiting a collection of three cabinets called Dick, Pussy & Ass at Galerie SLOTT in Paris. More »

Following our recent story about a canoe store in the Spanish countryside, here’s a rather different solution to the same problem located on a farm in Ontario, Canada, designed by architecture students Geoff Christou and Nick Savage, More »

Swiss studio Marchal + Fürstenberger Architects have completed a house in Arlesheim, Switzerland, where the rendered upper floor overhangs a glass-walled living room. More »

At Object Rotterdam in the Netherlands this week Dutch designer Aldo Bakker will present a collection of stools made of reclaimed wood coated in a clear glossy lacquer. More »

Fashion designer Lamija Suljevic of Sweden has unveiled her latest collection of one-off, hand-made clothes. More »

Cologne 2010: Polish designer Oskar Zieta of Zieta Prozessdesign created an installation of inflated stainless steel for online design products showcase Architonic at imm cologne earlier this month. More »

Japanese landscape design studio EARTHSCAPE have created a giant travelling human-shaped herb garden. More »