Designer Francesco Binfaré has designed a sofa draped in a loose leather cover for Italian brand Edra. More »

Dezeenwire: the winners of the D&AD Awards 2010 were announced last night at a ceremony in London. See press release below.

See all the winning projects on the D&AD website. More »

Rotterdam studio Pasel Kuenzel Architects have completed a house on the site of a former slaughterhouse in Leiden, Netherlands, inverting the typical functions by putting the lounge at the top and the attic at the bottom. More »

DMY Berlin 2010: design collective Pour les Alpes will present multi-faceted wooden plant pots at the DMY International Design Festival taking place in Berlin next week. More »

Spanish studio MSB have designed a collection of steel-plate furniture including this desk, which combines a seat and table. More »

Dezeen promotion: graduate art and design show Free Range 2010 opens at the Old Truman Brewery in London tomorrow. More »

Dezeenmail issue #51 is out now – have a look at it here. Dezeenmail is sent out roughly every two weeks and contains a selection of Dezeen’s best stories and comments, along with all our latest competitions and jobs. You can subscribe here.

French designer Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance has completed the interior of a gallery in Paris featuring a strip of white Corian wrapped around the space. More »

Shanghai Expo 2010: here are some images of the Polish pavilion at Shanghai Expo 2010 designed by Polish studio WWAA Architects. More »

We’ve got together with New York architects WORKac to give away five copies of the second edition of 49 Cities, their study into design proposals for utopian metropolises. More »

New York designer Alvaro Uribe has created a stool by bending carbon fibre-reinforced plastic into a seat and two legs. More »

Spanish office Magén Arquitectos have completed a building for the environment department of Zaragoza city council in Spain, featuring a top level of wood panelling, a glass mid-section and a black-tinted concrete bottom. More »

Japanese architect Makoto Yamaguchi has created a hair salon in the basement of a Tokyo building, showcasing the patchwork of alterations made by previous occupants of the space. More »

American designer Victor Vetterlein has made a lamp out of egg boxes. More »