
The winners of the UK graduate exhibition New Designers Part 2 awards were announced at the opening of the show on Wednesday night, with Tortie Hoare being awarded the New Designer of the Year prize for her boiled leather furniture (above). More »

The winners of the UK graduate exhibition New Designers Part 2 awards were announced at the opening of the show on Wednesday night, with Tortie Hoare being awarded the New Designer of the Year prize for her boiled leather furniture (above). More »

Japanese firm Ryuji Nakamura Architects installed these vinyl hammocks in a department store in Tokyo. More »

Australian studio Durbach Block Architects have completed a wedge-shaped building in Sydney, Australia, that appears to have been pinched in at the top. More »

Here's another project from last month's Royal College of Art graduate show, Els Woldhek's series of unconventional shelving and lamps joined by copper growths. More »

Krystian Kowalski of Polish design collective Kompott presented a foldable chair that also doubles up as a stool at the Royal College of Art graduate show in London last month. More »

Design group United Nude have taken a number of recognisable objects and created simplified versions, including this Lamborghini, made up of a series of triangulated planes. More »

Here are some images of the VIP lounge located inside the Dutch Pavilion for Shanghai Expo 2010, designed by Chinese firm Cloud-9. More »

Unsangdong Architects of Korea have designed a publisher's office encircled by timber-clad steps. More »

Here is the other winning competition entry for a new opera house and cultural centre in Kristiansund, Norway, by Danish architects C. F. Møller. More »

London firm Brisac Gonzalez in collaboration with Oslo studio Space Group, have won joint first place in a competition to design an opera and cultural centre in Kristiansund, Norway. More »

Royal College of Art graduate Ian McIntyre presented his range of tableware at the graduate show last month, including these cups intended for Chai tea. More »
Dezeenwire: British architect Lord Norman Foster has surrendered his seat in the House of Lords in order to retain his non-resident tax status and avoid paying full British taxes. Foster will be able to retain his title despite his resignation - The Press Association.

Architecture students Wing Yi Hui and Lap Ming Wong of the Oslo School of Architecture and Design have completed a domed latticed pavilion as part of a performance-oriented design project. More »

Danish firm Henning Larsen Architects have won a competition to design an aquarium in Batumi, Georgia, resembling a cluster of pebbles. More »

UK architects Foster + Partners have completed the world's tallest tensile structure in Astana, Kazakhstan. More »