In this short interview we conducted as part of our Food and Design report for luxury kitchen appliances brand Scholtès, German designer Gitta Gschwendtner talks about her conceptual Drawer Kitchen, which integrates kitchen furniture with domestic storage. More »

Dutch designers Peter van der Jagt, Erik Jan Kwakkel and Arnout Visser have developed a system of kitchen tiles that fit round corners to cover all surfaces of a kitchen without breaking up the grid of grouting. More »

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The Temporium: London designer Shan Valla is selling these porcelain birds and bunnies at our pop-up store The Temporium, open until Sunday at 221 Brompton Road. More »

Dezeenwire: industrial designer James Dyson is to succeed Terence Conran as Provost of London’s Royal College of Art. See press release below. More »

Japanese architects StudioGreenBlue have inserted concrete bars behind the glazed wall in this family home in Fukaya, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. More »

The Temporium: we have ten Jambox portable wireless speakers in limited-edition packaging designed by Yves Behar of Fuseproject on sale at The Temporium, our pop-up design store in London. More »

This bar in Shanghai by 3GATTI Architecture Studio has an undulating cave-like form created by apertures cut into fins along its length. More »

Here are some photos of the recently-completed mixed-use urban block Le Monolith in Lyon, France, masterplanned by Dutch studio MVRDV and designed by five different architects. More »

Japanese architect Hiroyuki Tanaka designed the structure of this table based on the roof and pillar systems of ancient temples. More »

Doors in this Portuguese house by Jorge Mealha Arquitecto are rendered in the same material as the walls to give the impression of closed blocks around a terrace.  More »

Dezeenwire: UK design organisation Hidden Art is in danger of losing half its funding and may be forced to close. See press release below. Update 30/08/11: Hidden Art have announced they will close at the end of September 2011.  More »

Designer Natascha Madeiski and architect Alexander Graef used cut-out paper to create this wintry window display for Septieme Etage boutique in Geneva. More »

Dutch shoe designer Marloes ten Bhömer has created a pair of 3D-printed shoes that can be individually made to fit perfectly. Update: this project is included in Dezeen Book of Ideas, which is on sale now for £12. More »