Dezeenwire: Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs will interview designers Stefan Diez, Marco Susani and Harald Gründl live on stage from 12.30 in the The Ramazzotti D3 Lounge at imm Cologne today, as part of our Dezeentalks at [D3] Design Talents series.
The interviews will be broadcast on Dezeen at a later date. More info plus the full schedule in our earlier story.
See films of all the Dezeentalks at last year’s fair here.
Dezeenwire: architects Office for Metropolitan Architecture have been commissioned to design the new strategy and identity for Hong Kong transport authority MTR, including two new stations. See press release below.
This family house with a wooden interior in Kobe, Japan is by Japanese architect Keiichi Sugiyama. More »
This five-towered residential extension to the orangery of an eighteenth century castle in Yvelines, France, is by architect Christian Pottgiesser. More »
Cologne 2011: Dutch designer Frederik Roijé presents his range of sofas with an integral side-table in Cologne, Germany, this week. More »
The Design Museum in London have announced the designs nominated for the Brit Insurance Designs of the Year 2011, including the Angry Birds game (above). See the full shortlist below. More »
This sculpture of a boy and rocking horse by Berlin artists Elmgreen and Dragset will be the next installation on top of the Fourth Plinth in London’s Trafalgar Square. More »
Dezeenwire: Alice Rawsthorn takes a look at the colour trends companies have forecast for this year and why they’re likely to be a self-fulfilling prophecy - New York Times
Swedish designers Humans since 1982 have created a hair clip with eyes on to make the wearer look like they’re standing the other way round and wearing a niqāb headdress. More »
Pascal Grasso Architectures of France have installed a landscape of blocks across the ceiling in this monochrome apartment in Paris. More »
Dezeen archive: Since our readers love them so much, here’s a round-up of all the stories we’ve published on Dezeen about Japanese houses. See all the stories »
London designer Émilie Voirin has created a range of whips, shaving brushes and trinket boxes made of hair. More »
David Mikhail Architects won the New London Architecture‘s Don’t Move, Improve! competition with this project extending a London terraced house by just one metre. More »
ADJKM Arquitectos have won a competition to build a music complex in Caracas, Venezuela, with this design covered in a veil of vertical louvres. More »
Cologne 2011: French designer Inga Sempé will present these quilted beds for design brand Ligne Roset at imm Cologne next week. More »