
Product designer Meirav Barzilay of Tel Aviv has designed this crumpled papery pendant light that comes scrunched up in a ball. More »

Product designer Meirav Barzilay of Tel Aviv has designed this crumpled papery pendant light that comes scrunched up in a ball. More »
Dezeenwire: London designers BarberOsgerby are to design the Torch for the London 2012 Olympic Games. More details below. More »

Milan 2011: Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka will present this chair called Moon for Italian brand Moroso at their showroom in Milan this April. More »

Designer Nikolaï Carels of The Netherlands has designed a wok for Dutch brand Royal VKB with a cupped edge at the front to prevent food spilling out of the pan. More »

The Design Museum in London have announced the seven category winners for this year's 2011 Brit Insurance Design of the Year Awards, including the Branca chair by Industrial Facility (above). More »
Dezeenwire: the Design Council have launched a competition to design ways of tackling violence and aggression in National Health Service Accident & Emergency wards in the UK. More »

Japanese studio Kazunori Fujimoto Architect & Associates have completed a weekend house in Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, where two gabled structures are separated by a walled courtyard. More »

Dezeen archive: following our story on Offecct's collection for incorporating plants in design this week here's a selection of stories from the Dezeen archives featuring plants, flowers and seeds. See all the stories »

Stockholm 2011: here's an upholstered chair launched by designer Chris Martin of Swedish company Massproductions at Stockholm Furniture Fair this month. More »

Spanish studio CrystalZoo have renovated this former school in Novelda, Spain, to create a youth centre for the area. More »

London designer Tomás Alonso used ceramic tiles to create optical illusions in this store he designed for Spanish shoe brand Camper in London. More »

Artists Studio Job of Belgium have fitted out the interior of this private boat with teak, Corian and nautical iconography. More »

The Guangzhou Opera House by Zaha Hadid Architects has opened in Guangdong province, China. More »

London firm Hopkins Architects have completed the Velodrome, the first of the five permanent venues on the Olympic Park for the London 2012 Olympic Games. More »

Stockholm 2011: French designer Emma Marga Blanche presented these pleated lamps as part of 20 Designers at Biologiska (see our earlier story), which she co-curated with Fredrik Färg during Stockholm Design Week. More »