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German designer Kilian Schindler talks about starting out as a designer and learning to work with manufacturers in this last movie interview in our series filmed at Dezeentalks at [D3] Design Talents in Cologne earlier this year  More »

Milan 2011: Italian lighting brand Fabbian will present a collection of pendant lamps covered in silicone tiles by London designer Benjamin Hubert in Milan next month. More »

This exhibition designed by Gitta Gschwendtner for London’s Somerset House displayed fashion drawings on gauze-covered boxes. More »

Milan 2011: Italian design company Alessi will present this folding chair by British architect David Chipperfield in Milan next month. More »

Rain falls inside parts of this house in Tokyo by Japanse studio Takeshi Hosaka Architects. More »

Dezeenwire: Israel is considering a plan to build an artificial island off the coast of the Gaza Strip to encourage tourism and act as a transit point for goods, according to The Guardian. Read the story

Ceiling recesses lined with wood draw the eye upwards from the matching floor in this apartment designed by Davidclovers of Hong Kong. More »

Milan 2011: French designer Matali Crasset will present this chair with a fold-out table for Italian brand Danese in Milan next month. More »

In this latest movie from our series of Dezeentalks at [D3] Design Talents Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs talks to Barbara Friedrich, jury member for this year’s [D3] Contest young designers competition. More »

Milan 2011: Italian designer Fabio Novembre will present this robot-shaped shelving unit for design brand Casamania in Milan next month. Update 31/07/11: see Dezeen’s top ten stories about robots. More »

Swiss architects Group8 have completed this residential block covered in pink sun screens in Geneva. More »

Architectural photographer Francisco Nogueira has sent us his photographs of Casa das Histórias Paula Rego in Cascais, Portugal, the latest building to be completed by 2011 Pritzker Prize Laureate Eduardo Souto de Moura. More »

Here’s a selection of projects by Portuguese architect Eduardo Souto de Moura, who has been named 2011 Pritzker Prize Laureate (see our earlier story). More »