Dezeenwire: design critic Justin McGuirk lifts the lid on the furniture industry’s royalty system and asks “are designers being exploited by having to make work for free?” in his article for The Guardian, describing #milanuncut as the big story of Milan 2011. Read the full article »

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Amsterdam architects UNStudio have completed a new headquarters for the Dutch national tax offices and the student loan administration in Groningen, the Netherlands. More »

Milan 2011: our latest movie made in Milan last week features Yves Behar of fuseproject talking about Jambox, the wireless speaker he designed for Jawbone, and JamScape, the audio installation presented in the Ventura Lambrate design district. Watch the movie

Milan 2011: UK designer Benjamin Hubert presented this ash chair for Italian brand Casamania at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan last week. More »

Milan 2011: Swedish designers Claesson Koivisto Rune unveiled this mobile phone design at Superstudio Piu at Tortona Design Week in Milan. More »

Helsinki studio Avanto Architects have completed this house with four wings overlooking four distinct views in Virrat, Finland. More »

This athletics track in Alicante by Spanish studio Subarquitectura has an alternative track that loops up over the roof of the changing room. More »

Dezeen Screen: in this previously unpublished video interview by Dezeen, industrial designer Konstantin Grcic talks about Design Real, the exhibition he curated at the Serpentine Gallery in London in 2009. More information about the exhibition in our story published at the time. Watch the movie »

Dezeen Watch Store: the Record watch, one of the last projects worked on by Italian architect and designer Achille Castiglioni (1918-2002), is now available at Dezeen Watch Store. More »

Milan 2011: architect Zaha Hadid presented this zig-zag chair for producers Sawaya & Moroni in Milan last week. More »

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Milan 2011: Swiss brand Punkt. presented this alarm clock by British designer Jasper Morrison at Spazio Rossana Orlandi in Milan last week. More »

Milan 2011: industrial designer Konstantin Grcic launched this armchair inspired by windsurfing and paragliding equipment for design brand Vitra at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan. More »

Faceted wooden panels divide the interior of this house in Kyoto, Japan, by architects ALPHAville. More »