Japanese designers Nendo will present three new projects for Carpenters Workshop Gallery in Paris next week, including this series of lamps, vases, bowls and tables made by heating agricultural nets. More about Static Bubbles by Nendo for Carpenters Workshop Gallery
Dezeen Wire: artists Studio Job have been forced to amend controversial designs for a fence to a private estate that intentionally resembles the gates of a Nazi concentration camp where over 50,000 people died during World War II - Co.Design
The is the second set of contentious proposals to come from the Netherlands in recent months, following proposals by architects MVRDV for skyscrapers that look like the exploding World Trade Centre on 9/11.
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Dezeen will present a range of products by upcoming designers and brands at Home, the new domestic interiors trade show taking place in London from Sunday. More about Dezeen presents upcoming designers and brands at Home
Daylight floods into the reading rooms of this Chilean library though the high level windows of faceted ventilation stacks. More about Taltal Public Library by Murúa-Valenzuela
The yellow stone and white render walls of this house in the Lithuanian countryside curve around to form a semicircle. More about Single Family House in Kacergine by Gintaras Balcytis
Industrial designer Konstantin Grcic will present this chair for German manufacturer Flötotto at trade show imm cologne in Germany next week. More about Pro by Konstantin Grcic
San Francisco studio fuseproject have unveiled the OLPC XO-3, a tablet computer for the next generation of the One Laptop Per Child project to distribute robust, cheap, self-powered computers for education in the developing world. More about OLPC XO-3 by fuseproject
Dezeen Wire: architectural theorist Anne Tyng, known for her professional and personal relationship with architect Louis Kahn, died on 27 December 2011 aged 91 - New York Times
Dezeen Wire: the organisers of Paris design show Maison & Objet have announced Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka as this year's Now! Design à Vivre Creator of the Year. An exhibition of his Crystalized Project will be held at the fair from 20 to 24 January 2012. More about Tokujin Yoshioka announced as Creator of the Year at Maison & Objet
In this movie that we filmed at Qubique 2011, Philipp Mainzer, founder of German furniture brand e15, talks about the furniture and accessories the company showed during the Berlin design fair. More about e15 at Qubique 2011
This faceted museum in the Alps by South Tyrolean architect Werner Tscholl is precariously cantilevered. More about The Timmelsjoch Experience Pass Museum by Werner Tscholl
Japanese firm ONdesign have completed a wooden house in Fujisawa where two sliced halves are connected by a shared living area. More about House with Empty Lot by ON design
X marks the sport where you hang your hat and coat with these hooks that also function as coat hangers. More about X Hanger by Kfir Schwalb
This week a pair of commemorative structures by Peter Zumthor and Louise Bourgeois were our most clicked story, so our first top ten of the year features the most popular memorials from our archive. More about Dezeen’s top ten: memorials
French architects Tectoniques have completed a townhouse in Lyon that is entirely black at the front but has three oversized windows at the rear. More about DI-VA House by Tectoniques
At the start of 2011 two of our most popular stories were about sex toys. New online brand Made to Pleasure invited customers to customise the shape of their toys, while designer Marc Dibeh designed one that discreetly tucks into the side of a bedside lamp. More about One year ago...
Architects CZWG have completed a bronzed, hexagonal library that leans across a dock in south London. More about Canada Water Library by CZWG
This week Peter Zumthor's memorial to suspected witches put to death in Norway captured readers attention, while David Chipperfield was confirmed as architecture curator for this year's Venice Biennale and rapper Kanye West announced plans to launch a design company. More about This week on Dezeen
Japanese architect Hiroyuki Tanaka added diagonal walls and blue lights to this Tokyo apartment. More about High-rise residence by Hiroyuki Tanaka Architects
In this movie filmed at Qubique 2011, student Milena Kling shows us an exhibition of projects from the University of Arts Berlin, which were completed in collaboration with material brand Alcantara. More about Alcantara and University of Arts Berlinat Qubique 2011