Milan 2010: designer Hafsteinn Juliusson of Iceland and Italy presented flavoured paper snacks in Milan last week. More »

Milan 2010: More ice: aluminium furniture brand Emeco will launch a new version of its iconic Navy Chair in Milan next month, made of recycled plastic Coca-Cola bottles. More »

Milan designers Gabriele and Oscar Buratti have collaborated with bathroom brand Roca to create a combined toilet and wash basin, where waste water from the sink is used to fill the toilet cistern. More »

Bedfordshire office Nicolas Tye Architects set about building this new studio for themselves when the company outgrew a space in the director’s home. More »

Architect Davide Marchetti of Rome proposed an office building with a punctured rammed-earth facade for a competition in Leeds, UK. More »

Dutch architect Anne Holtrop has collaborated with green technology firm Studio Noach and botanist Patrick Blanc to propose an artificial floating island containing gardens and a spa. More »

London designer Asif Khan has produced an installation of chairs and tables made of freeze-dried flowers as part of the Designers in Residence program at the Design Museum London. More »

Japanese landscape design studio EARTHSCAPE have created a giant travelling human-shaped herb garden. More »

Paris architects Mikou Design Studio have won a competition to design a zero-energy school and sports complex for Saint Ouen in France. More »

Cologne 2010: Italian designer Matteo Thun presented a table made of disused Venetian mooring posts at imm cologne last week. More »

Designers Victor Massip and Laurent Lebot of Faltazi have designed a conceptual system where water is recycled and waste is broken down by worms inside the kitchen.  More »

Chinese designer Daizi Zheng has created a conceptual mobile phone for Finnish brand Nokia that could be powered by sugary drinks. Update: this project is included in Dezeen Book of Ideas, which is on sale now for £12. More »

Oslo studio Various Architects and Pollen Architecture of Austin, Texas, have designed a green office building in response to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) held in Copenhagen earlier this month. More »

London designer Thomas Heatherwick has designed a biomass power station for the bank of the river Tees in the UK. More »