Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron are to build a hybrid stadium/apartment megastructure in Portsmouth, England, which will combine a new home for Portsmouth Football Club with residential elements. More about Portsmouth FC by Herzog & de Meuron
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Swedish designers Front have posted a YouTube video created for the Chocolate exhibition at 21_21 Design Sight in Toyko. More about Chocolate by Front
The MUSAC Contemporary Art Museum of Castilla y León, Spain, by architects Mansilla + Tuñón has won the Mies van der Rohe Award 2007 (via dezain, via Archinect). More about Mies van der Rohe Award 2007
Milan update: we just got these images taken at the presentation of the giant Muon speakers that Ross Lovegrove designed for audio brand KEF. More about Ross Lovegrove for KEF 2
Milan update: designer Norbert Wangen presented a new washbasin plus the latest evolution of his K series of kitchens for luxury kitchen and bathroom brand Boffi. More about Norbert Wangen for Boffi
Here are four renderings of the 2007 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, by artist Olafur Eliasson and Kjetil Thorsen of Norwegian architects Snøhetta. Update: this project is included in Dezeen Book of Ideas, which is on sale now for £12. More about 2007 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion
Milan update: here is a second collection for Cappellini by young Dutch designer Ineke Hans. More about Ineke Hans for Cappellini 2
As you may have noticed, we're focusing on architecture and design in the Middle East in the run up to the International Design Forum in Dubai next month. More about Jean Nouvel in Doha
Milan update: rAndom International showed a new collection of lights made from cannibalised electronic equipment at Spazio Krizia. More about rAndom International at Spazio Krizia
Milan update: here is the first of our picks of Salone Satellite - the young designers' show sponsored by the Salone Internazionale del Mobile. More about Marina Bautier at Salone Satellite
Milan update: Konstantin Grcic has designed a bar table to compliment his now-classic Miura stool for Plank. More about Konstantin Grcic for Plank
Milan update: in her show in Via Tortona, Pieke Bergmans presented a range of Vitra classics transmuted by her "virus" technique of blowing molten glass vases directly onto pieces of furniture. More about Vitra Virus by Pieke Bergmans
Milan update: young Dutch designer Pieke Bergmans showed elements of her Design Virus project across Milan this year, including these mirrors at the prestigious Dilmos Gallery. More about Mirror Virus by Pieke Bergmans
Milan update: more designer collaborations with developing-world artisans, this time in the shape of the TaTu tables designed by Stephen Burks and made by craftspeople in Cape Town, South Africa. More about Stephen Burks for Artecnica
Milan update: here are more images and a detailed description of the new work for Moroso presented by Doshi Levien at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan last week. More about Doshi Levien for Moroso 2
Milan update: The Campana Brothers are the latest designers to produce objects for Design With Conscience - a project by Artecnica that pairs leading designers with artisans in the developing world. More about Campana Brothers for Artecnica
Milan update: Tomas Gabzdil Libertiny of Studio Libertiny has sent us another photo of his extraordinary vase made by bees. More about More on the bee vase
Milan update: The Milan Furniture Fair is over and we're back home now, but there's plenty of material still to publish. First up are a couple of products presented by lighting designer Ingo Maurer More about Ingo Maurer with Ron Arad
Office for Metropolitan Architecture has announced details of a new publication that will present research into the growth of new urban centres in the Gulf. More about OMA to publish study of Gulf urbanism
Live from Milan: Dandelight by Lonneke Gordijn of Drift is a battery-powered LED light covered in dandelion seeds. More about Dandelight by Drift