Dezeenwire: Bloomberg reports Prince Charles' speech at the RIBA in London tonight, quoting: “In the world as it is now, there seems to be an awful lot more arrogance than reverence... a great deal more of the ego than humility, and a surfeit of abstracted ideology over the practical realities linked to people’s lives and the grain of their culture and identity.” Bloomberg.com
Milan 09: French designers Ibride presented a writing desk in the form of a life-sized mule at Zona Tortona in Milan last month. More
Milan 09: Dutch designer Pieke Bergmans launched a range of cabinets comprising antique items of furniture mounted inside rough wooden crates. More
Dezeenwire: in his speech at the Royal Institute of British Architects in London tonight, Prince Charles will tell that "communities should be key to their work with the needs of locals put first." Sky News Background to this story: Elite architects attack Prince Charles
London architecture and design practice Sybarite have completed the interior of a new flagship store for fashion brand Marni in New York. More
Dezeenwire: Norman Foster and Richard Rogers' skyscraper designs for Ground Zero in New York could be scuppered by the credit crunch. The Guardian
Dezeen has teamed up with Ligne Roset to give a presentation in London next week of key trends emerging from last month's Salone Internazionale del Mobile and Fuori Salone events in Milan - and we have five tickets (worth £15 each) to give away to Dezeen readers. More
Milan 09: Dutch designer Pepe Heykoop presented Soft Oak chair as part of Dutch Invertuals in Milan last month. More
Ljubljana practice Bevk Perovic Architects have completed a residence called House D in Ljubljana, Slovenia. More
