Designed in Hackney: this week's focus on classics from design company SCP in the heart of Shoreditch continues with the Balzac armchair by Matthew Hilton. More about Designed in Hackney: Balzac armchair by Matthew Hilton for SCP
Milan 2012: Elle Decoration UK editor Michelle Ogundehin tipped collaborations with Japanese designers and manufacturers as the most exciting development in Milan this year when she paid a visit to Dezeen Studio. In this first instalment of our interview with her, she discusses the calming effect this has had on the design industry and how quality design has become more accessible to high street brands. More about Interview: Michelle Ogundehin at Dezeen Studio part 1
Dezeen’s pop-up retail concept The Temporium guest-curates a collection of homeware for flash-sales site llustre this week, including The Masquerade Bud Vases by Spanish designer Jaime Hayon (above). Go to The Temporium on llustre.com »
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Today on Dezeen Music Project we're bringing you the sounds of Jamaica, via Germany, with this dub reggae track by Berlin-based artist Dubble Dubble.
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Architects OMA have unveiled plans to convert a former theatre in Upstate New York into a performance institute commissioned by Serbian artist Marina Abramovic. More about Marina Abramović Institute by OMA
The first product from new erotic brand United Indecent Pleasures is an eight-inch chocolate penis that oozes fondant cream. More about 8 Inches of Dark Chocolate Cock Filled With... by United Indecent Pleasures
This Tokyo house by Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto has hardly any walls and looks like scaffolding (photos by Iwan Baan). More about House NA by Sou Fujimoto Architects
The Serpentine Gallery in London has unveiled plans by Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron and Chinese artist Ai Weiwei for this summer's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion: they'll conduct an archaeological dig to find traces of past pavilions on the site then line the resulting trenches with cork. More about Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2012 by Herzog & de Meuron and Ai Weiwei