News: work is about to start on a high-density, car-free "satellite city" for 80,000 people that will be built from scratch in a rural location close to Chengdu and later replicated in other parts of China. More about Great City by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
News: French practice bureau faceB has won a competition to design a bridge across the Seine in Paris with plans for a wobbling crossing of stretched steel cables. More about Quivering wire crossing by bureau faceB wins Paris bridge competition
In this movie we filmed for the Stepney Green Design Collection, Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs introduces East London creatives Nicolas Roope, Lee Broom, Nina Tolstrup and Phil Cuttance, who explain why east London has become such a hub for designers and the creative industries. More about Stepney Green Design Collection: what is special about East London?
Interieur 2012: beams of light appear to bend into curved gothic arches above this illusory passageway by London design studio Troika at the Interieur design biennale in Kortrijk, Belgium, this week. More about Arcades by Troika
Danish architecture firm BIG has scattered miscellaneous street furniture from 60 different nations across a brightly coloured carpet of grass and rubber at this park in Copenhagen (+ slideshow). More about Superkilen by BIG, Topotek1 and Superflex
Interieur 2012: design fairs need to be better designed to provide a better experience to visitors, according the curator of the Interieur design biennale in Kortrijk, Belgium, which opened this weekend (+ interview). More about Most design fairs "are not designed"
News: the company that makes London's famous taxis, Manganese Bronze Holdings, is going into administration having failed to make a profit since 2007. More about Maker of London cabs goes into administration
News: architect Maurice Shapero has released plans for a cross-shaped skyscraper on the waterfront in Liverpool, England. More about Cross-shaped skyscraper planned for Liverpool
News: Dezeen featured in a presentation of new products by Apple for the second time at an event in San Jose, California, yesterday evening. More about Dezeen featured in Apple's MacBook Pro launch
Dutch Design Week: designer Kiki van Eijk presents a cabinet that opens like a giant sewing box at her studio in Eindhoven this week as part of Dutch Design Week (+ movie). More about Sewing box cabinet by Kiki van Eijk
German practice J Mayer H has replaced the gridded facade of a 1950s office building with organically curved glass and white render. More about Schlump One Hamburg by J Mayer H