Surface Tension Lamp by Front
Milan 2012: this lamp by Swedish designers Front blows a bubble every few seconds to form a transparent shade round an LED. More about Surface Tension Lamp by Front
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Designed in Hackney: Scan Mobile by Jason Bruges Studio
Designed in Hackney: Shoreditch-based interactive designers Jason Bruges Studio are presenting a lighting mobile that moves around to map its surroundings at Light+ Building in Frankfurt this week. More about Designed in Hackney: Scan Mobile by Jason Bruges Studio
W Hotels Designers of the Future Award winners
Dezeen Wire: Design Miami/Basel have announced that Tom Foulsham, Markus Kayser and Philippe Malouin are the winners of the 2012 W Hotels Designers of the Future Award. More about W Hotels Designers of the Future Award winners
Discipline launches in Milan
Milan 2012: new Italian brand Discipline launch their inaugural collection in Milan this week. More about Discipline launches in Milan
Birkhäuser goes bankrupt
Dezeen Wire: Swiss architecture and design publisher Birkhäuser has gone into administration just over two years after being bought out by Spanish publisher ACTAR.
All business is currently on hold until a new buyer can be found for the company, which was first founded by Emil Birkhäuser back in 1879.
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Dezeen Studio: Thursday at MOST
Milan 2012: in the fourth episode of our daily TV show from Dezeen Studio in Milan Zaha Hadid drops by to chat to us about what she's installed at a secret garden elsewhere in the city and to give an architect's take on the design fair, plus Yves Béhar demonstrates his redesigned SodaStream system for making fizzy drinks at home. More about Dezeen Studio: Thursday at MOST
Easter Sculpture Museum by Exit Architects
Slideshow: Madrid studio Exit Architects designed this concrete sculpture museum behind the retained facade of an old house in southern Spain. More about Easter Sculpture Museum by Exit Architects
Chers Voisins by Maison Martin Margiela
Milan 2012: wonky curtains, a disco ball and framed X-ray photographs can be found at the temporary apartment in Milan where design brand Maison Martin Margiela are presenting new furniture this week. More about Chers Voisins by Maison Martin Margiela
The Future in The Making: Open Design Archipelago
Milan 2012: in a Milanese palazzo this week Italian design magazine Domus presents an exhibition of open design and digital manufacture that puts control of production processes in the hands of designers and consumers. More about The Future in The Making: Open Design Archipelago
Designed in Hackney: the Orangery by Spacelab
Designed in Hackney: next up in our Hackney design showcase is a conservatory with a five fingered roof that Shoreditch architects Spacelab installed at London's Great Ormond Street Hospital in 2004. More about Designed in Hackney: the Orangery by Spacelab
Hacked Lab at La Rinascente
Milan 2012: this week visitors to La Rinascente department store in Milan have been trading souvenirs from the moon, making plastic from plants and learning how to download a house, courtesy of Hacked Lab curated by Beatrice Galilee. More about Hacked Lab at La Rinascente
Small house in Shinjuku by Junpei Nousaku Architects
Steel crossbeams divide the triple-height living room of this Tokyo townhouse into modular sections. More about Small house in Shinjuku by Junpei Nousaku Architects
Bertha by Donna Wilson for SCP at MOST
Milan 2012: this cabinet that looks like scaled-up dolls' house furniture by London designer Donna Wilson is on show with design brand SCP at MOST this week. More about Bertha by Donna Wilson for SCP at MOST
Dezeen Studio: Wednesday at MOST
Milan 2012: our third daily TV show from Dezeen Studio in Milan features Tom Dixon showing us the mini-factory he's set up at MOST to make furniture that will be given away to the public, while Paola Antonelli, design curator at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, gives us her tips for the key shows at Milan this year.
We also have a report from the Hacked Milan show at La Rinascente and Hanna Nova Beatrice of Form magazine tells us about the vibrant design scene in Scandinavia. There's also a chance to win a Jambox as well as our latest (highly inaccurate as it turns out) weather report. More about Dezeen Studio: Wednesday at MOST
Cultural Campus Frankfurt by Adjaye Associates
Architect David Adjaye has revealed plans to group nine of Frankfurt's existing cultural institutions onto a combined campus in the heart of the city. More about Cultural Campus Frankfurt by Adjaye Associates
House in Senriby Shogo Iwata
Slideshow: the cantilevered upper storeys of this house in Osaka by Japanese architect Shogo Iwata hover above a driveway. More about House in Senriby Shogo Iwata
Mutation by Maarten De Ceulaer
Milan 2012: these knobbly seats by Belgian designer Maarten De Ceulaer are on show at Spazio Rossana Orlandi in Milan this week. More about Mutation by Maarten De Ceulaer
La Chance launches at MOST
Milan 2012: new French brand La Chance launches at MOST in Milan this week. More about La Chance launches at MOST
Designed in Hackney: The Sunday Stuga by Liddicoat & Goldhill
Designed in Hackney: London borough of Hackney architects Liddicoat & Goldhill have completed a garden cabin with a zigzagging facade that angles south towards the sun. More about Designed in Hackney: The Sunday Stuga by Liddicoat & Goldhill
Technology and design: makingthe world around us
This first article in a series on technology and design supported by computing brand Intel takes us inside university workshops and studios to investigate how digital technology is radically transforming design education. More about Technology and design: makingthe world around us