Milan 2012: these table lamps styled like long-necked animals by Pilar Velasco and Pau Stephens are on show as part of Salone Satellite at Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan this week. More about Gifu by María del Pilar Velasco and Pau Stephens
Dezeen Wire: the fifth annual World Architecture Festival (WAF) will take place this year from 3-5 October at the Moshe Safdie-designed Marina Bay Sands resort in Singapore. More about World Architecture Festival headed for Singapore
Dezeen Wire: a concept for a watch that syncs up to an iPhone or Android device has received over $3.4 million worth of funding on internet platform Kickstarter, breaking the site's existing record with a month still to go - TNW
Designed by Californian start-up company Pebble Technology, the Pebble E-Paper Watch will discreetly alert you to incoming calls, emails and messages on your phone with a gentle vibration and has currently received backing from over 23,000 people.
If you've got a thing for watches, then check out Dezeen Watch Store for the latest designs from Ross McBride, Denis Guidone, Braun and more.
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Milan 2012: today's TV show from Dezeen Studio in Milan features Tom Dixon showing us the restaurant in a former monastic dining room, where diners sit on chairs fabricated at the venue and order food with mobile phones.
The episode also features an interview with Johanna Agerman-Ross from Disegno magazine plus details of our first daily give-away and a weather report. More about Dezeen Studio: Tuesdayat MOST
Competition: we've teamed up with Sydney design brand Dosh to give away five of their new AERO flame money clip wallets. More about Competition: five AERO wallets by Dosh to be won
Slideshow: a bronzed box window peers out like a periscope from the auditorium of this cathedral visitor's centre in Lund, Sweden, by architect Carmen Izquierdo. More about Domkyrkoforum byCarmen Izquierdo
Designed in Hackney: Dalston designers Kay + Stemmer present this collection of benches, side tables and stools for Shoreditch design brand SCP at MOST in Milan this week. More about Designed in Hackney: Cricket by Kay + Stemmer
Milan 2012: Auckland company Resident show their new collection of furniture at MOST in Milan this week, including their Bing pendant lamp that's made of white clay from Matauri Bay in New Zealand. More about Furniture by Residentat MOST
Dezeen Wire: this year's Qubique design fair will take place at a former freight train station in Berlin between the later dates of 30 November and 2 December.
The event, which launched last year, is moving from its original location at the former Tempelhof airport following the liquidation of parent company Offshow AG. This year's show will take place under the aegis of a new company, Qubique GmbH & Co KG. More about Dates and location announcedfor Qubique 2012
Milan 2012: designer Werner Aisslinger of Berlin and Singapore will present a chair growing inside a greenhouse at Ventura Lambrate in Milan this week. More about Chair Farm by Werner Aisslinger at Ventura Lambrate
Textasiða, a typography exhibition by graphic designers Snæfríð Thorsteins and Hildigunnur Gunnarsdottir, was on show last month at Crymogea as part of DesignMarch 2012 in Reykjavik, Iceland. More about Textasiða by Snæfríð Thorsteinsand Hildigunnur Gunnarsdottir
Dezeen Wire: Dutch designer Hella Jongerius has revealed that she is designing a new interior for the World Business Class cabins of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.
Jongerius will also create new cabin seats, which will be installed inside the upgraded cabins of 22 Boeing 747-400s. More about Hella Jongerius to design cabin interior for KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
Dezeen Wire: the "revolutionary" new product that French designer Philippe Starck claimed in a radio interview on Friday to be designing for Apple has been revealed by online technology publication AllThingsD to be a yacht for the family of late CEO Steve Jobs - AllThingsD
A spokesperson from Apple told the magazine that the company is not working on a new product or project with Starck. However the designer was working on plans for a yacht for Jobs before his death last year, to be constructed by boatbuilders Feadship.
See more stories about Philippe Starck here.
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Milan 2012: in the first of our daily TV shows from MOST in Milan, Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs tours the exhibition as designers rush to prepare everything for today's press preview. More about Dezeen Studio: Mondayat MOST
Milan 2012: Konstfack University College student Nick Ross will present this bar with a hood for sharing secrets in crowded places at Spazio Rossana Orlandi in Milan this week. More about Confession by Nick Ross
A spiralling concrete staircase winds up through this empty tower by Marra + Yeh Architects of Sydney and Malaysia. More about The Spiral by Marra + Yeh Architects
Swiss architect Aurélie Blanchard has lined every wall and surface in the bar of this Basel restaurant with copper, while a dark green dining room looms just behind. More about Union Restaurant by Aurélie Blanchard
Five years ago this week Dezeen arrived in Milan for the 2007 Salone Internazionale del Mobile, where we saw a lamp comprising a cluster of writhing human bodies and a vase made by bees. More about Five years ago...
A steel screen zigzags in front of a shampoo area at this dimly lit beauty salon in Gifu, Japan, by architect Hiroyuki Miyake. More about Troove Beauty Salon by Hiroyuki Miyake
Dezeen archive: we've noticed a trend in golden buildings recently, including The Hive by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios and Maidstone Museum East Wing by Hugh Broughton Architects just this week, so we thought we’d round up all our stories that feature a lavish use of golden materials. See all the stories »
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