Michigan studios Rootoftwo and PLY Architecture have housed their conceptual models of future kitchen appliances in a paper teahouse at the National Museum of Modern Art in Kyoto, Japan. Update 31/07/11: see Dezeen's top ten stories about robots. More about Tea House for Robots by Rootoftwo and PLY Architecture
DezeenTV: in this second movie in our Dezeentalks at [D3]Design Talents series, London designer Tomás Alonso talks about being an exhibitor as part of [D3]Design Talents at imm cologne, his favourite projects and making a mess at OKAY Studio. More about Dezeentalks at [D3] Design Talents: Tomás Alonso
Japanese architect Toru Shimokawa of STAD clad this shop selling eels in burnt and carbonised cedar. More about Unagi by STAD
This shelving with integral steel box-files by London designer Benjamin Hubert has been created to celebrate the 200th anniversary of British design brand Heals. More about Foundation by Benjamin Hubert
Greek firm Point Supreme Architects have completed an installation for a gallery in Athens that is a half-size replica of the room in which it sits. More about Half Real by Point Supreme Architects
Zaha Hadid has curated and designed an exhibition at Galerie Gmurzynska Zurich that juxtaposes her own work with early twentieth-century Russian art pieces. More about Zaha Hadid and Suprematism at Galerie Gmurzynska Zurich
DezeenTV: earlier this year Dezeen teamed up with [D3] Design Talents at imm cologne to interview 12 designers, including several whose careers have been launched at the young designers' showcase. To kick off the Dezeentalks at [D3]Design Talents series, Cologne regular James Irvine discusses sweaty armpits, car bonnets and Jasper Morrison's buckets. More about Dezeentalks at [D3] Design Talents: James Irvine
Maximilian Büsser of watch brand MB&F has designed a watch with dials mounted on two jet engine-shaped parts of the case. More about HM4 Thunderbolt by Maximilian Büsser
Austrian designer Robert Stadler created his latest range of seating in tribute to the late French interior designer Jean Royère. More about Royèroid by Robert Stadler
Industrial designer Asaf Weinbroom has created a range of lighting made entirely of wood, including the joints and connector clamps. More about Handmadelights by Asaf Weinbroom
American landscape architect Heather Ring of the Wayward Plant Registry has transformed a disused site in Bankside, London, into a public garden with the introduction of apple trees, allotments, a timber pavilion, and a table-tennis table in a skip. More about Union Street Urban Orchard by Heather Ring
Rotterdam designer Reinier de Jong has designed this low table with a surface made up of reclaimed strips of acrylic. More about PLET Table by Reinier de Jong
American practice Olson Kundig Architects are renovating a historic dock building in the port city of Tacoma, reinforcing the existing structure and suspending boats from a newly added roof. More about Foss Waterway Seaport by Olson Kundig Architects
Designer Gerry Judah has created this bright red looping structure for Alfa Romeo at Goodwood Festival of Speed, which took place in West Sussex last weekend. More about Alfa Romeo Centenary Sculpture by Gerry Judah
British architects Grimshaw have completed an extension to the ExCeL convention centre in London with a bright yellow e-shaped entrance. More about ExCel Phase II by Grimshaw
London architects de Rijke Marsh Morgan have completed an extension to the Modern Art Oxford by transforming a delivery yard into a gallery space and café. More about Modern Art Oxford extension by dRMM
The winners of the UK graduate exhibition New Designers Part 2 awards were announced at the opening of the show on Wednesday night, with Tortie Hoare being awarded the New Designer of the Year prize for her boiled leather furniture (above). More about New Designers 2010 Part 2 Awards
Japanese firm Ryuji Nakamura Architects installed these vinyl hammocks in a department store in Tokyo. More about Bench Between Pillars by Ryuji Nakamura Architects
Australian studio Durbach Block Architects have completed a wedge-shaped building in Sydney, Australia, that appears to have been pinched in at the top. More about Roslyn Street Bar and Restaurant by Durbach Block Architects
Here's another project from last month's Royal College of Art graduate show, Els Woldhek's series of unconventional shelving and lamps joined by copper growths. More about Naturally False by Els Woldhek