A centre built to house prehistoric artefacts designed by South African practice Peter Rich Architects won the World Building of the Year award at the World Architecture Festival in Barcelona last night. More about Mapungubwe Interpretation Centre by Peter Rich Architects
Dezeen podcast: in this latest podcast collaboration with the Design Museum in London, Fred Deacon, Nat Hunter, Jamie Wleck and Malika Favre of London-based design agency Airside talk us through the history of the company and some of their recent projects. More about Dezeen podcast: Airside at the Design Museum
Dezeen have teamed up with Mr Jones Watches to give away five Cyclops watches. More about Competition: five Cyclops watches by Mr Jones Watches to be won
German bathroom brand Grohe have launched limited edition coloured shower heads at the World Architecture Festival in Barcelona this week. More about Coloured Rainshower Icon by Grohe
Tokyo Designers Week 09: architect and designer Nigel Coates describes the "complete chaos" of Tokyo in this final installment in our series of short interviews commissioned for the Tokyo Desigers Week official guide, which was produced by Dezeen. More about Tokyo Designers Week interviews: Nigel Coates
Dezeen podcast: designers including Konstantin Grcic, Michael Young, Nacho Carbonell and Studio Glithero talk about their response to the theme It's About Time in this podcast report on design event ExperimentaDesign 09 in Lisbon. More about Dezeen podcast: ExperimentaDesign 09
The nine World Architecture Festival category winners have been announced at the festival in Barcelona. More about World Architecture Festival category winners
Tokyo 09: in this short interview commissioned for the Tokyo Designers Week guide, designer Gwenael Nicolas asserts that anything is possible in Tokyo. More about Tokyo Designers Week interviews: Gwenael Nicolas
Los Angeles-based architects Marcelo Spina and Georgina Huljich of architectural practice Patterns have completed an art gallery on Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles. More about Prism by Marcelo Spina and Georgina Huljich
Tokyo 09: designer Jaime Hayón describes his love of detail in this short interview commissioned for the Tokyo Designers Week guide. More about Tokyo Designers Week interviews: Jaime Hayón
Twin brothers and designers R&E Praspaliauskas have designed a collection of shoes made of bread. More about Bread Shoes by R&E Praspaliauskas
Tokyo practice Klein Dytham Architecture have sent us images of an exhibition of their work that was on show at Gallery MA in Tokyo, Japan, earlier this year (thanks to Jean Snow for pointing out our earlier error!) More about Klein Dytham Architecture at Gallery MA
Florian Hauswirth of Swiss studio Postfossil has designed a set of salt and pepper mills that fit together. More about Doublefacette by Postfossil
Tokyo 09: designer Tokujin Yoshioka talks about being a pioneer in this short interview commissioned for the Tokyo Designers Week official guide, produced by Dezeen. More about Tokyo Designers Week interviews: Tokujin Yoshioka
Hong Kong studio Design Systems have completed the interior of the control room at Hong Kong international airport. More about Control room of Hong Kong international airport by Design Systems
Tokyo 09: this next short interview commissioned for the Tokyo Designers Week guide features designer Max lamb talking about exhibiting in Tokyo and the importance of handmade work. More about Tokyo Designers Week interviews: Max Lamb
French designer Manuel Jouvin has created packaging for cooked snails made of dyed snail excrement. More about Dejection-moulding by Manuel Jouvin
Tokyo 09: here are some photographs of designers' installations inside shipping containers during Tokyo Designers Week earlier this week. More about Container Ground at Tokyo Designers Week
We've teamed up with Design Hotels to give away five copies of Design Hotels Book 2009. More about Competition: five copies of Design Hotels Book 2009 to be won
Hong Kong designer Michael Young has created a dining chair made of recycled aluminium. More about Chair-4a by Michael Young