Construction is underway on prototype houses by architects Alejandro Aravena, Massimiliano Fuksas, MVRDV, I-Beam Design, The Mad Housers and Kengo Kuma in the grounds of the Milan Triennale as part of the exhibition Casa Per Tutti (Housing For All), which opens this week. More about Casa per tutti at Milan Triennale
Milan 08: Marcel Wanders launched his new Chubby armchair for Italian company Slide in Milan last month. More about Chubby by Marcel Wanders
Milan 08: shown at That’s Design! in Zona Tortona last month, What Can You Bring to the Table is a collection of five chairs where each component was designed in isolation without any knowledge of what the other parts would be like. More about What Can You Bring to the Table by students from Lund University
Hackenbroich Architecten have completed the interior of a hairdressers shop in Cologne, Germany. More about Haarwerk by Hackenbroich Architekten
Nano Vent-skin is a conceptual project by young designer Agustin Otegu, featuring miniscule bio-turbines that could clad buildings to generate energy and absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. More about Nano Vent-Skin by Agustin Otegu
Milan 08: at the furniture fair last month MDF Italia presented Vita interactive by Massimo Mariani, an infinitely variable, computer-generated storage system that can be customised to each client's requirements. More about Vita interactive by Massimo Mariani
Dutch designer Tjep. has completed a restaurant for grown-ups that is also fun for children (or maybe the other way round). More about Restaurant Praq by Tjep
Dezeen promotion: video interviews with industrial designer Konstantin Grcic (above) and Dutch design duo Studio Job are the latest in our highlighted series of podcast interviews with leading designers by Gestalten. More about Konstantin Grcic & Studio Job on Gestalten.tv
Milan 08: American lifestyle brand Charles & Marie presented Phonofone II, a ceramic iPod loudspeaker designed by Tristan Zimmermann, in Milan last month. More about Phonofone II by Tristan Zimmermann
French-Brazilian architects Triptyque have sent through images of Bela Cintra 1235, a private apartment in São Paulo. More about Bela Cintra 1235 by Triptyque
Milan 08: Star System is a collection of sofas designed by Enrico Buscemi and Piergiorgio Leone for Giovannetti collezioni. More about Star System by Enrico Buscemi and Piergiorgio Leone
Milan 08: designers Kiki van Eijk and Joost van Bleiswijk presented reCollections at via Voghera in Zona Tortona last month. More about ReCollections by Kiki van Eijk and Joost van Bleiswijk
Designer Frederik Roijé has created Walk of Flames and Rise of Flames, a candelabra and chandelier made from bent metal tubes. More about Rise of Flames by Frederik Roijé
Designer Yves Béhar of Fuseproject has designed a new Jawbone Bluetooth headset for manufacturers Aliph. More about New Jawbone by Yves Béhar
Here are some photographs taken by Cristobal Palma of Casa en el Campo, the renovation of a house near Cuesta Lo Prado, Chile, by architects Benjamín Murúa and Constanza Infante S. More about Casa en el Campo by Benjamín Murúa and Constanza Infante S
The Museion in Bolzano, Italy, is a new museum of modern and contemporary art designed by Berlin-based architects Krüger Schuberth Vandreike. More about Museion by Krüger Schuberth Vandreike
Yay! Dezeen is featured in The Design 100 - Time magazine's guide to "The people and ideas behind today's most influential design". More about Dezeen in Time magazine's Design 100
Photographer Cristobal Palma has sent us photographs of the Edificio BIP office building by architect Alberto Mozó, constructed in Santiago de Chile. More about Edificio BIP by Alberto Mozó
San Francisco-based designers One & Co have collaborated with mobile phone manufacturers HTC in Taiwan to design the Touch Diamond handset. More about HTC Touch Diamond by One & Co
Milan 08: designer Jens Praet showed his collection of furniture made of shredded documents at the A Touch of Green exhibition by design collective Droog in Milan last month. More about One Day Paper Waste by Jens Praet