What Happens When by The Metrics
Interior designer Elle Kunnos de Voss of American studio The Metrics has created the interiors for a restaurant in New York that will change every 30 days. More about What Happens When by The Metrics
PAC House by A+R Arquitectos
Portuguese firm A+R Arquitectos installed this staircase with floating wooden treads and a zig-zag hand rail as part of the renovation of a Portuguese house. More about PAC House by A+R Arquitectos
Dar Hi by Matali Crasset
French designer Matali Crasset has completed a hotel in Nefta where bedrooms are located in eight individual towers overlooking the Tunisian desert. More about Dar Hi by Matali Crasset
Whatami by stARTT
This pavilion by Italian firm stARTT has won the first international edition of the MoMA/P.S.1 Young Architects Program and will be installed outside the Zaha Hadid-designed MAXXI museum in Rome this June. See this year's New York installation in yesterday's story. More about Whatami by stARTT
Villa by Knevel Architecten
Dutch studio Knevel Architecten have completed this villa located on IJburg, a new residential district in Amsterdam built on a series of artificial islands. More about Villa by Knevel Architecten
Hippo and Potamus by Mia Gammelgaard for Blå Station
Stockholm 2011: designer Mia Gammelgaard of Copenhagen showed this wooden chair with leg warmers for Swedish firm Blå Station at Stockholm Furniture Fair last week. More about Hippo and Potamus by Mia Gammelgaard for Blå Station
Holding Pattern by Interboro Partners
Brooklyn studio Interboro Partners have won this year's MoMA/P.S.1 Young Architects Program competition to design a temporary installation in the courtyard of the P.S.1 Contemporary Art Centre in New York. More about Holding Pattern by Interboro Partners
Lean by Jenny Bäck
Stockholm 2011: Swedish designer Jenny Bäck presented this floor lamp at Stockholm Furniture Fair last week. More about Lean by Jenny Bäck
Galeria.Solar.S.Roque by Manuel Maia Gomes
Photographer Fernando Guerra has sent us his images of a public passage and gallery in Vila do Conde, Portugal, designed by Portuguese architect Manuel Maia Gomes. More about Galeria.Solar.S.Roque by Manuel Maia Gomes
Ivy by Thomas Bernstrand for Swedese
Stockholm 2011: designer Thomas Bernstrand of Sweden presented this skewed stackable shelving unit at Stockholm Furniture Fair last week. More about Ivy by Thomas Bernstrand for Swedese
Crane by Benjamin Hubert
Stockholm 2011: London designer Benjamin Hubert presented this task lamp with a perforated tubular casing at Stockholm Furniture Fair last week. More about Crane by Benjamin Hubert
“Best of British: Design Award Highlights” - BBC News
Dezeenwire: Design Museum curator Alex Newson gives a tour of key projects in the Brit Insurance Designs of the Year 2011 exhibition, which opens at the museum today, in this BBC News movie. More about “Best of British: Design Award Highlights” - BBC News
Join by Ding3000
This plastic cutlery that clips together to form little sculptures at the dinner table is by German design studio ding3000. More about Join by Ding3000
Hanging by Rita Botelho
Product and jewellery designer Rita Botelho has created a series of earrings featuring tiny figurines, including this one in rock-climbing gear. More about Hanging by Rita Botelho
Competition: five copies of Hella Jongerius: Misfit to be won
We've teamed up with publishers Phaidon to offer readers the chance to win one of five copies of their new monograph about Dutch designer Hella Jongerius. More about Competition: five copies of Hella Jongerius: Misfit to be won
Corner project by Guise
Swedish interior designers Guise have inserted these tall black free-standing cabinets throughout a Stockholm apartment. More about Corner project by Guise
Christian Louboutin Mount Street Window by Studio XAG
Designers Studio XAG have created a window installation in London for French fashion designer Christian Louboutin, spelling out the brand name in bright neon lettering. More about Christian Louboutin Mount Street Window by Studio XAG
V35K18 by Pasel Kuenzel Architects
Rotterdam studio Pasel Kuenzel Architects have completed another house for MVRDV's masterplan in Leiden, the Netherlands (see the other houses here). More about V35K18 by Pasel Kuenzel Architects
Le Petit Prince Nursery School by Carlos Barba
Architect Carlos Barba of French studio AR+TE Architectes has completed this nursery school with an undulating roof in Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche, France. More about Le Petit Prince Nursery School by Carlos Barba
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"Universal symbols that tell the story" - New York Times
Dezeenwire: New York Times design critic Alice Rawsthorne discusses German graphic designer Gerd Arntz, who developed the influential Isotype system of graphic symbols in the 1920s and who is the subject of an exhibition at the V&A museum in London. Read the New York Times article.Isotype: international picture language is at the V&A until 13 March.
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