Hatcham chair by Samuel Wilkinson for Decode
London Design Festival: London-based industrial designer Samuel Wilkinson has designed stackable wooden seating evoking traditional school furniture for Decode London. More about Hatcham chair by Samuel Wilkinson for Decode
Scallop table by Samuel Wilkinson for Versus
London-based designer Samuel Wilkinson has designed a series of low tables for Danish design brand Versus with depressions in the top to stop small items rolling around. More about Scallop table by Samuel Wilkinson for Versus
Centanni Stool by James Irvine for Discipline
Milan-based designer James Irvine has designed an I-beam shaped stool for Italian design brand Discipline to be exhibited during Helsinki Design Week this month. More about Centanni Stool by James Irvine for Discipline
Puff Adder at Babylonstoren by Patrice Taravella and Terry de Waal
A timber tunnel shaped like a snake - with a bulge to suggest an ingested mouse - provides perfect conditions for growing lilies on a farm in the Western Cape of South Africa. More about Puff Adder at Babylonstoren by Patrice Taravella and Terry de Waal
Louis Vuitton & Kusama concept store at Selfridges
Fashion brand Louis Vuitton has collaborated with Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama to create a collection of garments featuring Kusama's obsessional polka dot patterns for a concept store at Selfridges department store in London (+ slideshow). More about Louis Vuitton & Kusama concept store at Selfridges
Cages by Jorge Diego Etienne
Mexican industrial designer Jorge Diego Etienne has created a series of small tables that look like cages. More about Cages by Jorge Diego Etienne
Invader Storage System by Maria Bruun
Danish designer Maria Bruun has created a trio of modular cabinets on spindly legs that nestle together to resemble an alien from Space Invaders. More about Invader Storage System by Maria Bruun
Architects risk becoming "urban decorators" - David Chipperfield
With the Venice Architecture Biennale opening next week, here's a full transcript of our interview with its director David Chipperfield, who explains the thinking behind this year's theme, Common Ground.
Chipperfield stresses the need for the profession to address "the 99.99% of the rest of the world which architects are not dealing with." Otherwise he says, architects risk being relegated to being "urban decorators." Update: this interview is featured in Dezeen Book of Interviews, which is on sale now for £12. More about Architects risk becoming "urban decorators" - David Chipperfield
BIG Chair Project for Jamie Oliver at Republic of Fritz Hansen
Designers and artists including Paul Smith, Quentin Blake, Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen and Tracey Emin have customised classic Ant chairs by Arne Jacobsen, which will be auctioned in order to raise money for Jamie Oliver's Better Food Foundation. More about BIG Chair Project for Jamie Oliver at Republic of Fritz Hansen