Highlights from the PechaKucha Inspire Japan project, launched following the earthquake and tsunami that hit the country this time last year, have been compiled in an e-book that's now available to download free from iBookstores. More about PechaKucha Inspire Japan iBook
Designed in Hackney: a renovated 1960's residence that the Royal Institute of British Architects named best new house in the UK last year is today's instalment in our showcase of projects designed in the London borough of Hackney. More about Designed in Hackney: Hampstead Lane by Duggan Morris Architects
A semi-circular vaulted concourse designed by British architects John McAslan + Partners will open at King’s Cross Station in London next week. More about Western Concourse at King’s Cross by John McAslan + Partners
Cherry-shaped pendant lights hang from metal branches on the ceiling of the AS Aperitivo bar in Ljubljana by Slovenian designer Nika Zupanc. More about AS Aperitivo by Nika Zupanc
In this second interview that Dezeen filmed for sports brand Nike at their new NikeFuel Station at Boxpark in east London, Nike's global creative director Andy Walker demonstrates how the company's new FuelBand wristband helps athletes monitor their activity across a range of sports and daily activities. More about FuelBand at NikeFuel Station
Dezeen Wire: the British Council have revealed the names of architects, curators and researchers who will gather material about exotic places to present at an exhibition entitled Venice Takeaway in the British Pavilion at this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale.
The list includes London architecture studios dRMM and Aberrant Architecture, as well as London Architecture Diary editor-in-chief Elias Redstone and non-profit organisation Forum for Alternative Belfast. More about British Council announce “explorers” for Venice Architecture Biennale 2012
This desk by Dutch designer Mieke Meijer is the first in a range of furniture based on images by German artists Bernd and Hilla Becher, known for their series of photographs that documented types of industrial structures like pylons, gas tanks and water towers. More about Winding Tower 01 by Mieke Meijer
Slideshow: the windows of this school extension in Girona, Spain, are concealed behind a perforated metal skin. More about Roses IES Cap Norfeu extension by Javier de las Heras Solé and Bosch Tarrús
Designed in Hackney: today's design icon created in the London borough of Hackney is Jasper Morrison's Crate Series. More about Designed in Hackney: the Crate Series by Jasper Morrison
London designer Dominic Wilcox is building up to Britain hosting the Olympic games this summer by nibbling his way through 30 boxes of McVitie’s Jaffa Cakes to build models of UK landmarks and icons. More about I nibbled Britain out of Jaffa Cakes by Dominic Wilcox
Nike's global creative director Andy Walker gives us a tour of the new NikeFuel Station at Boxpark in east London in the first of two interviews that Dezeen filmed for the sports brand. More about NikeFuel Station at Boxpark
Stockholm designers Form Us With Love have integrated an electrical socket into the base of their latest lamp so there's always a socket to hand when you want to charge a phone or laptop. More about Plug Lamp by Form Us With Love for Ateljé Lyktan
This children’s playhouse by Barcelona architects Anna and Eugeni Bach has stripy wooden walls, folding window hatches and a ladder instead of stairs. More about Playhouse by Bach Arquitectes
Dezeen Wire: Mark Prigg of London newspaper the Evening Standard interviews Jonathan Ive, senior vice president of industrial design at Apple, about what makes a great designer, obsessing over tiny details and his dislike of "designers wagging their tails in my face" - Evening Standard
Read more about Jonathan Ive on Dezeen here.
More about "Sir Jonathan Ive: the iMan cometh" - Evening Standard
Milan designer Fabio Novembre has created these pill-like vases for Murano glass company Venini. More about Happy Pills by Fabio Novembre for Venini
Slideshow: this glass pavilion on the edge of a lake in Ontario, Canada, houses a studio, apartment and boathouse for a photographer and was designed by Toronto Studio GH3. More about Photographer's Studio over a boat house on Stoney Lake by GH3
Designed in Hackney: this week's first iconic project designed in the London borough of Hackney is Dirty House, a black-painted art studio and apartment building in Shoreditch with a brightly illuminated roof completed by architect David Adjaye in 2002. More about Designed in Hackney: Dirty House by David Adjaye
Sports brand Nike have opened an east London store where shoppers can see themselves reflected on motion-sensitive LED walls. More about NikeFuel Station at Boxpark
This fantasy animation from architectural filmmakers Factory Fifteen shows a swarm of trolleys, equipment and components associated with British postal service Royal Mail colonising the sides of a building and configuring themselves into a temporary automated sorting office. More about Royal Re-Formation by Factory Fifteen
Dezeen Wire: fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier has been appointed as creative director of Diet Coke for Europe - Design Taxi