Design
Skin Collection by Pepe Heykoop
Dutch designer Pepe Heykoop has created this collection of furniture by covering an assortment of old chairs in odd scraps of leather. More about Skin Collection by Pepe Heykoop
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Architecture
2011 RIBA Awards winners announced
The Royal Institute of British Architects in London have announced 97 winners of this year’s RIBA Awards, including projects by Tony Fretton, David Chipperfield, MVRDV and Zaha Hadid Architects. More about 2011 RIBA Awards winners announced
Interiors
Sestosenso by Paul Cocksedge for BMW and FLOS
Milan 2011: visitors to an installation by London designer Paul Cocksedge at the Milan showroom of lighting brand Flos could view an animation of a BMW 6 Series car only by putting their heads inside a plastic lamp shade. More about Sestosenso by Paul Cocksedge for BMW and FLOS
Love Japan – a design auction at Clerkenwell Design Week
Dezeen is one of many London design businesses supporting Love Japan - a design auction taking place at Clerkenwell Design Week next week to raise money for Shigeru Ban Architects’ evacuation centre project, which is helping people made homeless by the recent earthquake in Japan. More about Love Japan – a design auction at Clerkenwell Design Week
Architecture
The Hepworth Wakefield by David Chipperfield Architects
The Hepworth Wakefield gallery designed by David Chipperfield Architects opens to the public this Saturday. More about The Hepworth Wakefield by David Chipperfield Architects
Interiors
St Hilaire church in Melle by Mathieu Lehanneur
French designer Mathieu Lehanneur has added stacked layers of white marble to create a podium in this Romanesque church in France. More about St Hilaire church in Melle by Mathieu Lehanneur
Design
Otokurage by Nendo
Japanese designers Nendo have produced these transparent sets of earphones that look like jellyfish. More about Otokurage by Nendo
Design
Dezeen Screen: NewspaperWood by Mieke Meijer and Vij5
In this movie, filmed at Ventura Lambrate in Milan, Arjan van Raadshooven from Vij5 talks to Dezeen about Newspaper Wood, a wood-like material made from recycled newspapers. Watch the movie »
More about Dezeen Screen: NewspaperWood by Mieke Meijer and Vij5
Interiors
Waiting Room by Dominic Wilcox
Designer Dominic Wilcox has taken an abandoned office in a London building being demolished this week and painted the entire contents white. More about Waiting Room by Dominic Wilcox
Architecture
Social Housing Tower in Plaza Europa by R+B Arqts
This 16 storey tower in Barcelona completed by Spanish studio R+B Arqts contains 75 social housing units and has a facade of vertical panels and aluminium brise-soleil. More about Social Housing Tower in Plaza Europa by R+B Arqts
Furniture
Join Table by Ding3000
Based on a Japanese puzzle, the legs of this table by German design studio DING3000 knot together to create support for the blue glass tabletop. More about Join Table by Ding3000
Architecture
Celtic Museum by Kada Wittfeld Architektur
Gerrman architects Kada Wittfeld Architektur have completed this metal-bodied museum in Glauburg, Germany, that cantilevers out towards a historic Celtic burial mound. More about Celtic Museum by Kada Wittfeld Architektur
Furniture
Natural Speakers by Joon&Jung
Korean designers Joon&Jung have hand-crafted this set of speakers by strapping punctuated ceramic cubes onto a stack of twigs. More about Natural Speakers by Joon&Jung
Architecture
Pormetxeta Square by Xpiral and MTM Arquitectos
Spanish studios Xpiral and MTM Arquitectos have completed a public square sheltered by steel trees that hold nets of boulders. More about Pormetxeta Square by Xpiral and MTM Arquitectos
Furniture
M-Collection by Niels van Eijk and Miriam van der Lubbe
As part of our movie series filmed at at Ventura Lambrate in Milan last month, designers Niels van Eijk and Miriam van der Lubbe talk about the M-Collection, a furniture range they have designed for the Frits Philips Concert Hall. More about M-Collection by Niels van Eijk and Miriam van der Lubbe
Furniture
Training Dresser by Peter Bristol
The drawers of this children's dresser designed by Seattle product designer Peter Bristol are shaped to match their contents. More about Training Dresser by Peter Bristol
Interiors
Contemporary Craftsmanship by CuldeSac for Hermès
Wooden horses wearing ties, hats, scarves and shoes from the new Hermès collection are included in a set of interiors by Spanish designers CuldeSac. More about Contemporary Craftsmanship by CuldeSac for Hermès
Architecture
Tsumuji+Hako by UID Architects
This house in Fukuyama, completed by Japanese studio UID Architects, is composed of four separate blocks clad in black-stained cedar. More about Tsumuji+Hako by UID Architects
Design
Mutation by Ora-Ïto for Citroën
French designer Ora-Ïto has designed a spaceship and a sedan chair for car manufacturer Citroën. More about Mutation by Ora-Ïto for Citroën
Furniture
NewspaperWood by Mieke Meijer and Vij5
Dutch designer Mieke Meijer and Dutch design studio Vij5 presented a wood-like material made from recycled newspapers at Ventura Lambrate in Milan last month. More about NewspaperWood by Mieke Meijer and Vij5