Milan 2011: German designer Stefan Diez presents this new upholstered version of his Houdini chair plus new pieces in the range for German brand e15 in Milan this week. More about Leo, Houdini, Eugene and Dash by Stefan Diez
Chilean architects Panorama have completed this compact cliff-top house in Matanzas, Chile. More about D House by Panorama
Milan 2011: visitors lower objects into pits of molten wax then hang them from the ceiling to solidify in this installation created by students of the HEAD Geneva School of Art and Design at workshops with designer Matali Crasset and curator Alexandra Midal. More about Dip in Space by Matali Crasset and the HEAD Geneva School of Art and Design
Milan 2011: Slovenian lighting brand Vertigo Bird present new lamps by designers including Mathias Hahn, Uli Budde and A + A Cooren as part of Tortona Design Week in Milan. More about Cabinet Bestiarium at Vertigo Bird
The interior of this Zurich wine store by Swiss architects OOS is built from crates used to transport the bottles. More about Albert Reichmuth Wine Store by OOS
Milan 2011: in our second movie filmed at Ventura Lambrate in Milan, British designer Benjamin Hubert talks about his new Pod Chair, a pressed-felt "privacy" chair created for Dutch brand De Vorm.
Milan 2011: Rotterdam designer Diederik Schneemann presents a series of vases and lamps made from recycled flip-flops found washed up on Kenyan beaches at Ventura Lambrate in Milan this week. More about A Flip Flop Story by Diederik Schneemann
Faceted chocolate-brown panels line the walls of this chocolatiers’s shop in Brussels designed by Minale Design Strategy. More about Maison des Maîtres by Minale Design Strategy
Milan 2011: users can pin their own paper shades onto this cork light fitting by London design studio Raw Edges for Portugese brand Materia. More about Pinha by Raw Edges for Materia
Beijing based architects Tsutsumi and Associates have completed this dance studio in Beijing with mirrored walls covered in tiny graduated dots to create the illusion of a mist hanging in the air. More about ANZAS Dance Studio by Tsutsumi and Associates
Milan 2011: London studio Doshi Levien will present this chair with a tubular base and cantilevered arms for Italian design brand Cappellini at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan this week. More about Capo by Doshi Levien for Cappellini
Milan 2011: in the first of our movies filmed in Milan, industrial designer Gabriel Lamb of fuseproject describes the process of setting up the JamScape installation at Ventura Lambrate, which involved wiring up over 1,600 wireless Jambox speakers to play audio tracks submitted by Dezeen readers. More about Gabriel Lamb of fuseproject
Singapore based architects Studio SKLIM created built-in platforms, seating and storage for this renovation of an office in a post-war building on the outskirts of Singapore. More about Thin Office by Studio SKLIM
Milan 2011: this chair made from polyurethane film is part of a collection of transparent furniture by Japanese designers Nendo, on show in Milan this week. More about Transparent Collection by Nendo
#milanuncut: here's a brief summary of activity on www.milanuncut.org over the last few days: More about #milanuncut update
Competition: we've teamed up with designers Beta Tank to give away five signed copies of their new book Taxing Art. More about Competition: five copies of Taxing Art by Beta Tank to be won
Earth is banked up to the ground floor windows of this residence in Hidaka, Japan, by Japanese architects Suppose Design Office. More about House in Hidaka by Suppose Design Office
Dezeenwire: Rotterdam research agency Arch-Vision have released a report on how European architects use trade journals. See the report below. More about "Trade journals very important source of information for architects"- Arch-Vision
Milan 2011: Amsterdam designer Laurens van Wieringen presents this piled-up child's chair at Ventura Lambrate this week. More about Stacking Throne by Laurens van Wieringen
As the Milan furniture fair begins, Alice Rawsthorn previews this year's event in the New York Times and compares the design industry's fortunes to previous years. Read the story. See all Dezeen's stories from Milan 2011.
More about "And the Great Furniture Festival Begins" - Alice Rawsthorn