Michael Young has designed a watch for Hong Kong brand o.d.m. to commemorate the tenth anniversary of Hong Kong's return to Chinese rule, which was celebrated in July last year. More about Euclide watches by Michael Young
Designer Alice Wang has created a range of weighing scales that allow you to deceive yourself about your weight. More about Asimov's First Law scales by Alice Wang
UK print magazine Design Week has published its Hot 50 list of the people and organisations making the biggest impact on the UK design scene - and we're in it! More about Design Week Hot 50
Design Indaba 08: continuing our series of stories about the 10x10 Housing Project in Cape Town, South Africa, here are the latest photos showing progress constructing the first sand-bag house. More about Sand-bag houses by MMA Architects 3
Spanish designers Luis Eslava and Diego Ramos created an installation of objects made of Tyvek for the Casa Pasarela pavilion at the ARCO contemporary art fair in Madrid last month. More about Tyvek World by Luis Eslava and Diego Ramos
American architect Neil Denari has designed HL23, an apartment building for New York. More about HL23 by Neil Denari
Photographer Teun van den Dries has sent us these photos of Maff Apartment, a bed and breakfast attic flat by Queeste Architecten in the Hague, the Netherlands. More about Maff Apartment by Queeste Architecten
Austrian designer Robert Stadler has designed Corso, a new restaurant on Avenue Trudaine in Paris. More about Corso restaurant by Robert Stadler
Stockholm Design Week: French designer Marc Sadler created the Fibre Evolution installation at the Input Interiör showroom in Stockholm earlier this month. More about Fibre Evolution by Marc Sadler
Architects Broadway Malyan have completed the renovation of Rossio railway station in Lisbon, Portugal. More about Rossio railway station by Broadway Malyan
Stockholm Design Week: Swedish designers Per Emanuelsson and Bastian Bischoff exhibited the Surveillance Light lamp at Stockholm Furniture Fair earlier this month. More about Surveillance Light by Per Emanuelsson and Bastian Bischoff
Design Indaba 08: the first sand-bag house designed by Cape Town architects MMA is taking shape (see earlier post). More about Sand-bag houses by MMA Architects 2
Anglo-Indian architects Serie have completed the Blue Frog acoustic lounge and studios in Mumbai, India. More about Blue Frog Lounge by Serie Architects
Towel With Further Options by Japanese designers NIIMI is designed to be recycled as a bath-mat and a cleaning cloth as it wears out. More about Towel With Further Options by NIIMI
Steven Holl Architects has been commissioned to build a complex of five linked towers surrounding a public plaza in Chengdu, China. More about Sliced Porosity Block by Steven Holl Architects
Design Indaba 08: Cape Town architects MMA have started work on a pilot project of ten affordable houses built using a sand-bag construction system. More about Sand-bag houses by MMA Architects
Design Indaba 08: South African industrial design firm ...XYZ has relaunched its condom applicator with new packaging and a new brand name, 4:Secs. More about 4:Secs condoms by ...XYZ
Dutch designers Tjep. have created the new reception area at the ROC professional training school at Apeldoorn in the Netherlands. More about ROC Apeldoorn reception area by Tjep
Here are images of the student rooms and circulation at Melon District in Barcelona by architect Gus Wüstemann (see previous story). More about Melon District by Gus Wüstemann 2
Swiss architect Gus Wüstemann has completed the interiors of Melon District, a student residence in Barcelona (see also the following story). More about Melon District by Gus Wüstemann