Dubai Renaissance is a building designed last year by Rem Koolhaas and Fernando Donis of OMA as an entry for a competition for iconic central feature at Business Bay in Dubai. OMA lost the competition to Zaha Hadid's Dancing Towers project, but now OMA is negotiating to build the structure at another site in the Emirate. More about Dubai Renaissance by OMA
Here is the second of the new products Zaha Hadid is launching at Design Miami/Basel next week: a table for Vitra called Mesa. More about Mesa by Zaha Hadid
This is shaping up to be retro-minimalism week on dezeen: plusminuszero, the Japanese home goods brand created by Naoto Fukasawa, has launched a new collection of products (via dezain). More about New plusminuszero collection
Zaha's having a busy year: this is the first of four new works the architect is presenting at the Design Miami/Basel collectors' fair in Switzerland next week. More about Belu by Zaha Hadid
Italian electronics brand Olivetti has launched new printers designed by Jasper Morrison, Alberto Meda and James Irvine, and IDEO. More about Morrison, Meda, Irvine and IDEO for Olivetti
Jasper Morrison has designed a mobile phone for Samsung, featuring phone functions on one side and camera functions on the other (via dezain). More about Jasper Morrison for Samsung
Julie Mathias and Wolfgang Kaeppner of WokMedia will present new versions of their Made in China series of furniture at Design Miami/Basel next week. More about Made in China by WokMedia
Bye bye Dubai: here are some photos we took at the International Design Forum, which ended last Tuesday. More about International Design Forum photos
The organisers of the 2012 Olympic Games in London have unveiled their new logo, created by Wolff Olins. More about London 2012 Olympics logo by Wolff Olins
Property developer Urban Splash has launched an architectural competition for 26 canal-side homes at the New Islington regeneration site in Manchester, England. More about Tutti Frutti house design competition
Hotel Ballymun is a project that temporarily turned a condemned tower block in Ballymun, Ireland, into a hotel as part of a cultural project headed by artist Seamus Nolan. More about Hotel Ballymun
Sneak preview: here are some photos showing the installation of TransPlastic, an exhibition of a new series of work by the Campana Brothers, which opens at the Albion Gallery in London on Tuesday 5 June. More about TransPlastic by Campana Brothers 2
DuPont, the manufacturer of Corian, has marked the composite material's 40th birthday by commissioning 40 designers to create products using the material. More about Corian: 40 Years - 40 Designers
Dutch designer Richard Hutten has designed a collection for French luxury brand Christofle. More about Richard Hutten for Christofle
A new architecture competition has been announced for virtual buildings designed for the Second Life digital world. More about Second Life architecture competition
Cape Town designer Heath Nash has sent us new photos of his lights, which are made from discarded items such as plastic bottles. More about New photos of work by Heath Nash
Architects Rogers Stirk Harbour and Partners have completed the first homes at Oxley Woods – a sustainable housing project near Milton Keynes in England. More about Oxley Woods by Rogers Stirk Harbour and Partners
Live from Dubai: A new book exploring architecture, design and urbanism in the Middle East has been launched at the International Design Forum. More about With/Without launched at IDF
Here are more images of World Carpets, a new concept for customisable carpets by Marcel Wanders for Dutch manufacturer Colorline. More about World Carpets by Marcel Wanders 2
Live from Dubai: OMA just sent us a few more images of the proposed Jebel al Jais Mountain Resort in Ras Al Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates. More about Jebel al Jais Mountain Resort by OMA 2
