Here is a full set of images, plans and diagrams of the giant RAK Convention and Exhibition Centre for the new city at Ras Al Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates. More about RAK Convention and Exhibition Centre by OMA
Here are images of some of the "experimental products" presented by Royal College of Art design students at an event in London tonight (Friday). More about Charming Disaster
We just got back from a lightning visit to Belgrade for the second annual Belgrade Design Week, which continues until Saturday. More about Belgrade Design Week
Industrial design blog Core77 has published an online guide to New York design week, which runs from Saturday 19 to Tuesday 22 May. More about Core77 guide to New York design week
German design magazine Form is celebrating its 50th birthday by putting its entire archive of back issues online. More about Form magazine digital archive
Our good friends at Meatpacking District Design Week have announced their programme of events that will run during the International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York next week. More about Meatpacking District Design Week
FredriksonStallard present their new furniture collection at David Gill Galleries in London tomorrow. More about FredriksonStallard at David Gill Galleries
Milan update: TuttoBene was our favourite of the independent group shows this year, setting up shop in a warehouse just across the train tracks from Via Tortona and presenting work by young designers from Belgium and the Netherlands. More about Frederik Roijé at TuttoBene
Milan update: here is another young designer who showed at Salone Satellite in Milan last month - Danish textile designer Lene Toni Kjeld of Wall Decoration, who presented a new collection of wallpaper designs called Meta One. More about Lene Toni Kjeld at Salone Satellite
Milan update: more from Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, this time in the form of their Pol sofa for Kartell. More about Bouroullecs for Kartell
Architects Foster + Partners have announced the Masdar Initiative - a giant urban development in Abu Dhabi which they describe as the world's first "zero carbon, zero waste" city. More about Zero-carbon city by Foster + Partners
Milan update: is this the best new chair from Milan this year? The Steelwood cafe chair by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec for Magis features modish mixed materials - in this case steel and wood, as the name suggests. More about Bouroullecs and Heatherwick for Magis
Since we are focusing on architecture in the Gulf at the moment, here is a full set of images of Louvre Abu Dhabi by architect Jean Nouvel. More about Jean Nouvel in Abu Dhabi
Milan update: Italian designer/artist Andrea Salvetti continues to plough his distinctive furrow, this year showing chairs resembling nests, cupboards resembling giant logs, some super-sized eggs and a giant filigree mushroom - all made of shiny metal. More about Andrea Salvetti at Dilmos
Milan update: people have been asking, so here is a technical explanation of the "liquid" digital floor display at the launch of Ross Lovegrove's new speakers for KEF. More about How they did the floor at the KEF launch
Photographer Cristobal Palma has sent us a set of photos Deck House, a holiday home in Alto Rungue, Chile, by architects Felipe Assadi + Francisca Pulido. More about Deck House by Assadi + Pulido
Here are images, plans and a description of the Expocenter development in Moscow by Zaha Hadid. The project consists of an exhibition centre and two residential towers. More about Moscow Expocenter by Zaha Hadid
Milan update: here is a selection of pieces shown by young Dutch designer Kiki van Eijk as part of her joint Quality Time show with Joost van Bleiswijk. More about Quality Time by Kiki van Eijk
Dezeen has created an interactive map showing the major projects by leading architects in the Gulf states of the United Arab Emirates and Qatar. More about Dezeen map of architecture in the Gulf
Milan update: the presentation of new work by Gaetano Pesce at the Meritalia showroom on Via Durini was one of the most interesting in Milan - if only for the utter strangeness of both the furniture and the way it was shown, with weird sound effects, projections and very little light. More about Gaetano Pesce for Meritalia