Milan 2012: Hackney designers were busy in Milan last week and we're bringing you some of the best new product launches, including this shelf by Stoke Newington duo Raw Edges where the front slides down to create a work surface. More about Deskbox by Raw Edges for Arco
Dezeen Wire: a report that contradicts our earlier story about the UK entering a double-dip recession claims there is cautious optimism among companies in the UK office furniture market, who are anticipating increased sales in 2012. More about Report highlights positivity in UK office furniture market
Dezeen Wire: a 3% drop in output from the construction industry is being cited as a major contributing factor to the UK economy re-entering recession – BBC. More about Construction output blamed as UK faces double-dip recession
Milan studio AtelierFORTE have built a sauna in the northern Italian countryside that has wings like a bird. More about Sauna Huginn&Muginn by AtelierFORTE
Dezeen Wire: Zaha Hadid's MAXXI National Museum of XXI Century Arts in Rome could be closed after Italian culture and heritage minister Lorenzo Ornaghi began proceedings to have it placed under special administration – The Guardian More about MAXXI museum in financial meltdown
In this second instalment in our series of articles on technology and design supported by computing brand Intel, we look at how our online lives and physical environments will become increasingly entwined. More about Technology and design: our digitally enabled future
Milan 2012: Italian furniture brand Magis presented these hanging sculptures made of wire mesh by sculptor Benedetta Mori Ubaldini at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan last week. More about Clouds and Birds by Benedetta Mori Ubaldini for Magis
Students from London's Architectural Association have designed and built a faceted wooden workshop in the woods in Dorset, England. More about Hooke Park Big Shed by AA Design & Make
Competition: we've teamed up with textiles brand Maharam to give away five copies of Maharam Agenda, an illustrated overview of the company's history including collaborations with the likes of Konstantin Grcic, Hella Jongerius, Nike and Paul Smith. More about Competition: five copies of Maharam Agenda to be won
Dezeen promotion: in this podcast recorded in Milan, Aurel Aebi of multidisciplinary design practice atelier oï describes the scenography they created for Swiss bathroom brand Laufen, while designers Roberto Palomba and Toan Nguyen talk about their latest products. More about The Swiss Art of Expression by Laufen in Milan
Dezeen Wire: the London 2012 Olympic Torch by east London designers BarberOsgerby has been awarded as Design of the Year in a ceremony at the Design Museum in London tonight. More about London 2012 Olympic Torch by BarberOsgerby wins Design of the Year 2012
Overlapping walls of curving concrete encase this funeral chapel in Graz by Austrian architects Hofrichter-Ritter. More about Chapel of Rest in Graz by Hofrichter-Ritter Architekten
Milan 2012: this armchair with a pleated leather seat by London designer Benjamin Hubert was inspired by sleeves with puffed shoulders on Italian Renaissance clothing. More about Juliet by Benjamin Hubert for Poltrona Frau
The huge tiled roof that wraps around this Tokyo house integrates arched windows and openings for tree branches. More about House with Eaves and an Attic by ON design
This stacking chair by French designer Philippe Starck is made of discarded material found in lumber factories and industrial plastic plants. More about Broom Chair by Philippe Starck for Emeco
Dezeen Wire: a gymnasium in Baghdad that was designed by Le Corbusier in 1957 is to be restored - Yahoo! News
Completed in 1965 under Saddam Hussein, years after the iconic architect's death, the Baghdad Gymnasium has fallen into disrepair following its occupation by American soldiers.
See more stories about Le Corbusier on Dezeen here.
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Milan 2012: Australian designer Marc Newson presented this child's rocking horse for Italian brand Magis at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan last week. More about Rocky by Marc Newson for Magis
Wooden sticks shield the facades of this house in Belgium by Ghent studio Architecten De Vylder Vinck Taillieu, while a tree bursts through the roof. More about House Bernheimbeuk by Architecten De Vylder Vinck Taillieu
Dezeen Wire: design critic Justin McGuirk writes about the focus on alternative means of production, open-source design and crowd-funding that permeated this year's Milan furniture fair in his column for the Guardian newspaper.
McGuirk talked to Dezeen about these issues when he popped into Dezeen Studio powered by Jambox at MOST last week - watch the interview in our daily show from Milan here.
We also spoke to editor-in-chief of Domus magazine Joseph Grima about The Future in the Making show he curated that's all about collaboration, open design, crowd-sourcing and hacking, and interviewed curator Beatrice Galilee at Hacked Lab where workshops, demonstrations and happenings took over the city's most famous department store all week.
See all our coverage from Milan here.
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Designed in Hackney: Hoxton-based designer Michael Marriott created a landscape of cardboard tubes to display items on show at this year's Designs of the Year exhibition at London's Design Museum. The winning entries for each category will be revealed at an awards ceremony tomorrow evening. More about Designed in Hackney: Designs of the Year exhibition by Michael Marriott