Dezeenwire: Stephen Holden reviews Objectified, Gary Hustwit’s new feature-length documentary on industrial design: "As sleek and handsome as any of the new and improved household items it exhibits." New York Times
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Japanese architects SANAA have completed the interior of a new store for fashion designer Derek Lam in New York. More about Derek Lam store by SANAA
Milan 09: Italian brand Magis presented the 360° family, a range of office furniture by Konstantin Grcic, at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile last month.
Dutch architects MVRDV with British practice Mole Architects have designed a cantilevered holiday home in Suffolk, UK. More about Balancing Barn by MVRDV and Mole Architects
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London Design Festival 09: Spanish designer Jaime Hayón will create a giant chess set in Trafalgar Square, London, as part of this September's London Design Festival. Update: Hayón has sent us many new drawings, renderings and research materials, which we've added below. More about The Battle of Trafalgar by Jaime Hayón
Berlin-based architecture practice Raumlabor presented a mobile, inflatable pavilion called Spacebuster in New York last month. More about Spacebuster by Raumlabor
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Milan 09: here are some images of The Gospel installation, a body of work exhibited by Belgian designers Studio Job in Milan last month. More about The Gospel by Studio Job 2
Here's a fourth house by FORM/Kouichi Kimura Architects: House of Depth in Shiga, Japan. More about House of Depth by FORM/Kouichi Kimura Architects
Wattcher is a product that monitors domestic electricity use, designed by Marcel Wanders for Dutch company Innovaders. More about Wattcher by Marcel Wanders Studio
German design student Elisa Stroyzk has created a rug made of wood-veneer offcuts. More about Wooden Carpet by Elisa Stroyzk
German designer Nils Holger Moormann has completed a self-catering lodge in Aschau im Chiemgau, Germany. More about Berge by Nils Holger Moormann
Milan 09: new Italian design brand Skitsch launched their inaugural collection last month, including pieces by designers Front, Maarten Baas and the Campana Brothers. More about Skitsch launches in Milan
Spanish architects Camprubí i Santacana have completed a hotel consisting of timber-clad rooms set on a rocky ridge near Teruel, Spain. More about Hotel Consolación by Camprubí i Santacana Arquitectes
Milan 09: Dutch designer Sander Mulder presented a modular cabinet resembling shipping containers in Zona Tortona last month. More about Pandora by Sander Mulder
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Latvian architects Substance have built a sports hall in Jurmala, Latvia, inspired by chunks of amber washed up on the Baltic coast. More about Majori Primary School Sports Hall by Substance
Architects Filipe Balestra and Sara Göransson have developed a strategy to develop informal slums into permanent urban districts through a process of gradual improvement to existing dwellings instead of demolition and rebuilding. More about Incremental Housing Strategy by Filipe Balestra and Sara Göransson