Dezeenwire: Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs will interview designers James Irvine, Tomás Alonso and Tomoko Azumi live on stage from 12.30 in the D3 Lounge in Hall 3.1 at imm cologne today, as part of our Dezeentalks at [D3] Design Talents series.
The interviews will be broadcast on Dezeen at a later date. More info plus the full schedule in our earlier story.
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Slovenian architects Bevk Perović Arhitekti have launched a collection of floor lamps where the light resembles a puff of smoke. More about Smoke by Bevk Perović Arhitekti
Swedish architects Elding Oscarson have completed a modern house in a street of traditional terraced cottages in Landskrona, Sweden. More about Townhouse in Landskrona by Elding Oscarson
The Design Museum in London have announced the shortlist for the Brit Insurance Designs of the Year 2010. See full the shortlist below. More about Design Museum announce shortlist for Brit Insurance Designs of the Year
A house centred around a bathroom representing the womb, designed by Brooklyn studio Julian King Architect, is under construction in Tuscany, Italy. More about Tuscany Barn House by Julian King Architect
Paris architect Julien Boidot has completed three wooden structures for a municipal campsite in the Loire Valley, France. More about Vaas Municipal Campground by Julien Boidot
Tokyo designer Dan Tomimatsu has created a vase in which a single flower can be hung upside down. More about Veil by Dan Tomimatsu
Spanish studio Mi5 Arquitectos have completed a youth centre with a star-shaped interior on the outskirts of Madrid. More about Youth centre by Mi5 Arquitectos
Czech architects A1 Architects have completed 66 Gallery and Botas Concept Store, a combined art gallery and shoe store in Prague. More about 66 Gallery and Botas Concept Store by A1 Architects
Czech designers Boadesign Studio have created a collection of chandeliers made of curved borosilicate glass tubes. More about Neolione by Boadesign Studio
Architects Foster + Partners have completed a hospital in Bath, UK, clad in aluminium shingles. More about CircleBath by Foster + Partners
Dezeenwire: nonprofit design services firm architecture for humanity has launched an appeal to raise money for long-term reconstruction in earthquake-hit Haiti. For updates visit the architecture for humanity website or for updates on Twitter follow @archforhumanity or architecture for humanity CEO Cameron Sinclair @casinclair.
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Dezeenwire: we've now announced the schedule for Dezeentalks in Cologne next week. See the schedule and find out more about the talks here.
American designer Nick Allman has created an installation where a light appears to be ripped out of the wall at the Dean Johnson Gallery in Indianapolis. More about Unintended Functions by Nick Allman
G.Lab* by Gansam Architects and Associates of Seoul have designed a visitors' centre for the wetlands in Suncheon, South Korea. More about Suncheon International Wetlands Center by G.Lab*
Japanese studio General Design have completed two adjacent leaning shops in Tokyo. More about T2 project by General Design
Architects Office for Metropolitan Architecture have won a competition to design a new campus for Chu Hai College of Higher Education in the New Territories, Hong Kong. More about Chu Hai College Campus by OMA
Czech designer Klára Šumová has designed a wooden lamp where the turned base emerges from a raw tree branch. More about Lamp Love by Klára Šumová
Japanese architects Shingo Masuda and Katsuhisa Otsubo have installed mesh screens at the boundary of a property in Tokyo. More about Ghost-like Architecture by Shingo Masuda and Katsuhisa Otsubo Architects
Seoul architects Gansam Partners have completed an art museum surrounded by a pool of water in Yon-Dong, South Korea. More about Jeju Provincial Art Museum by Gansam Partners