Japanese architects Suppose Design Office have completed a house in Kamakura, Japan, which consists of a steel frame constructed between two concrete shafts. More about House in Kamakura by Suppose Design Office
Dutch design studio Bloomming have designed a modular system where diamond-shaped components can be individually rotated to vary the amount of light allowed to penetrate. More about Lightfacet by Bloomming
Dezeenwire: the Guggenheim Museum and Google Sketchup have launched Design It: Shelter Competition, "a global, online initiative that invites the public to use Google Earth and Google SketchUp to create and submit designs for virtual 3-D shelters for a location of their choice anywhere on Earth." Details here
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DMY Berlin 09: designer Flip Selin of German design group Coordination presented his Crush sofa and NoVolume nesting tables at the Made in Berlin exhibition as part of DMY Extended in Berlin last week. More about Crush and NoVolume by Coordination
Paris firm h2o Architectes have completed an elevated child's bed that also forms a partition and play area in a Paris residence. More about Eva's bed by h2o Architectes
We've teamed up with digital designers Troika to give away five copies of Newton Virus, a non-destructive application that makes your desktop icons roll around as if affected by gravity (see movie below). More about Competition: five copies of Newton Virus by Troika to be won
Milan 09 movie: our second movie from Dutch designer Maarten Baas' Real Time exhibition in Milan this April is Analog Digital Clock, a movie in which a performer replicates a digital clock by painting over and wiping clean panels on a glass screen (below). More about Analog Digital Clock by Maarten Baas
Milan 09 movie: here (above) is an excerpt from Sweeper Clock, a movie presented by Dutch designer Maarten Baas in Milan this April, featuring two men with brooms pushing lines of debris to form moving clock hands. More about Sweeper Clock by Maarten Baas
Dezeenwire: Alice Rawsthorn reports from the Venice Biennale on artists turning their hands to interior design. New York Times
More about Alice Rawsthorn: Artists in Designers' Clothing
Milan 09: Dutch designers Atelier NL have created a simple pottery tableware range made of clay dug from different areas of the Netherlands. More about Fundamentals of Makkum by Atelier NL for Royal Tichelaar Makkum
Dezeenwire: The Guardian presents a gallery showing how everyday designs including Cornflake packs and flight attendant uniforms have changed over the years. The Guardian
More about The Guardian: The changing face of everyday design
British architect David Chipperfield has designed a collection of tableware with colours inspired by an Italian painter and forms inspired by ancient Korean stoneware. More about Tonale by David Chipperfield for Alessi
Polish designers Beton have sent us some photos of their nearly completed, shingle-clad church in a small village overlooking the Vistula. More about Church by Beton
Daniel Statham Architects have designed Harajuku Box House, a residential and retail project in Tokyo.
More recycled work from Swiss designer Anne-Cécile Rappa: Najah, Lazara and Ilham are a series of lights made of found objects sheathed in knitted plastic bags. More about Najah, Lazara and Ilham by Anne-Cécile Rappa
Milan 09: Dutch designer Dick van Hoff presented wood-burning stoves made of tiles for Dutch ceramic manufacturers Royal Tichelaar Makkum in Milan in April. More about Tile Stove Project by Dick van Hoff for Royal Tichelaar Makkum
DMY Berlin 09: Viennese designers Mischer'Traxler have created a solar-powered machine that makes furniture, with the shape and colour of each product determined by the amount of sunlight available during manufacture. More about The Idea of a Tree by Mischer’Traxler
Japanese designer Nosigner has designed Drip Grip and XY, two new concepts for Japanese mobile phone company KDDI. More about Drip Grip and XY by Nosigner
Milan 09: Italian architect Romolo Stanco exhibited a mirror etched with electric circut patterns in Milan this April. More about MotherBoard by Romolo Stanco
DMY Berlin 09: a concept for a dishwasher combined with a sink by designers Peter Schwartz and Helene Steiner is on show at DMY Youngsters exhibition in Berlin this week. More about Colo dishwasher by Peter Schwartz and Helene Steiner