New Designers 07: Light Bulb Packaging is a light designed by University of Brighton graduate Olivia Cheung that attempts to avoid waste by converting packaging into product. More about Light Bulb Packaging by Olivia Cheung
Matthew Hilton is one of three designers presenting new ranges for British manufacturer Ercol at the new Tent London showcase from 20-23 September. More about Matthew Hilton for Ercol at Tent London
Rove, the website of art dealer Kenny Schachter, presents new images of the Z.Car concept vehicle he commissioned from architect Zaha Hadid. More about Z.Car by Zaha Hadid
Split series is a design system by Peter Marigold that involves splitting timber logs lengthways into four parts and using the resulting odd angles to generate idiosyncratic shelves, tables and storage towers. More about Split series by Peter Marigold
OMA in the Middle East: Office for Metropolitan Architecture have sent over a few more images of Dubai Renaissance, a 300m-tall rotating skyscraper. More about Dubai Renaissance by OMA 2
Shanghai Expo 2010: Here are more images of the six shortlisted designs for the British pavilion at Shanghai World Expo 2010 (see previous story) plus, further down the story, text describing each one. Above: The Pavilion of Ideas by Heatherwick Studio, Casson Mann, Adams Kara Taylor & Atelier Ten. More about British Shanghai Expo pavilion shortlist 2
Shanghai Expo 2010: Images of the six designs shortlisted for the British Pavilion at Shanghai Expo 2010 have been released. More about British Shanghai Expo pavilion shortlist
More Corian, but unrelated: designer Arik Levy has created a kitchen in a small Parisian loft using the surfacing material. More about Corian Kitchen by Arik Levy
Architect Amanda Levete of Future Systems has designed an installation using DuPont Corian for the London Design Festival this September. More about Amanda Levete and Corian at LDF
Architects Denton Corker Marshall have won a competition to design a 50-storey office tower in their home town of Melbourne, Australia. More about 4th Building by Denton Corker Marshall
Building Design magazine has published the shortlist for this year's Stirling Prize. The six shortlisted buildings are: More about Stirling Prize shortlist
We're not making it up: Leeser Architecture of New York have won a competition to design the World Mammoth and Permafrost Museum in Yakutsk, Siberia. More about Mammoth and Permafrost Museum by Leeser Arch.
Finnish design duo Company present an exhibition called Top Secrets of Finland at the Kiasma contemporary art museum in Helsinki. More about Top Secrets of Finland by Company
Type the Sky by Lisa Rienermann is an alphabet formed of shapes buildings make against the sky when photographed from below. More about dezeen loves... Type the Sky
Here are some photos of the newly opened expansion of the Akron Art Museum in Akron, Ohio, USA designed by Austrian architects Coop Himmelb(l)au. More about Akron Art Museum by Coop Himmelb(l)au
Italian design brand Tacchini will hold the UK launch of its new furniture collection in London this September. More about UK launch of Tacchini collection
Board Room is an installation by Atelier van Lieshout at the new Hayward Projects Space at the Hayward Gallery in London. More about Board Room by Atelier van Lieshout
RCA summer show 07: Design Products graduate Jordi Canudas has sent some new images of Wallfa, a screen-cum-sofa he exhibited at the Royal College of Art summer show last month. More about Wallfa by Jordi Canudas
OMA in the Middle East: Office for Metropolitan Architecture have sent us some new renderings, plans and sections of Porsche Design Towers I and II, which they are jointly designing with Porsche Design. More about Porsche Design Towers by OMA/Porsche Design
Phillips de Pury & Company will present an exhibition of 16 lights by American designer-artist Marcus Tremonto in New York this December. More about Lightworks by Marcus Tremonto