Dezeen and the organisers of the Dutch Design Awards (DDA) have got together to offer readers the chance to win one of five copies of the Dutch Design Yearbook 2009. More about Competition: five copies of the Dutch Design Yearbook 2009 to be won
Tokyo 09: Japanese designer Nosigner will exhibit a modular collection of furniture at Design Tide Tokyo from tomorrow. More about Unit by Nosigner
Dutch Design Week: at the Design Academy Eindhoven graduation galleries last week, designer Roos Kuipers presented an open coffin where the dead body is gradually covered in layers of fabric. More about Mark the last veil by Roos Kuipers
Paris practice LAN Architecture have designed a 142m high "mirror tower" for Beirut, Lebanon. More about 486 Mina El Hosn by LAN Architecture
French designer Nicolas Vrignaud has designed the signage for a building comprising a fashion school, shopping centre, exhibition hall and restaurants on the banks of the Seine in Paris. More about Docks en Seine Signage by Nicolas Vrignaud
Belgian architect Axel Enthoven has designed a mobile holiday home that resembles the Sydney Opera House. More about Opera by Axel Enthoven
Polish Design Season: here's an overview of work by Beton, one of Dezeen's favourite Polish design studios. More about Studio profile: Beton
Designer Alex Mikhaylov has completed the brand identity and interior for a language school in Moscow, Russia. More about School #1 by Alex Mikhaylov
Dutch Design Week: here's a second project by Jelte van Abbema, winner of the Rado Prize at the Dutch Design Awards in Eindhoven last week, which explores how to express emotion through the digital word. More about Virtureal by Jelte van Abbema
Danish architects BIG have won a competition to design a centre for research, education and training about women's sports in Malmo, Sweden. More about The World Village of Women Sports by BIG
Amsterdam designers UXUS have created an installation for the home division of fashion retailers H&M in Stockholm, Sweden. More about Interaction by UXUS for H&M Home
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Here's a couple of images showing a watch designed by architect Will Alsop with Federico Grazzini for Alessi Watches. More about Daytimer watch by Will Alsop with Federico Grazzini for Alessi
German designers KARO have designed an outdoor library in Magdeburg, Germany. More about Open-air Library by KARO
Here are a couple of images of SuperFoam Chair, a chair made of foam with giant bubbles by designer Rich Gilbert. More about SuperFoam Chair by Rich Gilbert
Dutch Design Week: Dutch designer Jelte van Abbema won the €10,000 Rado Prize at the Dutch Design Awards last week for a body of work including Symbiosis, an experimental project that involved printing with bacteria. More about Symbiosis by Jelte van Abbema
Dutch Design Week: in Eindhoven last week Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Amelie Onzon presented equipment for producing foie gras that allows you to choose between a better-quality product or a better life for the duck. More about From Fable to Table by Amelie Onzon
Young Spanish architects Carlos Pereda Iglesias and Óscar Pérez Silanes have completed a dining hall and kitchen for a gastronomic society in Medina de Pomar in the province of Burgos, Spain. More about Memory by Carlos Pereda Iglesias and Óscar Pérez Silanes
Polish Design Season: Warsaw designer Krystian Kwiecinski has created a dining table where consumers manipulate the dimensions of the finished product via his website. More about Y Parametric table by Krystian Kwieciński
Madrid practice SOMOS Arquitectos have completed a social housing project in Madrid, Spain. More about 123 Social Green Housing by SOMOS Arquitectos