Graphic designer Shepard Fairey's Obama Poster is one of seven category winners of the Brit Insurance Designs of the Year Awards, announced by the Design Museum in London yesterday. More about Category winners of Designs of the Year Awards
Cologne 2009: young German designer Pierre Kracht has created a collection of objects called Wrapped. More about Wrapped by Pierre Kracht
The Armani 5th Avenue store in New York City, designed by Massimiliano & Doriana Fuksas Architects, opened last week. More about Armani 5th Avenue by Massimiliano & Doriana Fuksas Architects
French architects Beckmann-N’Thépé and landscape designers TN+ have won a competition to remodel Korkeasaari Zoo in Helsinki, Finland. More about Korkeasaari Zoo by Beckmann-N'Thépé and TN+
Stockholm-based architects Tham + Videgard Hansson Arkitekter have designed a hotel hidden in the trees, to be located in Harads, Sweden. More about Tree hotel by Tham & Videgård Hansson Arkitekter
Graduate designer Leo Livshetz created this angular, ceramic tea set while studying at Rhode Island School of Design in the USA. More about Tea set by Leo Livshetz
Prague architects Projektil Architekti have completed Sluňákov, a centre for ecological activities in Olomouc, the Czech Republic. More about Sluňákov by Projektil Architekti
An exhibition of classic album covers opens next month at The Gallery@ in Barnsley, UK and includes work by designers including Peter Saville, Airside (below), Neville Brody, Farrow Design and Alex Steinweiss (above). More about The Art of the Album Cover at The Gallery@
Keer Chair by Dutch designer Reinier de Jong has gone into production. More about Keer Chair by Reinier de Jong 2
Buenos Aires architects Dieguez Fridman Arquitectos & Asociados have designed the flagship store for female fashion brand Ayres Store in Buenos Aires, Argentina. More about Ayres Store by Dieguez Fridman Arquitectos & Asociados
Here's another project by Toyko company Hiroyuki Tanaka Architects, who designed the House in Hiyoshi in our earlier story. More about House in Sagamino by Hiroyuki Tanaka Architects
Dutch designer Pepe Heykoop has created a chair from childrens' toy building blocks. More about Brickchair by Pepe Heykoop
Danish design studio Claydies have created Claydies and Gentlemen, a collection of hand-modelled stoneware bowls based on hairstyles. More about Claydies and Gentlemen by Claydies
Stockholm jewellery designer Catarina Hällzon has created a collection of jewellery made from animal and fish remains. More about Momentary by Catarina Hällzon
Israeli designer Itay Ohaly has proposed a series of chairs called Fracture, made of benches of various materials which are torn or smashed into individual chairs. More about Fracture by Itay Ohaly
Rotterdam architects MVRDV have completed an apartment building at the docklands in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. More about Westerdok Apartment Building by MVRDV
MUMUTH, the Haus für Musik und Musiktheater in Graz, Austria, designed by UNStudio, opens on 1 March. More about MUMUTH by UNStudio
Reed Space is a shop interior in Tokyo, designed by Japanese firm upsetters architects and featuring shelves made of chairs. More about Reed Space by Upsetters Architects
Danish architects MAPT have won first prize in a competition to design a cafe in the Anker Brygge harbour in Oslo, Norway. Update: you can now see images of the completed building here. More about Bølgen by MAPT
Stockholm 09: Swedish design studio Form us with Love launched Work Lamp for Design House Stockholm during Stockholm Design Week earlier this month. More about Work Lamp by Form us with Love
