Design
Colour Lights by Maarten De Ceulaer
Milan 2010: Belgian designer Maarten De Ceulaer will present a series of lights containing water tinted with food colouring in Milan later this month. More about Colour Lights by Maarten De Ceulaer
Milan 2010: Belgian designer Maarten De Ceulaer will present a series of lights containing water tinted with food colouring in Milan later this month. More about Colour Lights by Maarten De Ceulaer
Young Israeli designer Adi Zaffran Weisler has made a collection of jewellery from spent bullets. More about Rings by Adi Zaffran Weisler
Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design graduate Beatus Kopp has designed a table with hollow legs through which electrical wires can be channeled. More about aTable by Beatus Kopp
Catalan designer Martí Guixé has created a series of containers for Italian design brand Alessi, which have arrows and speech bubbles for the user to write messages on. More about Communicator by Martí Guixé for Alessi
Scottish artist Geoff Mann of Studio*Mrmann has created a movie where an argument between unseen characters is represented as ripples that distort objects across a dining table. Watch the movie »
More about Cross-fire by Studio*Mrmann
Milan 2010: Dutch designer Frederik Roijé will present a home for chickens called Breed and Retreat in Milan next month. More about Breed and Retreat by Frederik Roijé
Hamburg designer Alexa Lixfeld has sent us new pictures of her Metamorphose collection, including a series of silver cutlery comprising spoons, forks and ambiguous shapes in between. More about Metamorphose Spoons by Alexa Lixfeld
Artist Anish Kapoor has won a commission to design a 115m high public artwork at Olympic Park in London, to be built as part of London's Olympic Games in 2012. More about ArcelorMittal Orbit by Anish Kapoor
Milan 2010: Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka will launch a crumpled aluminium chair for Italian brand Moroso in Milan next month. More about Memory by Tokujin Yoshioka for Moroso
Lyon designers USIN-e have designed a series of furniture made of wooden batons joined by folded metal parts. More about Pleats by USIN-e
Milan 2010: Amsterdam designer Bo Reudler and architect Olav Bruin will present a collection of furniture made of bamboo stalks in Milan next month. More about Haute Bamboo by Bo Reudler and Olav Bruin
Milan 2010: Congratulations to Copy Nature/Nature of Copies who won our competition for a free exhibition space in the Ventura Lambrate district of Milan. More about Ventura Lambrate exhibition space winners
Italian designer Giorgio Biscaro will present a flat-pack stool made of bent plywood at the Salone Satellite in Milan next month. More about Offset by Giorgio Biscaro Design Studio
Milan 2010: This zebra-patterned chair will be on show at Mindcraft10, an exhibition of new work by 14 Danish designers in Milan next month. More about Mindcraft10 by Danish Crafts
Milan 2010: More ice: aluminium furniture brand Emeco will launch a new version of its iconic Navy Chair in Milan next month, made of recycled plastic Coca-Cola bottles. More about 111 Navy Chair by Emeco
London designer James Laurie has cut the top of a drinking glass into a point so that it can be used to trap spiders in the corner of a room. More about Cornered by James Laurie
Kingston University graduate Wannayos Boonperm has made a series of objects by splicing together familiar household and office products, including this combined watering can and telephone (above). More about The Beginning of Product Mutation by Wannayos Boonperm
Designers FærID of Iceland exhibited a picnic set made of birch with a plaited leather strap at DesignMarch in Reykjavík last week. More about Askur Picnic Basket by FærID
Israeli designer Itay Laniado has designed a collapsible ladder held together by a strap under tension. More about Ladder by Itay Laniado
Milan 2010: Artists Studio Job have sent us a couple of images of a lighting project they will present in collaboration with Dutch designer Pieke Bergmans for Italian gallery Dilmos in Milan next month. More about Wonderlamp by Studio Job and Pieke Bergmans for Dilmos