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Caged Message vases by Alexis Themistocleous
Caged Message vases by Cypriot designer Alexis Themistocleous contain a secret message that can only be revealed when they are smashed. More about Caged Message vases by Alexis Themistocleous
Caged Message vases by Cypriot designer Alexis Themistocleous contain a secret message that can only be revealed when they are smashed. More about Caged Message vases by Alexis Themistocleous
Hong Kong-based designer David Ericsson of Void watches and Dezeen have teamed up to offer readers the chance to win one of five watches from the V.01 collection. More about Competition: five V.01 watches to be won
Designers Tithi Kutchamuch and Nutre Arayavanish of TT:NT have designed a range of fold-out paper jewellery, launched at Origin at Somerset house in London last month. More about Paper rings by Tithi Kutchamuch and Nutre Arayavanish
In the second episode of our video interview with the winners of the Designer of the Year award at Design Miami 2008, Brazilian designers Humberto and Fernando Campana talk about six of their projects. More about Campana Brothers video interview 2
Pipe Light is an installation on an abandoned house in São Paulo, Brazil by French-Brazilian architects Triptyque. More about Pipe Light by Triptyque
An exhibition of new work by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is on display at the Albion Gallery in London. More about Ai Weiwei at Albion Gallery
Canadian designer Patty Johnson has designed Tswana, a folding chair shown last week at the Cïbone store in Tokyo as part of Design Tide Tokyo. More about Tswana by Patty Johnson
Here are more images of the Second Nature exhibition at 21_21 Design Sight in Tokyo, featuring work by designers including Ross Lovegrove, Makoto Azuma and the Campana Brothers. More about Second Nature at 21_21 Design Sight
Czech designer Maxim Velčovský of Studio Qubus presented an installation and a new collection of glasses for Viennese crystal brand Lobmeyr during Vienna Design Week last month. More about Installation and crystal glasses by Maxim Velčovský for Lobmeyr
Japanese architects Naruse Inokuma presented an installation called Forest of One Room during Tokyo Designers Week, which ended on Monday. More about Forest of One Room by Naruse Inokuma
Designer Rolf Sachs has created a watch with a blackboard-style face for watch brand Fortis. More about Fortis IQ watch by Rolf Sachs
Here are photographs of the five winning installations from the Dezeen x Design Association container design competition to win a free exhibition space in Tokyo during Tokyo Designers Week. More about Dezeen x Design Association container design competition winners
Here are a few images of the Design Tide exhibition, held in Tokyo from 30 October to 3 November. More about Design Tide Tokyo 2008
Gehry Partners, the architecture office of Frank Gehry, presented a snaking bench as part of Design Tide in Tokyo over the weekend. More about Tokyo Bench by Gehry Partners
An exhibition of new work by designer Ron Arad opens at the Friedmann Benda Gallery in New York this week. More about Guarded Thoughts by Ron Arad
San Franciso-based designers Mike and Maaike have designed the G1 phone for Google. More about G1 by Mike and Maaike
Dutch designer Jan Van Hoof exhibited a wall made of cut-up books at the Design Academy Eindhoven graduation show as part of Dutch Design Week earlier this month. More about Storyboard by Jan Van Hoof
Below is the first of four episodes of a video interview with Brazilian designers Humberto and Fernando Campana, winners of the Designer of the Year award at Design Miami 2008. More about Campana Brothers video interview 1
Here is a selection of photos by Luke Hayes of Tokyo Designers Week 2008, which runs until tomorrow at Meiji Jingu Gaien in Tokyo. More about Tokyo Designers Week 2008
Peter Thuvander and Martin Hedenström of Swedish design group Muungano have won the Swedish Library Bus of the Year award for this library bus. More about Library bus by Muungano