Design
Skew bookcase by Smånsk
Stockholm Design Week: Swedish designers Smånsk showed a prototype of their Skew bookcase at the Greenhouse young designers showcase at the Stockholm Furniture Fair last month. More about Skew bookcase by Smånsk
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Design
Space Furniture installation by voonwong&bensonsaw
London-based architecture and design studio Voon Wong & Benson Saw have created a cloud-like installation using polystyrene cups for the opening of a design store in Malaysia. More about Space Furniture installation by voonwong&bensonsaw
Design
Yves Béhar wins Design of the Year
Designer Yves Béhar won the Brit Insurance Design of the Year award at a ceremony at the Design Museum in London last night, for the One Laptop Per Child project. More about Yves Béhar wins Design of the Year
Design
Leave magnets by Richard Hutten
Leave, a leaf-shaped fridge magnet designed by Richard Hutten, has been put into production by office furniture manufacturers Gispen. More about Leave magnets by Richard Hutten
Interiors
KK Outlet by Fashion Architecture Taste
Another one from Fashion Architecture Taste: the architects have completed the KK Outlet, a combined office, gallery and shop in London for communications agency KesselsKramer. More about KK Outlet by Fashion Architecture Taste
Interiors
China Design Now by Tonkin Liu
Architects Tonkin Liu have designed the China Design Now exhibition, which has just opened at the V&A museum in London. More about China Design Now by Tonkin Liu
Design
Red Dot Awards 2008
Betonvorhang, a concrete curtain by design company Memux (above), is one of 676 industrial products awarded in the Red Dot Awards 2008, which have just been announced. The list of winners is huge, so best you visit the Red Dot website for more info as our heads are hurting just looking at it all.
More about Red Dot Awards 2008
Interiors
Another Geography by Kimihiko Okada
Japanese designer Kimihiko Okada has created an installation called Another Geography at the Diesel Denim Gallery in Aoyama, Tokyo. More about Another Geography by Kimihiko Okada
Architecture
Category winners of Designs of the Year awards
100 Chairs in 100 Days by Martino Gamper is one of seven category winners for the first Brit Insurance Design of the Year Awards, organised by the Design Museum in London. More about Category winners of Designs of the Year awards
Design
Extra ID by Anke Weiss
Extra ID jewellery by Dutch designer Anke Weiss imitates the security tags attached to items of clothing in shops to prevent them from being stolen. More about Extra ID by Anke Weiss
Design
Nested Bunk Beds by Tsai Design Studio
Design Indaba 08: a space-saving bed system designed Tsai Design Studio of Cape Town was name Most Beautiful Object in South Africa at the Design Indaba Expo last month. More about Nested Bunk Beds by Tsai Design Studio
Design
Aquaduct by IDEO
Design Indaba 08: IDEO cofounder Bill Moggridge presented this concept tricycle that purifies water as the rider pedals, at the Design Indaba conference in Cape Town last month. More about Aquaduct by IDEO
Design
Total Trattoria by Martino Gamper
Designer Martino Gamper has designed every aspect of the Total Trattoria installation at the Aram Gallery in London, including the furniture, tableware, cutlery and food.
Design
Crystal Forest by Tokujin Yoshioka
More from Tokujin Yoshioka: this time the Swarovski flagship store in Ginza, Tokyo. More about Crystal Forest by Tokujin Yoshioka
Furniture
Bouquet by Tokujin Yoshioka
Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka will launch Bouquet, a new chair for Italian brand Moroso, at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan next month. More about Bouquet by Tokujin Yoshioka
Design
Single Person Cooker by Alex Bradley
Young designer Alex Bradley has developed a prototype for a compact cooker for people living alone that combines a hob, chopping board, utensils and a WiFi-enabled screen so that users can call up recipes from the internet. More about Single Person Cooker by Alex Bradley
Design
Diamond chair by Nendo
Another chair from Tokyo-based Nendo: the Diamond chair is based on the atomic structure of diamonds. More about Diamond chair by Nendo
Design
Global Edition by Bernhardt Design and Danerka
American furniture brand Bernhardt Design, in partnership with Danish brand Danerka, will launch a range of 14 chairs by 11 designers in Milan next month, during the furniture fair. More about Global Edition by Bernhardt Design and Danerka
Interiors
Meguro office space by Nendo
Here's another project by Japanese designers Nendo. This time an office space near the Meguro river in Tokyo, which they divided by creating walls with cut-outs that almost reach the floor. More about Meguro office space by Nendo
Design
Cabbage Chair by Nendo
Cabbage Chair is a new product by Japanese designers Nendo made of waste paper from the pleated fabric industry. More about Cabbage Chair by Nendo