Design
Amanda Levete and Corian at LDF
Architect Amanda Levete of Future Systems has designed an installation using DuPont Corian for the London Design Festival this September. More about Amanda Levete and Corian at LDF
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Design
Top Secrets of Finland by Company
Finnish design duo Company present an exhibition called Top Secrets of Finland at the Kiasma contemporary art museum in Helsinki. More about Top Secrets of Finland by Company
Design
UK launch of Tacchini collection
Italian design brand Tacchini will hold the UK launch of its new furniture collection in London this September. More about UK launch of Tacchini collection
Design
Wallfa by Jordi Canudas
RCA summer show 07: Design Products graduate Jordi Canudas has sent some new images of Wallfa, a screen-cum-sofa he exhibited at the Royal College of Art summer show last month. More about Wallfa by Jordi Canudas
Design
Lightworks by Marcus Tremonto
Phillips de Pury & Company will present an exhibition of 16 lights by American designer-artist Marcus Tremonto in New York this December. More about Lightworks by Marcus Tremonto
Design
The Secret Life of cars by BMW
Carmaker BMW has published the results of a UK-based study into the way people behave and feel while travelling in cars, both as drivers and passengers. The findings come in a report called "The Secret Life of Cars and What They Reveal About Us", which was commissioned to help BMW understand drivers' current and future needs. More about The Secret Life of cars by BMW
Design
Everlastingblast by Pippo Lionni
Typographic designer Pippo Lionni presents an installation called Everlastingblast as part of the Material Culture: Contemporary American Design exhibition at Max Lang Gallery in New York. More about Everlastingblast by Pippo Lionni
Furniture
Campana Brothers at the V&A
Tonight (Friday) saw the opening of an installation by Brazilian designers the Campana Brothers in the John Majedski Garden at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. More about Campana Brothers at the V&A
Design
Matthew Hilton by Matthew Hilton
Furniture designer Matthew Hilton (below) will launch a new range of furniture under his own brand for the first at the 100% Design show in London this September. More about Matthew Hilton by Matthew Hilton
Design
Nobody Chair by Komplot
Nobody Chair by Danish design company Komplot is made out of recycled plastic water bottles using a manufacturing technique borrowed from the car industry. More about Nobody Chair by Komplot
Design
4D Glass by Jonathan Krawczuk
4D Glass is a project that uses a computer-generated wireframe model as decoration on a physical object. More about 4D Glass by Jonathan Krawczuk
Interiors
Shoreditch House by Tom Dixon
Shoreditch House, the latest private members' club in the Soho House group, has opened in Shoreditch in east London, with interiors by Tom Dixon. More about Shoreditch House by Tom Dixon
Design
Ty-Bihan by Gaël Horsfall
New Designers 07: Ty-bihan is a combined dining table and storage system designed by Gaël Horsfall, a graduate from the contemporary design course at Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College in England. More about Ty-Bihan by Gaël Horsfall
Interiors
Gitta Gschwendtner at Wellcome Collection 2
Here is Gitta Gschwendtner's second exhibition space at the Wellcome Collection in London (see previous post). More about Gitta Gschwendtner at Wellcome Collection 2
Interiors
Gitta Gschwendtner at Wellcome Collection 1
Here is the first of two permanent exhibition spaces designed by Gitta Gschwendtner at the newly opened Wellcome Collection centre for medical science and art in London. More about Gitta Gschwendtner at Wellcome Collection 1
Furniture
Stools at Galerie Kreo
Starting this September, Parisian design gallery Galerie Kreo presents an exhibition of specially commissioned stools by designers including Julia Lohmann (above), François Azambourg (below), Andrée Putman and Alessandro Mendidi. More about Stools at Galerie Kreo
Interiors
Stitch Room by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec
Stitch Room is Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec's contribution to MyHome, an exhibition of experimental room sets at the Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein, Germany (via dezain.net). More about Stitch Room by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec
Design
New work by Tom Dixon
Here is a selection of photos of Tom Dixon's new collection of furniture and lighting. The designer presented the collection in Milan in April but photographs have only just been released (the images we used first time around are computer renderings). More about New work by Tom Dixon
Design
Cat Mckee at New Designers
New Designers 07: Tap Light (above and below) is a wall light you turn on and off with a tap. It was designed by Cat Mckee, a graduate from the contemporary furniture course at Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College.
Design
The Country in the City by Alex Brown
New Designers 07: The Country in the City, by Goldsmiths design graduate Alex Brown, combines industrial fire safety glass with references to traditional embriodery techniques. More about The Country in the City by Alex Brown