Designer Jólan van der Wiel has sent us this movie of his machine for shaping stools using gravity and magnets, on display as part of the [D3] Contest for young designers at imm cologne in Germany this week.
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These handmade electrical plugs allow you to plug a second appliance into the back. More about Sharing Plug by Dave Hakkens
Brighton designers Zoe Miller and David Goodman of Millergoodman will present their hand-printed wooden blocks for constructing pictures of faces at new domestic interiors show Home in London this weekend. More about FaceMaker by Millergoodman at Home
In this Dezeen movie Ola Rune of Swedish design studio Claesson Koivisto Rune presents a lamp that they created for lighting company Wästberg at Berlin design fair Qubique 2011. More about Ola Rune at Qubique 2011
In this movie we filmed at Berlin design fair Qubique 2011, Mangus Wästberg of Swedish lighting company Wästberg presents lamps designed by Studioilse, James Irvine and David Chipperfield. More about Mangus Wästberg at Qubique 2011
In this movie filmed by Dezeen at Berlin design fair Qubique 2011, Luis De Oliveira of Portuguese design company De La Espada presents work by designers including Ilse Crawford, Matthew Hilton, Benjamin Hubert and Autoban. More about De La Espada at Qubique 2011
Spanish designer Antoni Arola has created a series of stackable tables, shelves and surfaces with light flooding from their undersides. More about BlancoWhite by Estudi Arola for Santa & Cole
Copenhagen designers KiBiSi designed these headphones to withstand being worn in the rain and snow. More about Capital headphones by KiBiSi for AIAIAI
Competition: we've teamed up with Brooklyn firm Aminimal Studio to give away five copies of their sketchbooks printed with a city grid on each page. More about Competition: five Urban Gridded Notebooks to be won
Japanese designers Nendo will present three new projects for Carpenters Workshop Gallery in Paris next week, including this series of lamps, vases, bowls and tables made by heating agricultural nets. More about Static Bubbles by Nendo for Carpenters Workshop Gallery
Dezeen will present a range of products by upcoming designers and brands at Home, the new domestic interiors trade show taking place in London from Sunday. More about Dezeen presents upcoming designers and brands at Home
Industrial designer Konstantin Grcic will present this chair for German manufacturer Flötotto at trade show imm cologne in Germany next week. More about Pro by Konstantin Grcic
San Francisco studio fuseproject have unveiled the OLPC XO-3, a tablet computer for the next generation of the One Laptop Per Child project to distribute robust, cheap, self-powered computers for education in the developing world. More about OLPC XO-3 by fuseproject
Dezeen Wire: the organisers of Paris design show Maison & Objet have announced Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka as this year's Now! Design à Vivre Creator of the Year. An exhibition of his Crystalized Project will be held at the fair from 20 to 24 January 2012. More about Tokujin Yoshioka announced as Creator of the Year at Maison & Objet
In this movie that we filmed at Qubique 2011, Philipp Mainzer, founder of German furniture brand e15, talks about the furniture and accessories the company showed during the Berlin design fair. More about e15 at Qubique 2011
X marks the sport where you hang your hat and coat with these hooks that also function as coat hangers. More about X Hanger by Kfir Schwalb
In this movie filmed at Qubique 2011, student Milena Kling shows us an exhibition of projects from the University of Arts Berlin, which were completed in collaboration with material brand Alcantara. More about Alcantara and University of Arts Berlinat Qubique 2011
Chairs that double up as ladders, clotheshorses, shelves or lamps are part of a collection of furniture by Korean designer Seung-Yong Song. More about Objets by Seung-Yong Song
Dezeen Wire: rapper Kanye West has announced via his Twitter feed - @kanyewest - that he is to launch a design company named DONDA, which will be formed of creative thinkers from different industries.
The musician claims to be assembling a team that will include architects, designers and directors and has appealed for anyone interested to contact him at [email protected].
Click here to see more stories about Kanye West, including renders of his apartment from five years ago.
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Dezeen Platform: Dutch designers Merel Sloother, Liat Azulay and Pieter Frank de Jong talk about their prototype for a bicycle that plays records on its wheels as you ride, in this movie that we filmed at our micro-exhibition Dezeen Platform.
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