Venetian designer Luca Nichetto will present a series of coffee tables with tops shaped like city maps for design brand Casamania in Milan next month. More about Poliart Design Luca Nichetto for Casamania
London designers Campaign have created an installation in New York for fashion brand Dunhill, which features the outlines of a Georgian house picked out in aluminium frames. More about NY 11-18-02-10 by Campaign for Dunhill
Dezeenwire: the Design Museum in London have announced the category winners for the 2010 Brit Insurance Design Awards. See press release below. More about 2010 Brit Insurance Design Awards category winners announced
Milan 2010: Italian designer Fabio Novembre will launch a chair for Casamania in Milan next month featuring a transparent polycarbonate seat supported on a cantilevered aluminium frame. More about Abarth Chair by Fabio Novembre for Casamania
Zurich photographer Bruno Helbling has sent us his photos of a house on a hillside in Switzerland by Swiss office Felber Szélpal Architekten. More about House Szélpal by Felber Szélpal Architekten
Tokyo designer Keisuke Fujiwara has wrapped bentwood chairs by German furniture brand Thonet in twelve kilometres of coloured thread. More about Spool Chair by Keisuke Fujiwara
In our second of four films made to coincide with the Ron Arad: Restless exhibition at the Barbican in London, we asked Ron Arad (above, pictured while studying at the Architectural Association) about his upbringing in Israel and how he found himself working as a furniture designer in London. Update: this interview is featured in Dezeen Book of Interviews which is on sale now for £12. More about Ron Arad: Restless - "This piece sucked me into the world of design"
Los Angeles designer Christopher Warren of WORD has created a collection of chairs made of plywood grids for an exhibition of artists' books. More about Myrkr Chair by WORD
This house designed by Japanese studio Suppose Design Office in the grounds of a clinic is raised above the car park on piloti. More about House in Obama by Suppose Design Office
French studio Topos Architecture have completed a pair of perforated fast-food kiosks on the seafront at Saint-Nazaire, France. More about Kiosque Saint-Nazaire by Topos Architecture
Portuguese architects Grau.Zero have completed a house in Santo Tirso, near Porto, where one end peels up from the ground. More about House SGLight by Grau.Zero
American architect Richard Meier & Partners have completed an extension to the Gagosian Gallery in Beverly Hills, California. More about Gagosian Gallery Beverly Hills extension by Richard Meier & Partners
Eindhoven designers VanBerlo have been awarded an iF gold award for their Batavus Utility Bike, which has a frame based on the shape of a paperclip. More about Batavus Utility Bike by VanBerlo
Dezeenwire: the Design Museum in London have selected seven studios for the shortlist to design their new home in a 1960's RMJM-designed building in west London, including David Chipperfield, Caruso St John and John Pawson - Architects Journal
Japanese architect Toyo Ito and b720 Arquitectos of Spain have completed two adjacent towers in Barcelona containing a hotel and offices. More about Porta Fira Towers by Toyo Ito and b720 Arquitectos
Dutch designer Kiki van Eijk has designed a collection of objects for Italian design company Secondome by splicing together recognisable components in unusual combinations. More about Cut and Paste by Kiki van Eijk at Secondome
French studio Topos Architecture have completed a nursery in Nantes where the gabled ends are clad in red polycarbonate, engraved with floral patterns. More about Les Ti’Canailloux by Topos Architecture
Here are some photographs of the exhibition Ron Arad: Restless, currently on show at the Barbican in London. More about Ron Arad: Restless at the Barbican
Chicago office Krueck & Sexton have completed the restoration of two apartment towers in Chicago by German-American architect Mies van der Rohe. More about 860-880 Lake Shore Drive refurbishment by Krueck & Sexton
Torafu Architects of Tokyo, Japan have designed a paper container that can be stretched into a vase, plate or bowl. More about Air Vase by Torafu Architects