Dezeen podcast: in this podcast recorded at the Serpentine Gallery in London, industrial designer Konstantin Grcic talks about Design Real, an exhibition he curated that opened at the gallery this week. More about Dezeen podcast: Konstantin Grcic at the Serpentine Gallery
Architectural photographer Stéphane Chalmeau has sent us his photos of a building covered in aluminium bars in Nantes, France, by French architects Tetrarc. More about Manny by Tetrarc
UK company Concrete Canvas have been awarded Material of the Year 2009 by materials consultancy Material ConneXion for their cement-impregnated fabric. More about Concrete Cloth by Concrete Canvas
Scottish architecture firm Rural Design have completed a small timber house on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. More about Fiscavaig Project by Rural Design
Spanish designers Luzinterruptus have created an installation in Madrid by attaching LED lights to leaves. More about An Almost Ephimeral Autumn by Luzinterruptus
Dezeenwire: the Finnish capital Helsinki was yesterday named as World Design Capital 2012. More about Helsinki is named as World Design Capital 2012
TKTS Booth is a ticket booth where the roof forms stepped seating in Times Square, New York, designed by architects Choi Ropiha, Perkins Eastman and PKSB Architects. More about TKTS Booth and Father Duffy Square by Choi Ropiha, Perkins Eastman and PKSB Architects
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Planning permission has been granted for a library in Birmingham, UK, by Dutch architects Mecanoo. More about Library of Birmingham by Mecanoo granted planning permission
We are now offering personalised signed copy of Twenty-First Century Design by Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs by mail order. More about Signed copies of Twenty-First Century Design by Marcus Fairs
Stockholm designers Norra Norr have designed a collection of coloured headphones. More about Urbanears by Norra Norr
Dezeen and publisher Gestalten have got together to offer readers the chance to win one of five copies of Less and More: the Design Ethos of Dieter Rams, published in conjunction with the current exhibition of the same name at the Design Museum, London. More about Competition: five copies of Less and More to be won
Hong Kong designer Michael Young has launched a watch made of stainless steel and black rubber for DD-3. More about PXR-8 watch by Michael Young
Rick Mather Architects of London have completed an extension to the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology at Oxford University in the UK. More about Ashmolean Museum by Rick Mather Architects
New York designers Studio Lindfors have created a series of images imagining how New York and Tokyo might look like in a few hundred years as a result of rising sea levels. More about Aqualta by Studio Lindfors
London studio Featherstone Young have completed the interior of a new office for space advertising agency Wieden + Kennedy in London. More about Wieden + Kennedy offices by Featherstone Young
An exhibition of furniture by designers Kranen/Gille of Heusden in the Netherlands is on show at Gallery Fumi in London. More about Kranen/Gille at Gallery Fumi
Manchester designers Dorothy have designed a set of Christmas baubles shaped like hand grenades for social initiative Ctrl.Alt.Shift and British design brand Suck UK. More about Xmas Declarations by Ctrl.Alt.Shift
Dezeen and publisher Gestalten are offering readers the chance to win one of three copies of Eulenspiegel Print 1 by Icelandic graphic artist Katrin Olina. More about Competition: three copies of Eulenspiegel Print 1 by Katrin Olina to be won
New York architects Rafael Viñoly have completed an airport with a curved roof in Montevideo, Uruguay. More about Carrasco International Airport by Rafael Viñoly