This week, New Zealand and Qatar joined the trend for crowdsourcing design
Anna Herrmann’s 50 Den chair is made from old tights
Muuto adds Jens Fager’s bamboo Grain pendant to lighting collection
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Memorials by Beomki Lee would pay tribute to victims of the Japan earthquake and tsunami
Minimalux creates ballpoint pens from precious metals
“I want to work with designers that I love” says Patrizia Moroso
Zaha Hadid wins contest for landmark bridge across Taipei’s Tamsui River
Job of the week: product/furniture designer at Neri&Hu
Bureau A builds a model Soviet city inside L’asticot boutique
Victor Gubbins pays tribute to Le Corbusier with concrete beach house on the Chilean coast
“Postmodernism’s real qualities are mean and difficult, yet also psychedelically positive”
Work starts on purpose-built shelter for victims of domestic abuse in Israel
Ulf Mejergren to create tree-like pavilion made from rope for Jewish festival
DCPP Arquitectos fits Mexico City residence around a network of courtyard gardens
US job of the week: public relations manager at Studio Dror
Blackened timber extension by Scenario Architecture features a high walkway for cats
Frosilo apartments offer a “great combination of old and new” says MVRDV’s Jacob van Rijs
Alexander Wang opens first European flagship store in London
Rui Xu blends ancient Chinese dress and contemporary couture for fashion exhibition
Shigeru Ban designs modular shelters for Nepal earthquake victims
Imaginative housing solutions for LA presented in new exhibition at A+D Museum
Marc Newson teams up with Montblanc to launch luxury pen range
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