Architects MVRDV have shown residents of Bordeaux their plans to extend the city by inviting them to walk between rows of model houses on stilts (+ slideshow). More about Bastide Niel on Miroir d'Eau in Bordeaux by MVRDV
News: leading UK design figures have nominated items including a light bulb, a coffee pot, an iPhone and a tin of anchovies as iconic contemporary objects to be buried in a time capsule at the ground breaking of the Design Museum's new home today. More about iPhone, light bulb and tinned fish buried in foundations of new Design Museum
London Design Festival: "Legal systems don't really defend designers at all" when it comes to copying, British designer Tom Dixon told Dezeen today at the Global Design Forum, a day of talks from leading figures in the design world as part of the London Design Festival (+audio). More about "Legal systems don't really defend designers at all" - Tom Dixon
News: "There may be architects that can design better than me but the important thing is making it happen," architect John Pawson told Dezeen today, at the ground breaking for the new London Design Museum that he's designed. More about "Architecture isn't just about new buildings" - John Pawson
Dezeen promotion: the A' Design Award has announced its World Design Rankings list of the countries with the highest concentration of talent in arts, architecture and design, with the USA coming first and the UK placed fifth. More about A' Design Award announces World Design Rankings
Our special issue of Dezeen Mail for the London Design Festival includes our free map of all the events taking place around the city, which has already been viewed by 35,000 people, plus details of the installations we commissioned in Seven Dials, the Dezeen Live series of talks at 100% Design and all of our pop-up shops this week.
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Architects Coop Himmelb(l)au have completed a film and theatre centre in South Korea with a steel and glass cantilever that's wider than the wings of an Airbus A380 (+ slideshow). More about Busan Cinema Centre by Coop Himmelb(l)au
News: Apple's senior vice president of industrial design Jonathan Ive is to design a camera for German brand Leica, reports PetaPixel. More about Apple's Jonathan Ive to design camera for Leica
News: London interiors and retail designer Brinkworth is working on a temporary retail centre made of shipping containers in Amsterdam for pop-up mall company Boxpark. More about Boxpark NDSM by Brinkworth
London Design Festival: London designer Paul Cocksedge has made a giant chocolate QR code that visitors to The Dock during the London Design Festival can scan to get a free gift (or you could just scan the image in the bottom of this story). More about Gift by Paul Cocksedge for Hotel Chocolat
Dezeen promotion: products made from HIMACS acrylic stone will be exhibited at 100% Design trade fair at Earls Court during the London Design Festival from Wednesday. More about HIMACS at 100% Design
Danish design studio KiBiSi have created a sofa that looks like a rolled-up mattress for furniture company Versus. More about Roulade Sofa by KiBiSi for Versus
For those readers who asked to see more interiors from Zaha Hadid's Pierres Vives government building in Montpellier, here's a reading room lined with glowing bookcases by architect Stephane Hof (+ slideshow). More about Alphabet Library by Stephane Hof
News: London design duo El Ultimo Grito have won the London Design Medal "for their exceptional contribution to design", according to Wallpaper.com. More about El Ultimo Grito win London Design Medal 2012
London Design Festival: these shoes by British designer Dominic Wilcox have LEDs in the toes that will guide you home no matter where you are (+ movie). More about No Place Like Home GPS shoes by Dominic Wilcox
Dezeen has commissioned London designer and Stepney Green resident Phil Cuttance to make a special extra-large version of his Faceture vase for the Stepney Green Design Collection. More about Faceture by Phil Cuttance for the Stepney Green Design Collection
London Design Festival: white metal chairs are stacked in a tower and clustered on staircases around the V&A museum as part of an installation by Japanese design studio Nendo (+ slideshow). More about Mimicry Chairs by Nendo
London Design Festival: we've created a free map featuring all London Design Festival events! As the week goes on we'll be labelling our favourites so keep coming back to discover the best shows. More about Dezeen's London Design Festival map
This house in Cologne by SMO Architektur adopts two contradicting architectural theories: the open-plan lower floor references Le Corbusier's Plan Libre, while the multi-roomed upper floor follows the principles of Adolf Loos' Raumplan. More about Private House in Cologne by SMO Architektur
London Design Festival: data streams from all over the city are visualised on the faceted surfaces of Japanese/British designer Keiichi Matsuda's installation inside the cupola of the V&A museum for the London Design Festival. More about Prism by Keiichi Matsuda