Dezeen Wire: the folding electrical plug designed by Royal College of Art graduate Min-Kyu Choi for his graduation in 2009 has gone into production and will be on sale in the UK from next week under the name Mu. More about Folding plug by Min-Kyu Choi goes into production
Dezeen Wire: French footballer Thierry Henry has submitted plans to demolish and rebuild his £5.9 million home in north London to accomodate a four-storey-high fish tank - Daily Mail
The existing house was designed in 1999 by British architect Sir Richard MacCormac, founder of British firm MJP Architects. You can see a couple of projects by MJP on Dezeen here.
More about Thierry Henry rebuilds his home to fit four-storey fish tank - Daily Mail
Dezeen Wire: Alex Maclean and Caroline Matthews, formerly co-founder and MD of acclaimed design firm Airside, have announced the launch of their new studio, to be called Rupert Ray.
Airside are to close next month - more details in our earlier Dezeen Wire story.
The new company will open in April working on branding, graphic design, illustration, animation and live action in London. Rupert Ray is named after a historical figure who happens to be distantly related to both Maclean and Matthews. More about Former Airside co-founder and MD launch new design company
Neighbouring London studios Office Sian and Kai Design have completed a Thai canteen that features exposed bricks walls, caged lighting and a concrete bar. More about Kin Restaurant by Office Sian and Kai Design
Japanese studio 403architecture constructed the walls of this wooden shed using leftover materials from three earlier projects. More about The Wall of Zudaji by 403architecture
The open mouth of this steel-clad house in Fukuoka, Japan, by architects Case-Real reveals its interior to anyone strolling by. More about House in Saitozaki by Case-Real
Morsels of food complete the drawings on these plates, appearing to be hoisted on cranes and forklift trucks or transported by land, sea and air. More about BS Toy plates by Boguslaw Sliwiński
A shiny copper chapel hovers above the entrance to this Catholic school in Gloucestershire, England, by London studio Nicholas Hare Architects. More about All Saints' Academy by Nicholas Hare Architects
Five years ago, when Dezeen was still in its infancy, we travelled to Cape Town for the 10th Design Indaba conference. From here, we shared links to movies showing Swedish designers Front questioning whether or not design makes people happy, as well as some snapshots from the party where guests included Jaime Hayon, Jasper Morrison, Michael Young and Neville Brody. More about Five years ago...
These earrings by Japanese jewellery designer Akiko Oue can be added to and reconfigured since they're made up of tiny magnetic circles. More about Mag・net・ic by Akiko Oue
Dezeen archive: the mobile sauna in Finland we published earlier this week has inspired this archive of projects that feature wood that's been charred, stained or painted black. See all the stories »
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English architects Designscape have reversed the orientation of a country house in Bath by adding a prominent glazed entrance to its rear. More about The Fosse by Designscape Architects
A year ago this week the Guangzhou Opera House designed by architect Zaha Hadid opened up in China. The curved timber velodrome was completed in London in preparation for this year's Olympic Games and Thomas Heatherwick was revealed as designer of the Olympic cauldron. More about One year ago...
Architects HWKN have won this year’s MoMA/P.S.1 Young Architects Program competition and will install a giant spiky structure that cleans the air in the courtyard of the P.S.1 Contemporary Art Centre in New York. More about Wendy by HWKN
This week we introduced slideshows of larger images to the top of selected stories on Dezeen - see the first few examples here, including a museum of handmade paper, stripped-out factories awaiting renovation and a skatepark in Calais. More about This week on Dezeen
Slideshow: overlapping openings in the walls and ceilings of this Tokyo house by Japanese architects Suppose Design Office create dozens of views between rooms. More about House in Kokubunji by Suppose Design Office
Photographer Cristobal Palma has sent us photographs and a movie that he shot of the Chilean Pavilion at the Shenzhen & Hong Kong biennale of urbanism/architecture 2011, where objects usually found in disaster relief shelters were used as furniture. More about Gimme Shelter! by Sebastián Irarrázaval and Hugo Mondragón
These toy vehicles by London designer Oscar Diaz are assembled from their own packaging. More about Tube Toys by Oscar Diaz
Dezeen Wire: the Royal Institute of British Architects' Future Trends Survey for January indicates that larger architecture practices in the UK are more confident about future workloads than medium and small-sized studios. More about "Confidence concerning future workloads is now reasonably stable" - RIBA Future Trends Survey
Performance venues don't get any more intimate than this. Folk in a Box provides just enough space for a single musician to play to an audience of one. More about Folk in a Box by Cristina Monteiro