This time last year the London Design Festival was in full swing with Kram/Weisshaar's robotic display lighting up Trafalgar Square, Paul Cocksedge's giant magnetic coin crash-landing at the Southbank and Stuart Haygarth's staircase covered in picture frames at the Victoria & Albert museum. More about One year ago...
Dezeen Screen: in this interview filmed by Juriaan Booij for design brand De La Espada, British furniture designer Matthew Hilton talks about working in wood and how his love of photography informs his designs. More about Interview with Matthew Hilton
Dezeen Wire: a press conference launching new imm cologne project Das Haus – Interiors on Stage featuring designers Nipa Doshi and Jonathan Levien will be streamed live from London next week. Update: see the completed project in our later story. More about imm cologne launches Das Haus with presentation by Doshi Levien
Dezeen Wire: architecture critic Rowan Moore has reviewed the new book by American author Hal Foster that examines the increasingly blurred relationship between art and architecture - The Guardian
This week the first of the London Design Festival events opened, including John Pawson's installation at St Paul's Cathedral and the Bouroullec brothers' Textile Field at the Victoria & Albert museum. More about This week on Dezeen
Grey plaster walls contrast with tan-coloured window frames at a hillside holiday house in Střekov by Czech architects 3+1 Architekti. More about House in Střekov II by 3+1 Architekti
London Design Festival 2011: In this movie by the American Hardwood Export Council, architect Amanda Levete of AL_A and London Design Festival director Ben Evans discuss the Timber Wave, a three-storey-high sculpture installed outside the V&A museum in London for the festival. More about Timber Wave by AL_A and Arup
Dezeen Wire: architects OMA have announced the opening of Milstein Hall at Cornell University in New York. More about New OMA building opens at Cornell University
Dezeen Wire: Terence Conran turns 80 on 4 October and a major retrospective of Conran's career opens at the Design Museum on 16 November.
A season of events celebrating his life and work will be launched with an evening at Tate Modern on Tuesday 20 September featuring a panel discussion with Stephen Bayley, Christopher Frayling and Fiona MacCarthy. More about Terence Conran's 80th birthday celebrations
This movie by the American Hardwood Export Council shows the manufacture of the Timber Wave by AL_A, a three-storey-high red oak sculpture installed outside the V&A museum for the London Design Festival. More about Manufacturing the Timber Wave by AL_A and Arup
Swiss architects HHF and French architects AWP have won a competition to design a series of follies for a new park outside Paris. More about Parc des Bords de Seine by HHF Architects and AWP
A bare cliff face is visible through the abutting glass walls of a Jerusalem house. More about Barud House by Paritzki & Liani Architects
A chunky timber shell wraps over the north facade and roof of a woodland retreat near Berlin by German architects Scheidt Kasprusch. More about Minimumhouse by Scheidt Kasprusch Architekten
Dezeen Wire: a collaboration between Italian homeware company Missoni and fashion brand Target proved so popular that the retail site went down within minutes of its launch this morning - Daily Mail
London Design Festival 2011: French designers Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec have laid a stripy field of fabric inside the Raphael Court of the V&A museum as part of the London Design Festival. More about Textile Field by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec
London Design Festival 2011: a watch featuring a looter running off with a TV while a riot policeman stands and watches is one of a series of one-off, customised time pieces commissioned by Dezeen from Dominic Wilcox. Update: watch an interview with Wilcox on Dezeen Screen. More about Watch Sculptures: Moments in Time by Dominic Wilcox
London Design Festival 2011: over 30 design companies will present their work at Tramshed, 32 Rivington Street, London EC2A 3LX from 22 to 25 September as part of the London Design Festival. More about Tramshed at the London Design Festival
London Design Festival 2011: British architect John Pawson has installed the largest lens ever made by crystal brand Swarovski in the southwest tower of St Paul's Cathedral for the London Design Festival, which starts on Saturday. More about Perspectives by John Pawson at St Paul's Cathedral
The six shortlisted entries in the RIBA competition to design new electricity pylons for the UK have been announced. More about Pylon for the Future competition shortlist announced
Copper louvres shade the glazed upper storeys of a police station in France that emerges from behind a cobbled stone wall. More about Police Station of Provins by Ameller, Dubois & Associés