Dezeen Wire: architect David Adjaye has been announced as this year's Design Miami Designer of the Year. More about David Adjaye announced as Design Miami Designer of the Year 2011
Charred larch clads the curved walls of a seafood restaurant that projects towards the harbour in Folkestone, England. More about Rocksalt by Guy Hollaway Architects
Japanese designer Hiroyuki Miyake's calendar works like a retractable tape measure, with one centimetre for each day of the year. More about Measure calendar by Hiroyuki Miyake
Competition: we've teamed up with the makers of Sugru to give away ten packs of their plastic modelling clay for hacking products. More about Competition: ten packs of Sugru to be won
Visitors to this timber tea house sit beneath a woven rope dome with a gilded skylight and a hanging teapot in the middle. More about Black Teahouse by A1 Architects
Car brand BMW will present two sustainable concept cars under their new BMW i sub-brand at the Frankfurt Motor Show later this month. More about i3 Concept and i8 Concept by BMW
American movie director David Lynch has completed a nightclub in Paris that's inspired by and named after Club Silencio from his 2001 film Mulholland Drive. More about Silencio by David Lynch
Dezeen Wire: a panel of experts and an enthusiastic audience discussed the relationship between journalism and architecture at an event hosted last night by RIBA think tank Building Futures.
The debate put forward the motion: “This house believe the architectural profession has been let down by its press. Has the architectural media lost its backbone?” More about “Has the architectural media lost its backbone?”
Dezeen Wire: a retractable room divider for hospital wards by Royal College of Art graduate Michael Korn has won the UK James Dyson Award.
KwickScreen is a portable, retractable screen that enables hospital staff to quickly isolate infected patients, provide privacy or reconfigure the ward. More about UK James Dyson Award winner announced
Brazilian designers Humberto and Fernando Campana have completed their first hotel interior. More about New Hotel by the Campana brothers
Dezeen promotion: here's a preview of work by young and upcoming designers at trade show Decorex International 2011, which takes place 25-28 September in London, including furniture by Gareth Neal (above). More about Decorex International 2011 preview
Rural Studio alumni Marie and Keith Zawistowski led 17 students of the Virginia Tech School of Architecture + Design in the design and assembly of a farmers market shelter in Covington, Virginia. More about Covington Farmers Market by design/buildLAB
Dezeen Wire: a 510-metre office building that will become the tallest skyscraper in the Chinese capital will break ground on 19 September - China Daily
London Design Festival 2011: cakes decorated like creepily realistic babies and pencils with the alphabet painstakingly carved into their tips are among the exhibits at power of Making, which opened at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London yesterday. More about Power of Making at the V&A
London designer Oscar Diaz will present a two-in-one candle holder at Maison&Objet in Paris this weekend. More about Duo by Oscar Diaz for Doiy
London Design Festival 2011: British design retailer SCP will host new product launches and a seven metre-high installation by Michael Marriott at their east London store as part of Shoreditch Design Triangle during the London Design Festival this month. More about Design Department Store at SCP
The first floor bedroom of this house in Java is disguised as a truck driving through the wall. More about Officer House by Gayuh Budi Utomo
A sloping corridor coils around the inside of a house in Osaka to connect three staggered storeys. More about House of Slope by FujiwaraMuro Architects
Dezeen Wire: new fashion, design and architecture magazine Disegno launched today - www.disegnomagazine.com
London Design Festival 2011: over 30 east London shops, galleries and exhibitions will come together for Shoreditch Design Triangle during the London Design Festival this month, including Dezeen Space at 54 Rivington Street. Dezeen is media partner to the event, which is coordinated by SCP.
More about Shoreditch Design Triangle map and guide