London Design Festival 2011: here are some photos of an installation by Japanese designers Nendo at the headquarters of design brand Established & Sons during the London Design Festival this week. More about My London by Nendo for Established & Sons
Competition: we've teamed up with British designer Tom Dixon to give away five copies of his new book, entitled Extremism, to coincide with Multiplex at the Dock as part of the London Design Festival. More about Competition: five copies of Extremism by Tom Dixon to be won
Dezeen Platform: Victoria Spruce and her sculptural shoes are the stars of our micro-exhibition Dezeen Platform at Dezeen Space today. More about Today at Dezeen Platform: Victoria Spruce
London Design Festival 2011: architect David Chipperfield has installed two metallic glass pavilions outside the Royal Festival Hall in London as part of the London Design Festival More about Size + Matter by David Chipperfield
Strips of glazing wrap the walls and roof of a timber waterside summerhouse in Aure, Norway. More about Naust paa Aure by TYIN Tegnestue
The students and tutors of a design and build workshop in Istanbul have constructed a seaside temple from oriented strand board. More about Chapel by Breathnach Donnellan O'Brien and MEDS students
Dezeen Wire: the Olympic Park Legacy Company has appointed ex-PLP director Kathryn Firth as the new chief of design - see the press release here
Dezeen Platform: in this movie filmed at Dezeen Space, Mat Barnes and Eddie Blake of C.A.N talk about the QR-code island they exhibited at Dezeen Platform this weekend. More about QR code island by C.A.N
London Design Festival 2011: Dutch designer Marcel Wanders launched a collection for British retailer Marks & Spencer in London last night, including a pair of gloves with one gold finger tip (below). More about Marcel Wanders for Marks & Spencer
Dezeen Wire: The Sliced Porosity Block by Steven Holl Architects in Chengdu, China has topped out at 123 metres. More about Sliced Porosity Block by Steven Holl tops out
Polish architects Mateusz Adamczyk and Marcin Kwietowicz have inserted three gabled huts inside a Warsaw clothes store. More about Fiu Fiu Boutique by Mateusz Adamczyk and Marcin Kwietowicz
Dezeen Platform: Spanish designer Roger Arquer is next up on Dezeen Platform, our micro-exhibition at Dezeen Space, with his Alba chair and stool. More about Today at Dezeen Platform: Roger Arquer
Japanese architect Tadao Ando has completed a concrete house on the edge of a cliff in southern Sri Lanka, writes Yuki Sumner. More about House in Sri Lanka by Tadao Ando photographed by Edmund Sumner
Dezeen Wire: designer Ron Arad is awarded the London Design Medal 2011 at a ceremony at St Paul's Cathedral tonight as part of the London Design festival. The medal is awarded annually for a lifetime's contribution to design and the city. It was awarded last year to Thomas Heatherwick, who was included in the judging panel this year.
Watch a series of interviews with Ron Arad on Dezeen Screen and see all our stories about his work here.
More about London Design Medal 2011 awarded to Ron Arad
London Design Festival 2011: here are some photos of the third collection of furniture by London designer Faye Toogood, this time exploring iridescent materials, on show at Phillips de Pury & Company in London this week. More about Delicate Interference: Assemblage 3 by Faye Toogood
Dezeen Wire: non-profit organisation Architecture for Humanity have acquired Worldchanging magazine and plan to merge it with their own online Open Architecture Network. More details on the Architecture for Humanity website.
Dezeen Platform: in the first of our series of interviews with designers presenting their work at Dezeen Platform at Dezeen Space, architect Julian Hakes talks about his Mojito Shoe, which has no footplate and wraps around the wearer's foot in a single ribbon. Watch the movie »
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London Design Festival 2011: Austrian designer Robert Stadler presents new work at Carpenters Workshop Gallery in London. More about Shading by Robert Stadler at Carpenters Workshop Gallery
London Design Festival 2011: Dezeen filmed this interview with Bruno Allard, UK managing director of French brand Ligne Roset, to coincide with the Telling Tales exhibition at the Ligne Roset Westend showroom during the London Design Festival. In the movie, Allard talks about the brand's history as a tight-knit family company and working with Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec on their Ploum sofa, which Ligne Roset launched in January. More about Telling Talesat Ligne Roset Westend