This sculpture of a boy and rocking horse by Berlin artists Elmgreen and Dragset will be the next installation on top of the Fourth Plinth in London’s Trafalgar Square. More about Powerless Structures, Fig.101 by Elmgreen and Dragset
Dezeenwire: Alice Rawsthorn takes a look at the colour trends companies have forecast for this year and why they're likely to be a self-fulfilling prophecy - New York Times
Swedish designers Humans since 1982 have created a hair clip with eyes on to make the wearer look like they're standing the other way round and wearing a niqāb headdress. More about Hair Clip on Hair by Humans Since 1982
Pascal Grasso Architectures of France have installed a landscape of blocks across the ceiling in this monochrome apartment in Paris. More about Apartment in Paris by Pascal Grasso Architectures
Dezeen archive: Since our readers love them so much, here's a round-up of all the stories we've published on Dezeen about Japanese houses. See all the stories »
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London designer Émilie Voirin has created a range of whips, shaving brushes and trinket boxes made of hair. More about Bun Boxes by Émilie Voirin
David Mikhail Architects won the New London Architecture's Don't Move, Improve! competition with this project extending a London terraced house by just one metre. More about Hoxton House by David Mikhail Architects
ADJKM Arquitectos have won a competition to build a music complex in Caracas, Venezuela, with this design covered in a veil of vertical louvres. More about Caracas Symphony Complex by ADJKM Arquitectos
Cologne 2011: French designer Inga Sempé will present these quilted beds for design brand Ligne Roset at imm Cologne next week. More about Ruché beds and tables by Inga Sempé for Ligne Roset
Dezeenwire: former Nokia CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo has been appointed as chairman of the committee for World Design Capital Helsinki 2012. See press release below. More about Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo to lead World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 committee
Tokyo firm Naruse Inokuma Architects created these pads of page markers from demolished wooden houses. More about IE-tag by Naruse Inokuma Architects
A slide is hidden behind the mirrored wall in this Tokyo office by Japanese studio Schemata Architecture Office. More about MR Design Office by Schemata Architecture Office
This extension to a family house with marble brise-soleils on the rear façade in New South Wales, Australia, is by Australian practice Carter Williamson Architects. More about Balmain House by Carter Williamson Architects
Upsetters Architects of Japan have completed the interiors for the new offices of visual design studio WOW, located in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. More about WOW Sendai by Upsetters Architects
German-Taiwanese designer Béatrix Li-Chin Loos has created this series of spherical vases from layers of scrap wood, glass, cardboard and leather. More about Beautiful Planets by Béatrix Li-Chin Loos at Galerie Gosserez
This house cantilevering out from the landscape in Schondorf am Ammersee, Germany, is by German architect Bembé Dellinger. More about House R by Bembé Dellinger
This multi-purpose sports hall by Parisian studio AP 5 Architects has shutters in the facade to open the lower part of the building. More about La Halle du Robin by AP 5 Architects
Here are some photographs of the completed Treehotel by Tham & Videgård Arkitekter, a mirrored glass box suspended round the trunk of a tree in Harads, northern Sweden. More about Mirrorcube by Tham & Videgård Arkitekter
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We're heading to the imm cologne design fair in Germany next week, where once again we're holding a series of Dezeentalks featuring upcoming and established designers and design-world figures in conjunction with the [D3] Design Talents event. The talks are free so come along and watch! More about Dezeentalks at [D3] Design Talents
These branched pendant lights are by American designer Victor Vetterlein. More about Sprig by Victor Vetterlein