Italian silversmith Gianfranco Pampaloni celebrates Valentine's day by piercing a real heart with a solid silver arrow and hanging it in the window of his Florence shop. More about Il cuore è una pompa by Gianfranco Pampaloni
Stockholm 2011: 20 designers presented their work among stuffed animals and dried plants inside the vitrines of the Biologiska museum in Stockholm last week. More about 20 Designers at Biologiska
Dezeenwire: New York Times design critic Alice Rawsthorne discusses German graphic designer Gerd Arntz, who developed the influential Isotype system of graphic symbols in the 1920s and who is the subject of an exhibition at the V&A museum in London. Read the New York Times article.
Isotype: international picture language is at the V&A until 13 March.
More about "Universal symbols that tell the story" - New York Times
Slate roof tiles extend down the exposed north facade of this house in Wales by London studio Feilden Fowles. More about Ty Pren by Feilden Fowles
Stockholm 2011: architects Claesson Koivisto Rune presented this layered lamp for Swedish brand Örsjö Belysning at the Stockholm Furniture Fair this week. More about Baklava by Claesson Koivisto Rune for Örsjö Belysning
This funeral home in Alicante, Spain, is by Spanish studio Cor. More about Funeral Home and Garden in Pinoso by Cor
We've published a few popular stories about Portuguese architecture recently so here's a roundup of all our stories on projects in Portugal. See all the stories »
More about Dezeen archive: Portugal
Artist Gwen van den Eijnde of France creates these sculptural costumes for his performances as bizarre fantasy characters. More about Costumes by Gwen van den Eijnde
Stockholm 2011: German designer Katrin Greiling created the Design Bar at this week's Stockholm Furniture Fair, featuring these orange cardboard hoods suspended over wooden loungers. More about Design Bar at Stockholm Furniture Fair by Katrin Greiling
Dezeenwire: football club West Ham United have won the bid to move into the Olympic Stadium after the London 2012 Olympic Games. More about West Ham United win bid to take over 2012 Olympic Stadium
Dezeenwire: the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) and the Design Council have confirmed that they are to merge from 1 April. More details below. More about CABE and the Design Council confirm merger
Danish architects Bjarke Ingels Group have won a competition to design the new National Gallery of Greenland in the country's capital city, Nuuk. More about National Gallery of Greenland by BIG
Stockholm 2011: Swedish designer Jonas Wagell presents this tea set for Danish brand Muuto at Stockholm Furniture Fair this week. More about Bulky by Jonas Wagell for Muuto
Japanese studio Hidehiro Fukuda Architects have completed this house lined with oriented strand board in Hakodate, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. More about Duplex House in Tokito by Hidehiro Fukuda Architects
Stockholm 2011: Swedish furniture company Massproductions present this simple steel-framed armchair at Stockholm Furniture Fair this week. More about Jig by Massproductions
Here are some photos of the recently-completed One Hyde Park residential development in London by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, which boasts the most expensive apartments in the world. More about One Hyde Park by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
This wood panelled house and studio in Nacka, Sweden, is by Swedish studio In Praise of Shadows. More about Solbrinken Ordinary House by In Praise of Shadows
British digital designer Daniel Brown has created a website for fashion brand Mulberry where users can email a unique image of a flower to their valentine. More about Love Blossoms by Daniel Brown for Mulberry
Edinburgh studio Malcolm Fraser Architects have completed this wooden treehouse housing an artists' studio in Glen Nevis, Scotland.
More about Outlandia by Malcolm Fraser Architects
Stockholm 2011: Finnish designer Sami Kallio presents a collection of furniture, including these stools with legs shaped like lolly sticks, as part of the Greenhouse at Stockholm Furniture Fair this week. More about The Finnish Blood in Me by Sami Kallio, Stockholm Design Week