Design
Night Night by Vanessa Hordies
Stockholm 2011: ECAL graduate Vanessa Hordies has created this bedside lamp that works like an hour glass to gradually dim the light by covering it in sand. More about Night Night by Vanessa Hordies
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Architecture
Whatami by stARTT
This pavilion by Italian firm stARTT has won the first international edition of the MoMA/P.S.1 Young Architects Program and will be installed outside the Zaha Hadid-designed MAXXI museum in Rome this June. See this year's New York installation in yesterday's story. More about Whatami by stARTT
Architecture
Villa by Knevel Architecten
Dutch studio Knevel Architecten have completed this villa located on IJburg, a new residential district in Amsterdam built on a series of artificial islands. More about Villa by Knevel Architecten
Architecture
Sun Moon Lake visitor centre by Norihiko Dan and Associates
Tokyo architects Norihiko Dan and Associates have completed this visitor centre on the shore of Sun Moon Lake in Taiwan. More about Sun Moon Lake visitor centre by Norihiko Dan and Associates
Furniture
Hippo and Potamus by Mia Gammelgaard for Blå Station
Stockholm 2011: designer Mia Gammelgaard of Copenhagen showed this wooden chair with leg warmers for Swedish firm Blå Station at Stockholm Furniture Fair last week. More about Hippo and Potamus by Mia Gammelgaard for Blå Station
Architecture
Holding Pattern by Interboro Partners
Brooklyn studio Interboro Partners have won this year's MoMA/P.S.1 Young Architects Program competition to design a temporary installation in the courtyard of the P.S.1 Contemporary Art Centre in New York. More about Holding Pattern by Interboro Partners
Design
Lean by Jenny Bäck
Stockholm 2011: Swedish designer Jenny Bäck presented this floor lamp at Stockholm Furniture Fair last week. More about Lean by Jenny Bäck
Architecture
Galeria.Solar.S.Roque by Manuel Maia Gomes
Photographer Fernando Guerra has sent us his images of a public passage and gallery in Vila do Conde, Portugal, designed by Portuguese architect Manuel Maia Gomes. More about Galeria.Solar.S.Roque by Manuel Maia Gomes
Furniture
Ivy by Thomas Bernstrand for Swedese
Stockholm 2011: designer Thomas Bernstrand of Sweden presented this skewed stackable shelving unit at Stockholm Furniture Fair last week. More about Ivy by Thomas Bernstrand for Swedese
Lighting
Crane by Benjamin Hubert
Stockholm 2011: London designer Benjamin Hubert presented this task lamp with a perforated tubular casing at Stockholm Furniture Fair last week. More about Crane by Benjamin Hubert
News
“Best of British: Design Award Highlights” - BBC News
Dezeenwire: Design Museum curator Alex Newson gives a tour of key projects in the Brit Insurance Designs of the Year 2011 exhibition, which opens at the museum today, in this BBC News movie. More about “Best of British: Design Award Highlights” - BBC News
Design
Join by Ding3000
This plastic cutlery that clips together to form little sculptures at the dinner table is by German design studio ding3000. More about Join by Ding3000
Design
Hanging by Rita Botelho
Product and jewellery designer Rita Botelho has created a series of earrings featuring tiny figurines, including this one in rock-climbing gear. More about Hanging by Rita Botelho
Competition: five copies of Hella Jongerius: Misfit to be won
We've teamed up with publishers Phaidon to offer readers the chance to win one of five copies of their new monograph about Dutch designer Hella Jongerius. More about Competition: five copies of Hella Jongerius: Misfit to be won
Furniture
Corner project by Guise
Swedish interior designers Guise have inserted these tall black free-standing cabinets throughout a Stockholm apartment. More about Corner project by Guise
Interiors
Christian Louboutin Mount Street Window by Studio XAG
Designers Studio XAG have created a window installation in London for French fashion designer Christian Louboutin, spelling out the brand name in bright neon lettering. More about Christian Louboutin Mount Street Window by Studio XAG
Design
Rubber by TAF Arkitektkontor for Zero
Stockholm 2011: Swedish architects TAF presented this collection of lamps based on the shape of a stretched rubber band at Stockholm Furniture Fair last week. More about Rubber by TAF Arkitektkontor for Zero
Architecture
V35K18 by Pasel Kuenzel Architects
Rotterdam studio Pasel Kuenzel Architects have completed another house for MVRDV's masterplan in Leiden, the Netherlands (see the other houses here). More about V35K18 by Pasel Kuenzel Architects
Furniture
Upside Down 2 by Floris Wubben
Dutch designer Floris Wubben has created a second chair using his method of binding willow branches at they grow (see the first in our earlier story). More about Upside Down 2 by Floris Wubben
Architecture
Le Petit Prince Nursery School by Carlos Barba
Architect Carlos Barba of French studio AR+TE Architectes has completed this nursery school with an undulating roof in Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche, France. More about Le Petit Prince Nursery School by Carlos Barba