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
French designers Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec will present a collection of rugs for Spanish brand Nanimarquina at Maison & Objet in Paris this month. More about Losanges by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec
Designers Big-Game of Lausanne have made a series of mirrors from car windscreens. More about Flat Mirrors by Big-Game
Stripes of paving, plants and lighting form the entrance to Ben- Gurion University campus in Be'er Sheba, Israel, designed by Israeli firm Chyutin Architects. More about BGU University Entrance Square by Chyutin Architects
This tomb for a family on the mountainside in Arganil, Portugal, is by Portuguese architect Pedro Dias. More about Family Tomb by Pedro Dias
Stuttgart practice Ippolito Fleitz Group have completed the interiors for a fast-food chicken restaurant in Munich, Germany. More about Wienerwald restaurant by Ippolito Fleitz Group
Still not sure what to do with your left-over Christmas tree? Royal College of Art student Tom Hatfield has turned a few of them into a sledge. More about Christmas Tree Sledge by Tom Hatfield
An adjacent busy road is screened from this house by Japanese firm FORM/Kouichi Kimura Architects, hidden behind a wall suspended over the terrace edge to line up with the boundary wall. More about Gable House by FORM/Kouichi Kimura Architects
Dezeenwire: Italian design brand Skitsch have sacked their CEO Renato Preti. See press release below.
Dezeenwire: Alice Rawsthorn reviews Sustainism Is the New Modernism, a book by cultural theorist Michiel Schwarz and designer Joost Elffers to be released next month - New York Times