Dezeenwire: the expectations for new projects among European architects varies by country according to a report by Rotterdam research agency Arch-Vision. See press release below. More about “European architects divided on future construction industry” – Arch-Vision
London Design Festival 2010: the Design Products department at the Royal College of Art in London have launched a collection of pieces for sale, designed by the course's graduates. More about First Hand by Design Products Collection
This house on a wedge of land in Shiga, Japan, is by FORM/Kouichi Kimura Architects. More about House of Reticence by FORM/Kouichi Kimura Architects
London Design Festival 2010: designer Paul Cocksedge installed sheets of Corian as though fluttering around a hallway at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London for one day during the London Design Festival last week. More about A Gust of Wind by Paul Cocksedge
London Design Festival 2010: designer Asif Khan created this shop interior using dust sheets, nylon rope and white paint. More about The Poundshop interior by Asif Khan for Household and Sara Melin
London Design Festival 2010: more from Mark Holmes of Minimalux (see the new collection Part 1 in our earlier story), this time a series of machined and anodised aluminium desktop objects. More about Colour and the Machine by Minimalux
London architects Sybarite have completed this shop interior for fashion house Alberta Ferretti in Milan. More about Alberta Ferretti via Montenapoleone by Sybarite
London Design Festival 2010: at his shop in London this week Jasper Morrison presents this telephone he's designed for Swiss brand Punkt. More about Punkt. DP 01 by Jasper Morrison
London studio FAT have completed the womenswear department of London department store Selfridges using angular structures and painted floor patterns in clashing colours. More about Selfridges 3rd Central by FAT
London Design Festival 2010: London brand Uniform Wares have launched their second collection of watches - come and try one on at our Dezeen Watch Store pop-up at the The Tramshed in east London this week. More about 200 Series Calendar Wristwatch by Uniform Wares
London Design Festival 2010: this cardboard interior by London designers StudioXAG has giant hands suspended above it and houses products by University of Arts London graduates. More about Hands On: Design Brought to Life by studioXAG
Dezeenwire: a leaked British Cabinet Office list obtained by the BBC reveals the futures of the British Council and Design Council are "still to be decided", while CABE's fate is noted as "to be decided - consider consolidating functions across Government".
Download the document here (via @ianfordham on Twitter).
More about Future of CABE and British Council “still to be decided”
London Design Festival 2010: Mark Holmes of Minimalux has launched a new collection of products including a stainless steel knife and spork, a silver and cork pill container (above) and an aluminium mobile. More about Part 1 collection by Minimalux
London interior designers and stylists Studio Toogood launch their inaugural furniture and lighting lighting collection made from a mixture of stone, wood and brass inside a west London garage this week. More about Assemblage 1 by Toogood
London Design Festival 2010: this electric scooter (above) is one of three concept scooters unveiled by car brand MINI in London yesterday. More about MINI Scooter E Concept
Dezeen podcast: in this podcast British architect John Pawson recounts how he began his career, his only use of colour in an interior and talks us through his exhibition Plain Space, which opened yesterday at the Design Museum in London. More about Dezeen podcast: John Pawson at the Design Museum
The Sperone Westwater gallery by Foster + Partners architects opened in New York earlier this week, featuring a moving exhibition space that connects the floors of the gallery. More about Sperone Westwater gallery by Foster + Partners
London Design Festival 2010: here are some snaps from the first day of Once Upon a Dream: London Tastemakers in Bed with Veuve Clicquot. More about Once Upon a Dream: London Tastemakers in Bed with Veuve Clicquot
London Design Festival 2010: designer David Weatherhead presents a collection of desktop items made of folded steel at Variability in west London this week. More about Standard Stationery by David Weatherhead
London Design Festival 2010: designer Paul Cocksedge has installed a large buckled disc outside the Southbank Centre in London. More about Drop by Paul Cocksedge