London communications and creative agency KK Outlet have commissioned seven designers to create a collection of unofficial commemorative china for the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton this April. More about A Very Modern Royal Wedding by KK Outlet
Dezeen Wire: critic Stephen Bayley is to chair the London Design Museum's Brit Insurance Designs of the Year awards this year. See press release below More about Brit Insurance Designs of the Year awards to be chaired by Stephen Bayley
This house in Hiroshima city by Japanese firm Suppose Design Office has a central staircase branching into wooden volumes that create a series of rooms and platforms. More about House in Fukawa by Suppose Design Office
Architecture firm Kokaistudios have completed a new building housing the faculty of law at Peking University in Beijing. More about PKU University of Law by Kokaistudios
Made to Pleasusre, a new online venture allowing customers to customize their own sex toys opens today. More about Bespoke Sex Toys by Made to Pleasure
This lightweight lamp by French designer Léonard Kadid uses a book as a base. More about Bookmark lamp by Léonard Kadid
Sjoerd Vroonland of the Netherlands has designed a collection of chairs, including this one with branches sprouting from the back-rest. More about Revised Craft by Sjoerd Vroonland
Design students Min‐Chieh Chen, Dominik Zausinger and Michele Leidi of the ETH Zurich, Switzerland, have sent us some images of a pavilion made of cardboard hoops. More about Packed by Min‐Chieh Chen, Dominik Zausinger and Michele Leidi
Industrial design students Emma Nilsson, Johanna Westin and Lisa Frode of Lund University, Sweden, have created a wooden bench with storage units as part of their Masters project. More about Kitchen Sofa by Emma Nilsson, Johanna Westin and Lisa Frode
Marc Dibeh of Lebanon has designed a table-top lamp with a sex toy stowed in its side. More about Love the Bird by Marc Dibeh
To conclude our review of 2010, here are the five most-viewed stories from Dezeen in December, starting off with Charrat Transformation by Geneva studio clavienrossier, two concrete volumes on top of a stone house and barn in the Swiss Alps. More about 2010 review: December
Next up: the five most popular Dezeen stories from November, kicking off with Chengdu Contemporary Art Centre in China by Zaha Hadid Architects. More about 2010 review: November
Moving on to the five most popular stories of October 2010, Homemade is Best, a cookbook featuring pictures of ingredients laid out in patterns for IKEA, was in at number one. More about 2010 review: October
Next up in our review of 2010 are the five most popular stories from September. Number one was Residence in Kurakuen by NRM-Architects Office of Japan, featuring a staircase with treads cantilevering over a pool on the first-floor terrace. More about 2010 review: September
Moving on to our top five Dezeen stories from August this year, this house with a spiralling concrete slide by Indonesian architects Aboday was also our most popular story of the whole year. More about 2010 review: August
Continuing our review of the past year, our most popular story in July 2010 was an exhibition designed and curated by Zaha Hadid at Galerie Gmurzynska Zurich, tracing Hadid's interest in the Russian avant-garde. More about 2010 review: July
Here are the five most viewed Dezeen stories from June this year. In first place was the Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health in Las Vegas by Frank Gehry. More about 2010 review: June
Next up in our review of the year are Dezeen’s most popular stories from May. Designer Ronen Kadushin's iPhone Killer, an open-source mallet for smashing up iPhones, came in at number one. More about 2010 review: May
Next we take a look at our most popular stories from April this year. In at number one was Thomas Heatherwick's hairy UK pavillion for the Shanghai Expo 2010, made up of 60,000 transparent rods. More about 2010 review: April
Here’s a roundup of our most popular stories from March this year. In first place was Jesolo Magica, a retail and business centre near Venice by Zaha Hadid Architects. More about 2010 review: March