Dezeenwire: Norwegian firm Snøhetta have been selected to design an extension to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - more details in press release below More about Snøhetta selected to design extension for San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Canadian designer Philippe-Albert Lefebvre has created a range of fire tools by casting hand-carved branches in bronze and iron. More about Bronze Age by Philippe-Albert Lefebvre
These lamp shades wrapped in adhesive tape are by Italian designer Sylvia Pichler for design brand Skitsch. More about Tape Lamp by Sylvia Pichler for Skitsch
Spanish architect Javier Peña of Xpiral has completed two houses in Murcia, Spain, with the lower volume built from stacked ceramic wine racks. More about Torreagüera Vivienda Atresada by Xpiral
A boat made of plastic bottles designed by Exploration Architecture is nearing the end of its journey across the Pacific Ocean from San Francisco to Sydney to highlight pollution of the seas. More about Plastiki Expedition boat by Exploration Architecture for Adventure Ecology
This sculpture in the Netherlands countryside by Dutch designers Tjep. comprises a series of steel elements that when viewed from a certain point form the outline of a traditional farm building. More about Transformations by Tjep
DezeenTV: in the next movie in our series of Dezeentalks at [D3] Design Talents young Canadian designer Philippe Malouin talks about the inspiration he finds in art and architecture and also talks us through some of his own work. More about Dezeentalks at [D3] Design Talents: Philippe Malouin
Dutch designer Tord Bootje presents a collection of work made with lace-making techniques from materials including grass and raffia at the Marsden Woo Gallery in London. More about The Lacemaker by Tord Boontje
Architect Toby Horrocks and designer Kristian Aus have created this fold-out cardboard shop interior for the State of Design festival in Melbourne. More about Flatform 322 by Toby Horrocks and Kristian Aus
Zaha Hadid's MAXXI National Museum of XXI Century Arts in Rome (above) is one of six projects shortlisted for the RIBA Stirling Prize 2010. More about RIBA Stirling Prize shortlist 2010
Former European skateboarding champion and architect Matthias Bauer of MBA/S Associates has designed a skatepark and youth club in Stuttgart, Germany. More about Skatepark Stuttgart by MBA/S Associates
Dezeenwire: a team led by Norwegian architects Snøhetta have won a competition to redesign Times Square in New York: More about Snøhetta win competition to redesign Times Square
At the Royal College of Art graduate show in London earlier this month designer Elena Figus presented a carrier designed to cool vaccines as an icepack inside melts and the water evaporates. More about Pop Up Vaccine by Elena Figus
Zaha Hadid Architects have unveiled this design for a performing arts centre in The Hague, the Netherlands. More about The New Dance and Music Centre in The Hague by Zaha Hadid Architects
Royal College of Art graduate Ben Faga is encouraging bees in London to swarm and set up new hives. More about If You Build it, They Will Come… by Ben Faga
This house in São Paulo by Brazilian architect Flavio Castro consists of a cubic volume perched on two yellew beams that straddle the garage below. More about Mirante do Horto House by Flavio Castro
Dutch architects MVRDV have unveiled their design for an office building in Paris, where the middle section will appear broken and twisted open. More about Pushed Slab by MVRDV
London Metropolitan University graduate Fotis Evans has designed this display system for the book shop at Somerset House in London. More about The Somerset House Book Stall System by Fotis Evans
Australian firm Lyons’ new campus building for a college in Warrnambool, Australia, has a glazed façade made up of hexagonal apertures tilted down towards the street. More about Warrnambool Campus Building by Lyons
DezeenTV: for the third movie in our series of Dezeentalks at [D3] Design Talents Japanese designer Tomoko Azumi of t.n.a design studio shares with us her collection of vintage bicycles, her passion for traditional craft techniques and her love of timber. More about Dezeentalks at [D3] Design Talents: Tomoko Azumi