Dezeen podcast: in this podcast recorded at Vienna Design Week, graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister talks about his Austrian background, the benefits of keeping a diary and trying to prevent his studio growing. More about Dezeen podcast: Stefan Sagmeister at Vienna Design Week
English architect John Glew has introduced new fenestration and a zinc-clad extension to this mock-Georgian house in north London, squeezing the new structure into a wedge of land between the house and its neighbour. More about 51A Gloucester Crescent by John Glew
Dezeenwire: clothing brand Gap have scrapped their new logo, launched last week, after customers objected to the design - BBC
London designer Samuel Wilkinson created these mouth-blown glass lamps specifically to house the Plumen 001 low-energy light bulbs released by Hulger last month (see our earlier story). More about Vessel Series 01-03 by Samuel Wilkinson for Decode
This sofa by Copenhagen designers KiBiSi consists of stacked pillows with fiber concrete buttons. More about Brick by KiBiSi
Tel Aviv studio Derman Verbakel Architecture have installed a series of archways and mobile furniture between the city and the sea in Bat Yam, Israel. More about On the Way to the Sea by Derman Verbakel Architecture
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has covered the floor of the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern in London with more than 100 million individually handmade replica sunflower seeds. More about Sunflower Seeds 2010 by Ai Weiwei
British car brand Aston Martin are to launch a luxury compact city car, called Cygnet, next year. More about Cygnet by Aston Martin
This house by Suppose Design Office in Hiroshima, Japan, is nestled into the hillside beneath a road and commands views over the city of Fukuyama. More about House in Fukuyama by Suppose Design Office
English furniture company Another Country launched their inaugural collection at The Tramshed as part of the London Design Festival last month. More about Series One by Another Country
Photographer Nelson Garrido has sent us his photographs of this building by AGi architects of Spain and Kuwait, comprising three homes clad in white stucco and three homes in black stone. More about Black & White House by AGi architects
Vienna Design Week: for Vienna Design Week Swiss designer Nicolas Le Moigne presents a series of rings that incorporate mirrors, manipulating the diamond's image. More about Rings by Nicolas Le Moigne and A.E.Köchert
Japanese designer Yuko Shibata created separate living and working areas in this Tokyo apartment by installing two mobile walls. More about Switch by Yuko Shibata
This shopping centre and apartment block by Slovenian architects OFIS Arhitekti is due to begin construction in Ljubljana, Slovenia, next year. More about Shopping Pillow Terraces by OFIS Arhitekti
Dezeenwire: at Tokyo Designers Week later this month Thomas Heatherwick is to be named Designer of the Year and Tokujin Yoshioka is to be named Artist of the Year in the Tokyo Design & Art Environmental Awards. See press release below.
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Featured architect: David Chipperfield is our featured architect at the moment, having just been announced as this year's winner of the Royal Gold Medal for architecture (see our Dezeenwire story). Browse all Dezeen's stories about him in this special category.
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Yves Béhar of San Francisco design firm fuseproject has designed an affordable family of office chair inspired by suspension bridges for Herman Miller.
This temporary pavilion with reflective purple scales that shimmer in the breeze has been installed in Beijing by New York architects SO-IL. More about Flockr by SO-IL
Frei + Saarinen Architects of Switzerland renovated this 100 year-old parish centre in Zurich by installing walls at all angles. More about Parish House St. Josef by Frei + Saarinen Architects
French architect Manuelle Gautrand has completed an extension to the Lille Métropole Musée d'art moderne, d'art contemporain et d'art brut at Villeneuve d’Ascq in France. More about Lille Métropole Musée extension by Manuelle Gautrand