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Norman Foster interviewed by Jonathan Glancey - Guardian
Dezeenwire: Jonathan Glancey interviews architect Norman Foster as he turns 75 - Guardian
Dezeenwire: Jonathan Glancey interviews architect Norman Foster as he turns 75 - Guardian
Dezeen promotion: the first of Gaetano Pesce's series of 61 unique tables for Cassina, which together form a map of Italy, is to be auctioned at Phillips de Pury in London today. More about Sessantuna by Gaetano Pesce for Cassina
We've got a thing for criss-crossing bridges at the moment so here's another one, this time designed by NEXT Architects and Rietveld Landscape for Amsterdam. More about Melkwegbridge by NEXT Architects and Rietveld Landscape
French designers Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec have designed a bathroom collection for German brand Axor. More about Axor Bouroullec by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec
Designer Bruce Munro has laid out 600,000 CDs on the grass in a Wiltshire field in the UK. More about CDSea by Bruce Munro
Product design graduate Fredrik Paulsen presents this tiny table for working from home at the Royal College of Art in London this week. More about Minimal Work Station by Fredrik Paulsen
Dezeenwire: Nicolas Hayek, founder and chairman of Swiss watch company Swatch Group, has died in Biel, Switzerland, aged 82 - New York Times
London firm Rundell Associates have completed this new art and design department at a secondary school in Devon, UK. More about West Buckland School by Rundell Associates
This office building in the Belgian hills by architects Atelier Vens Vanbelle has a brick facade broken by huge windows overlooking the surrounding farmland. More about Notariaat by Atelier Vens Vanbelle
This grinder by brothers Adrian and Jeremy Wright of London design studio DesignWright dispenses both salt and pepper. More about Y-Grinder by DesignWright for Joseph Joseph
Dezeen Wire: the Shenzhen Stock Exchange building by OMA topped out today - see press release below. More about Shenzhen Stock Exchange by OMA tops out
Oregon designers John Arndt and Wonhee Jeong Studio Gorm are exhibiting their Shaker-inspired Peg furniture system at the Direktorenhaus art space in Berlin. More about Peg by Studio Gorm
At their Amsterdam headquarters Dutch design collective Droog present plans for a house by Japanese studio Atelier Bow-Wow, to be built behind an existing townhouse facade in Amsterdam and furnished entirely with the Droog collection. More about Droog Townhouse by Atelier Bow-Wow
At this year's Royal College of Art graduate show in London designer Nicola Zocca presents a series of furniture made by shrinking plastic around its joints. More about Shrink by Nicola Zocca
Here's another loopy bridge for China (see our earlier story about NL Architects' concept), this time a foot bridge for Xinjin in the Sichuan province by New York studio WXY Architecture and Weidlinger Associates Consulting Engineers. More about Nanhe River Landscape Bridge by WXY Architecture
London designer Ross Lovegrove has launched this LED pendant lamp for Japanese lighting brand Yamagiwa. More about Andromeda by Ross Lovegrove for Yamagiwa
This tableware by Dutch designer Jochem de Wit is made of concrete, cast glass and brick. More about Tableware by Jochem de Wit at DMY Berlin
This building by Australian architects Lyons in Melbourne combines a family home with a museum. More about Lyon Housemuseum by Lyons Architects
Dezeenwire: the high court has ruled that the Qatari royal family's property company breached its contract with a partner company in withdrawing the Chelsea Barracks development designed by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, following the intervention of Prince Charles - Guardian
New York firm Solid Objectives - Idenburg Liu (SO-IL) invite visitors to swing on 30 poles outside the P.S.1 Contemporary Art Centre in New York. More about Pole Dance by SO-IL at P.S.1