Furniture
Pleats by USIN-e
Lyon designers USIN-e have designed a series of furniture made of wooden batons joined by folded metal parts. More about Pleats by USIN-e
Lyon designers USIN-e have designed a series of furniture made of wooden batons joined by folded metal parts. More about Pleats by USIN-e
Brussels studio Label Architecture have transformed the interior of a family house in Brussels, Belgium, by covering some walls in rough, black-stained oriented strand board and painting others white. More about Fiat Lux by Label Architecture
Milan 2010: Amsterdam designer Bo Reudler and architect Olav Bruin will present a collection of furniture made of bamboo stalks in Milan next month. More about Haute Bamboo by Bo Reudler and Olav Bruin
Dezeen movie: for our latest movie, we travelled to São Paulo in Brazil to interview Humberto and Fernando Campana (above) about Gloriette, a pavilion they have designed for Champagne marque Veuve Clicquot that will be unveiled in Milan next month. More about Gloriette by the Campana Brothers for Veuve Clicquot
Berlin designer Werner Aisslinger of Studio Aisslinger has completed a small mountainside mobile living unit in Ritten, Italy. More about Fincube by Studio Aisslinger
Dezeenwire: Den Norske Opera & Ballett by Snøhetta and Open-Air-Library by KARO* with Architektur+Netzwerk have been jointly awarded the 2010 European Prize for Urban Public Space.
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See our story about the Open-Air-Library by KARO*
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More details in the press release below. More about Snøhetta and KARO* awarded 2010European Prize for Urban Public Space
Milan 2010: Congratulations to Copy Nature/Nature of Copies who won our competition for a free exhibition space in the Ventura Lambrate district of Milan. More about Ventura Lambrate exhibition space winners
Italian designer Giorgio Biscaro will present a flat-pack stool made of bent plywood at the Salone Satellite in Milan next month. More about Offset by Giorgio Biscaro Design Studio
We've got together with publishers Quadrille to offer our readers the chance to win one of five copies of The Genius of Design by Penny Sparke, the official companion to a BBC television series due for transmission in May. More about Competition: five copies of The Genius of Design to be won
Milan 2010: This zebra-patterned chair will be on show at Mindcraft10, an exhibition of new work by 14 Danish designers in Milan next month. More about Mindcraft10 by Danish Crafts
Here's an extension to a family home in rural Belgium by Brussels studio ADN Architectures. More about House Satiya by ADN Architectures
London office Levitt Bernstein have completed an energy centre for the University of Liverpool in the UK, clad in diamond-shaped aluminium scales. More about University of Liverpool Heating Infrastructure by Levitt Bernstein
Milan 2010: More ice: aluminium furniture brand Emeco will launch a new version of its iconic Navy Chair in Milan next month, made of recycled plastic Coca-Cola bottles. More about 111 Navy Chair by Emeco
Here's a selection of projects by Japanese architects SANAA, who have been named 2010 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureates (see our earlier story). More about Key projects by SANAA
London designer James Laurie has cut the top of a drinking glass into a point so that it can be used to trap spiders in the corner of a room. More about Cornered by James Laurie
Ice House Detroit is an abandoned suburban home in Detroit covered in ice by photographer Gregory Holm and architect Matthew Radune. More about Ice House Detroit by Gregory Holm and Matthew Radune
Japanese architect Schuichiro Yoshida have renovated the ground floor of a two-storey house in Tokushima, Japan, demolishing everything except the columns and foundations while leaving the upper floor intact. More about House in Bizan by Shuichiro Yoshida
Dezeenwire: Japanese architects Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa of SANAA have been chosen as the 2010 Laureates of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, the prize's website has announced.
Related stories: See all our stories about SANAA in our special category | Peter Zumthor wins Pritzker Prize (April 2009)
More about SANAA win Pritzker Prize
Kingston University graduate Wannayos Boonperm has made a series of objects by splicing together familiar household and office products, including this combined watering can and telephone (above). More about The Beginning of Product Mutation by Wannayos Boonperm
Designers FærID of Iceland exhibited a picnic set made of birch with a plaited leather strap at DesignMarch in Reykjavík last week. More about Askur Picnic Basket by FærID