Architecture
Jesolo Magica by Zaha Hadid Architects
Zaha Hadid Architects have designed a retail and business centre for the resort of Jesolo near Venice in Italy. More about Jesolo Magica by Zaha Hadid Architects
Zaha Hadid Architects have designed a retail and business centre for the resort of Jesolo near Venice in Italy. More about Jesolo Magica by Zaha Hadid Architects
Milan 2010: In Milan next month Italian brand Cappellini will launch this cantilevered stool by New York designer Todd Bracher. More about Alodia by Todd Bracher for Cappellini
Brooklyn office Caliper Studio have completed an apartment in New York that features a very complicated stainless steel staircase. More about Genetic Stair by Caliper Studio
French designer Ludovic Renson has designed a collection of children's furniture made of wood and felt. More about Playtime by Ludovic Renson
Steven Chilton of London office Marks Barfield Architects has designed a factory-shaped youth centre for the site of the what was once the world's largest car plant at Longbridge in Birmingham, UK. More about Factory by Marks Barfield Architects
Dezeenwire: Justin McGuirk, editor of icon magazine, launches his new blog for The Guardian with an attack on designer Ron Arad, whose Ron Arad: Restless exhibition opened at the Barbican recently - The Guardian
Related stories: see our special Ron Arad issue of Dezeenwire.
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Dutch designer Richard Hutten has designed a postage stamp that consists of a tiny eight-page book for Dutch postal company Royal TNT Post. More about Stamps by Richard Hutten
Dezeenwire: Jonathan Ive, senior vice president of industrial design at Apple, and other key Apple staff explain the design of the iPad in a video on Apple's website.
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Spanish designers El Ultimo Grito will exhibit a collection of blown-glass architectural models at the Aram Gallery in London later this month. More about Imaginary Architectures by El Ultimo Grito
Melbourne office Architects EAT have completed an extension to a house in Canterbury, Australia, suspended above the ground on steel columns. More about Elm & Willow House by Architects EAT
Swedish designers Front have created a lamp shade where circular holes in the reflective inner layer project spots of light onto the outer diffuser. More about Shadow and Light by Front for Porro
Milan 2010: We've teamed up with Organisation in Design to give away a 25 sq m exhibition space in the heart of the new Ventura Lambrate design district in Milan during the Salone del Mobile next month. More about Competition: exhibition space in Milan to be won
Paris designer Lee West has designed an extra-tall teapot that has no handle but instead has a removable cork sleeve to stop you burning your hands. More about Nomu by Lee West for Eno
A pedestrian bridge designed by American New York-based architect Bernard Tschumi and French firm Hugh Dutton Associés has opened in La Roche-sur-Yon in France. More about Pedestrian bridge for La Roche-sur-Yon by Bernard Tschumi and Hugh Dutton
Dezeenwire: The Guardian presents a slideshow of the last collection by fashion designer Alexander McQueen, who committed suicide last month aged 40. The collection was presented posthumously by his studio at Paris fashion week - The Guardian.
Related story: Alexander McQueen 1969-2010
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Designers TAF of Sweden have designed a lamp for Swedish lighting brand Zero, similar in appearance and construction to an embroidery frame. More about Stitch lamp by TAF
Dezeenwire: Bruce J Graham, the architect who designed America's tallest building, Sears Tower in Chicago, has died at the age of 84 - Press Association
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London architects AOC have remodelled the interior of an Edwardian suburban home at Golders Green, London, which includes a concrete hearth with a parquet pattern. More about Hearth House by AOC
London fashion designer Lu Flux has launched her autumn/winter collection 2010, which features salvaged textiles and fairytale characters. More about Dame and Knight by Lu Flux
Barcelona company Dream and Fly have designed a series of miniature hotel rooms for busy places like airports and train stations. More about Bubbles by Dream and Fly