At design fair Object Rotterdam earlier this month Dutch designer Richard Hutten presented new additions to his Playing with Tradition series of oriental rugs, where the traditional patterns are stretched into stripes.
Milan 2010: Here's another yellow table! This one is by Rotterdam designer Reinier de Jong, is made of plywood and has triangular legs. More about Volt by Reinier de Jong
Japanese architects Suppose Design Office have completed a hair salon in Hiroshima, Japan, with a band of mirror glass wrapped around the cutting space. More about Lodge by Suppose Design Office
Architects GAD of New York, Istanbul and Bodrum have completed a fish market in Istanbul covered by a concrete and steel canopy. More about Besiktas Fish Market by GAD
Austrian architects Coop Himmelb(l)au are to be awarded the Sustainability Award of the 2010 MIPIM Architectural Review Future Project Awards for their tower covered in a folded metal skin, designed for the Erdberg area of Vienna. More about Town Town by Coop Himmelb(l)au
Spanish architects Carlos Pereda Iglesias and Óscar Pérez Silanes have completed the offices of a bank that was founded by architects for architects in Pamplona, Spain. More about Oficina Caja de Arquitectos by Carlos Pereda Iglesias and Óscar Pérez Silanes
Japanese architects Suppose Design Office have completed a boutique made of cardboard tubes in a Hiroshima shopping centre. More about Karis by Suppose Design Office
Stockholm 2010: at an exhibition of their work in Stockholm last week Swedish designers Form Us With Love presented a beanbag contained in a metal frame. More about Swell by Form Us With Love for Voice
Designer Anna Ter Haar of the Netherlands has created a series of wooden chairs where each has one blown-glass leg. More about Cinderella's Chair by Anna Ter Haar
Fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier has become the latest famous name to create a plastic shoe for Brazilian brand Melissa. More about Jean Paul Gaultier x Melissa
Dezeenwire: Alice Rawsthorn reviews the newly-opened VitraHaus in Weil am Rhein, Germany, by architects Herzog & de Meuron - New York Times
Korean designers AnL Studio have completed an observatory made of shipping containers in Songdo New City, Incheon, South Korea. More about OceanScope by AnL Studio
London architects Haworth Tompkins have inserted a Corten steel artist's studio into a ruined Victorian dovecote in Suffolk, UK. More about The Dovecote Studio by Haworth Tompkins
Architectural photographer Roland Halbe has sent us his photographs of a gymnasium in Freiburg designed by German studio Böwer Eith Murken. More about Dieter-Wetterauer-Halle by Böwer Eith Murken
To coincide with today's celebrations of the Chinese New Year, Dezeen have teamed up with brand consultancy HuntHaggarty to give our readers the chance to win one of seven copies of China's Creative Voice - A Brave New Youth Culture. More about Competition: seven copies of China's Creative Voice to be won
Stockholm 2010: Swedish designer Anna Kraitz has designed a sofa for furniture company Kallemo with a leather belt strapped around the backrest, which is on show at the Stockholm Furniture Fair this week. More about Mama Look by Anna Kraitz
Japanese studio Takuro Yamamoto Architects have completed a small house in Kashiwa, Japan, centred around a rectangular courtyard that has been rotated at an oblique angle to the rest of the building. More about F-White by Takuro Yamamoto
Japanese designers Nendo have completed the interior of a mental health clinic in Akasaka, Tokyo, where none of the doors open and patients and staff instead move around the building by opening sections of the walls. More about MD. net Clinic Akasaka by Nendo
Architectural photographer Stéphane Chalmeau has sent us his photos of a library in Fougères by French studio Tetrarc, where glazed sections of the building are screened by a trellis of lettering. More about Médiathèque BDIV de Fougères by Tetrarc
Stockholm 2010: at the Stockholm Furniture Fair this week Stockholm designer Shane Schneck exhibits a wooden chair that can be hung from the edge of a table by its cantilevered seat. More about RU Chair by Shane Schneck for Hay
