Graduate designer Johanna Schoemaker last month won the Braun Prize 2009 for Family of OLED lamps, a range of remote-controlled lamps that open and close like flowers. More about Family of OLEDs by Johanna Schoemaker
Dutch Design Week: Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Guy Königstein presented a project where family members are represented as spools of thread in Eindhoven last week. More about Family Stories by Guy Königstein
Japanese designer Teruhiro Yanagihara of Isolation Unit has art-directed a collection of furniture by designers including Big-Game and Sylvain Willenz for traditional Japanese furniture makers Karimoku. More about Karimoku New Standard by Isolation Unit and others
Tinkebell., the Dutch performance artist best known for making a handbag out of her own cat (above), presents an exhibition of her work at Torch Gallery in Amsterdam starting later this week. More about Tinkebell. at Torch Gallery
Polish Design Season: Technical University of Łódź graduate Maciek Grelewicz has proposed a library for the city of Łódź clad in golden lettering. More about Public Library for Łódź by Maciek Grelewicz
Xarchitekten of Linz and Vienna, Austria, have completed a dental clinic that is based on an illustration of a set of teeth. More about GKK Dental Ambulatory by Xarchitekten
Copenhagen designers GamFratesi have designed a prototype desk with a cave-like shield on top to create an intimate working environment. More about Rewrite by GamFratesi
Here's another residential project by Tokyo designers Norisada Maeda Atelier, who designed the Plastic Moon house in our previous story: this time a house near Yokohama, Japan. More about Celluloid Jam by Norisada Maeda Atelier
Japanese designers Nendo have created a chair made of hollowed-out pieces of wood covering a metal frame. More about Cord-Chair by Nendo
Polish Design Season: here's an overview of work by one of Dezeen's favourite Polish design studios, Kompott. More about Studio profile: Kompott
Japanese architects Norisada Maeda Atelier have completed a house that includes a dental practice and swimming pool in Tokyo, Japan. More about Plastic Moon by Norisada Maeda Atelier
Dutch Design Week 09: in Eindhoven this week graduate designer Erik De Nijs of Nieuwe Heren presents a set of suitcases that can be combined to form a sofa when not in use. More about Suited Case by Erik De Nijs
Dezeen and architecture and design book publisher Birkhäuser are offering readers the chance to win one of five copies of Chroma - Design, Architecture and Art in Colour by Barbara Glasner & Petra Schmidt. More about Competition: five copies of Chroma to be won
Architectural photographer Julien Lanoo has sent us his photographs of four houses by French practice Tank Architectes in Villeneuve d'Ascq near Lille, France. More about 2+2 Houses by Tank Architectes
Dezeen podcast: in this podcast for the Design Museum in London architect David Chipperfield talks about an exhibition of his work, which opened at the museum this week. More about Dezeen podcast: David Chipperfield at the Design Museum
Architect Corvin Cristian has designed an office interior inside the former Romanian stock exchange building in Bucharest, Romania. More about Headvertising office by Corvin Cristian
Polish Design Season: designer Agnieszka Bar has created a range of bottles with collapsed bases. More about Melt by Agnieszka Bar
Dutch Design Week: Austrian masters graduate Sonja Bäumel presents a body of work at Design Academy Eindhoven's Graduation Galleries exhibition this week, exploring how bacteria on human skin could be harnessed to create clothing that reacts to the environment. More about (In)visible Membrane by Sonja Bäumel
In this the final interview in our series of Molteni&C Sofa Chats conducted at 100% Design in London last month, British architect and designer Nigel Coates talks with Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs about how design became an intrinsic part of Italian culture. More about Molteni&C Sofa Chats: Nigel Coates
Swedish designers TAF have designed a dining table for Scandinavian design brand Muuto. More about Adaptable by TAF for Muuto