Dezeen podcast: Italian designer Mario Trimarchi has designed a set of table centrepieces for Alessi. In this podcast he describes the project and his experience of working with the Italian brand. More about Podcast interview: Mario Trimarchi for Alessi
Architectural photographer Leonardo Finotti has sent us images of a house near Belo Horizonte, Brazil, designed by Fernando Maculan and Pedro Morais. More about PL House by Fernando Maculan and Pedro Morais
Another story about a felt chair: this time Peacock Chair by New York studio Dror for Italian furniture brand Cappellini. More about Peacock Chair by Dror
Spanish architecture practice Vaumm have won a competition to design a culinary centre at Donostia-San Sebastián in the Basque region of Spain, with their design resembling a pile of stacked plates. More about Basque Culinary Centre by Vaumm
Israeli designer Omri Barzeev has created a chair using felt that has been folded into shape and clamped in place by its legs. More about Zaza Chair by Omri Barzeev
Makoto Tanijiri of Suppose Design Office has designed an installation for the Diesel Denim Gallery Aoyama in Tokyo, Japan. More about Nature Factory by Makoto Tanijiri
Japanese brand Muji and German furniture manufacturers Thonet have collaborated to produce two collections of tubular steel and bent wood furniture. More about Muji manufactured by Thonet
Berlin-based designers Ett la Benn have created a clothes stand that unfolds into a pole when not in use. More about Valet by Ett la Benn
An exhibition of drawings and collages created for Blueprint magazine's Paper City feature, including work by architect Peter Cook and architect and artist James Wines, opens today at the Royal Academy of Arts in London. More about Paper City: Urban Utopias exhibitionat the Royal Academy of Arts
Young German designer Uli Budde has designed a plant pot with a built-in saucer. More about Plant pot by Uli Budde
Japanese architects Suppose Design Office have completed a residence in Hiroshima, Japan, with offset floors allowing natural light from above to penetrate each level. More about House in Minamimachi by Suppose Design Office
Interior architects i29 and architecture firm Eckhardt & Leeuwenstein have designed a series of boardrooms for an investment group in Amsterdam. More about Power Office by i29 and Eckhardt & Leeuwenstein
Design competition: Dezeen have teamed up with Design Association in Japan to give five designers free exhibition space in Tokyo during Tokyo Designers Week from 30 October to 3 November this year. More about Dezeen x Design Association container design competition
New Designers 09: Kingston University graduate Yu-Hun Kim presented a range of laminated-felt stools at New Designers in London earlier this month. More about Ewe stools by Yu-Hun Kim
Indonesian architects Budi Pradono architects have designed the interior of a frozen-yoghurt shop in Jakarta, Indonesia, based on melting ice floes. More about Blu Apple by Budi Pradono architects
Polish architecture practice moomoo architects have designed a house that will be clad entirely in a plastic insulating material normally used for roofing. More about l House by moomoo architects
Danish firm Primus Arkitekter have completed a small, oak-clad house in Zealand, Denmark. More about Skybox House by Primus Arkitekter
Designer Karim Rashid and artist Michela Vianello have designed a one-off, Murano glass light for Italian lighting brand Andromeda. More about Fluxus by Karim Rashid and Michela Vianello
New Designers 09: Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication graduate Harry Hasson exhibited furniture held together using ratchet straps in tension at graduate show New Designers in London earlier this month. More about Ratchet Furniture by Harry Hasson
Dutch architects Ateliereen Architecten have completed a 25 metre tall viewing tower at an outdoor sports park in Reusel, the Netherlands. More about Viewing Tower by Ateliereen Architecten