Milan 09 movie: here (above) is an excerpt from Sweeper Clock, a movie presented by Dutch designer Maarten Baas in Milan this April, featuring two men with brooms pushing lines of debris to form moving clock hands. More about Sweeper Clock by Maarten Baas
Dezeenwire: Alice Rawsthorn reports from the Venice Biennale on artists turning their hands to interior design. New York Times
More about Alice Rawsthorn: Artists in Designers' Clothing
Milan 09: Dutch designers Atelier NL have created a simple pottery tableware range made of clay dug from different areas of the Netherlands. More about Fundamentals of Makkum by Atelier NL for Royal Tichelaar Makkum
Dezeenwire: The Guardian presents a gallery showing how everyday designs including Cornflake packs and flight attendant uniforms have changed over the years. The Guardian
More about The Guardian: The changing face of everyday design
British architect David Chipperfield has designed a collection of tableware with colours inspired by an Italian painter and forms inspired by ancient Korean stoneware. More about Tonale by David Chipperfield for Alessi
Polish designers Beton have sent us some photos of their nearly completed, shingle-clad church in a small village overlooking the Vistula. More about Church by Beton
Daniel Statham Architects have designed Harajuku Box House, a residential and retail project in Tokyo.
More recycled work from Swiss designer Anne-Cécile Rappa: Najah, Lazara and Ilham are a series of lights made of found objects sheathed in knitted plastic bags. More about Najah, Lazara and Ilham by Anne-Cécile Rappa
Milan 09: Dutch designer Dick van Hoff presented wood-burning stoves made of tiles for Dutch ceramic manufacturers Royal Tichelaar Makkum in Milan in April. More about Tile Stove Project by Dick van Hoff for Royal Tichelaar Makkum
DMY Berlin 09: Viennese designers Mischer'Traxler have created a solar-powered machine that makes furniture, with the shape and colour of each product determined by the amount of sunlight available during manufacture. More about The Idea of a Tree by Mischer’Traxler
Japanese designer Nosigner has designed Drip Grip and XY, two new concepts for Japanese mobile phone company KDDI. More about Drip Grip and XY by Nosigner
Milan 09: Italian architect Romolo Stanco exhibited a mirror etched with electric circut patterns in Milan this April. More about MotherBoard by Romolo Stanco
DMY Berlin 09: a concept for a dishwasher combined with a sink by designers Peter Schwartz and Helene Steiner is on show at DMY Youngsters exhibition in Berlin this week. More about Colo dishwasher by Peter Schwartz and Helene Steiner
Dezeenwire: Dutch designer Maarten Baas has put movies of his Real Time exhibition held in Milan this year on YouTube. Sweepers Clock movie. Analog Clock movie. Grandfather Clock movie.
More about Real Time movies by Maarten Baas
Basel firm Luca Selva Architekten have completed a house for an art collector in Binningen, Switzerland. More about House in Binningen by Luca Selva Architekten
Italian architects Massimo Mariani have completed the Benozzo Gozzoli Museum in Castelfiorentino, Italy. More about Benozzo Gozzoli Museum by Massimo Mariani
Industrial designer Anne-Cécile Rappa has designed Bent, a pouf made of recycled polypropylene bags knitted together. More about Bent by Anne-Cécile Rappa
Belgian architect Laurent Troost of zerOgroup in collaboration with Brazilian architects Unique have won a competition to redesign Praça Do Natal (Christmas Square) in Natal, Brazil. More about Praça Do Natal by ZerOgroup and Unique
Spanish designers Cano Estudio have created We Love City, a range of city guides that fit on postcards. More about We Love City by Cano Estudio
DMY Berlin 09: young Swiss design collective Postfossil present a fruit bowl and vase that feature the same curve profile at the DMY Allstars exhibition during the DMY International Design Festival in Berlin, which opens today. More about Doubleface by Postfossil