Design
The Tournament by Jaime Hayón
London Design Festival 09: The Tournament, a giant chess set by Spanish designer Jaime Hayón, opened in Trafalgar Square in London today. More about The Tournament by Jaime Hayón
London Design Festival 09: The Tournament, a giant chess set by Spanish designer Jaime Hayón, opened in Trafalgar Square in London today. More about The Tournament by Jaime Hayón
London Design Festival 09: an exhibition of six extruded aluminium furniture pieces by British designer Thomas Heatherwick has opened at Haunch of Venison in London. More about Extrusions by Thomas Heatherwick
London Design Festival 09: Ilse Crawford of London designers Studioilse will launch a collection of wooden seating inspired by vernacular English furniture next week. More about Seating for Eating by Studioilse
Dezeenwire: designer Konstantin Grcic will curate an exhibition entitled Design Real at the Serpentine Gallery in London, opening 26 November 2009 - Serpentine Gallery
Dezeen and the organisers of the imm cologne furniture fair have got together to give away five copies of Interior Trends 2010, an annual design trends publication. More about Competition: five copies of imm cologne Interior Trends 2010 book to be won
Zurich and London designers Aekae have designed a collection of glasses made of water buffalo horns. More about SIRE glasses by Aekae
French automobile brand Renault are showing a range of electric concept cars at the Internationale Automobil-Ausstellung (Frankfurt Motor Show) in Germany this week. More about ZE by Renault
London designers StudioSuperniche have designed a series of structures made of the blue fence that surrounded the Olympic Park site in east London during construction. More about The Blue Fence Project by StudioSuperniche
Work has started on a new headquarters building for a bank in Oslo, Norway, designed by Dutch architects MVRDV. More about DnB NOR headquarters by MVRDV
Students of the ALICE studio at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne have built a wooden structure for viewing the surroundings next to a lake in Zermatt, Switzerland. More about Evolver by students from ALICE studio at EPFL
Architectural photographer Roland Halbe has sent us his photographs of a house on a golf course in Aranjuez, Spain, designed by Eduardo Arroyo of NO.MAD Arquitectos. More about Zafra-Uceda by NO.MAD Arquitectos
London Design Festival 09: British designer Benjamin Hubert has designed a collection of seating for Dutch furniture brand De Vorm. More about Pebble by Benjamin Hubert for De Vorm
Vienna architect Denis Kosutic has completed the interior of a restaurant in Vienna, Austria, inspired by "Queen Elizabeth, the rapper 50 Cent and a girl from Tyrol". More about ODC Orlando di Castello by Denis Kosutic
Construction will begin on a wall to be built entirely by a robot - designed by Swiss architects Gramazio and Kohler - in New York later this month. More about Pike Loop by Gramazio & Kohler
Dutch designers Snodevormgevers and artist Paul Segers have completed a temporary structure allowing visitors to cross a hedge in Rotterdam. More about Bruggenhoofd Chabot by Snodevormgevers
Utrecht School of the Arts graduate Ka-Lai Chan has designed a bulging chair representing her suppressed emotions. More about Selfportrait by Ka-Lai Chan
Car brand MINI will launch a coupé concept car at the Internationale Automobil-Ausstellung (Frankfurt Motor Show), which opens tomorrow in Frankfurt, Germany. More about Coupé Concept by MINI
Dezeenwire: the Mission One electric superbike designed by Yves Béhar & fuseproject has claimed the world speed record for an electric motorcycle, achieving 150.059 mph sustained for one mile - Fuseproject. Related: see our story about Mission One.
Brooklyn design team Sergio Mannino Studio have completed the interior of a showroom for footwear brand Kensiegirl in New York. More about Kensiegirl Showroom by Sergio Mannino Studio
Sergio Calatroni Art Room in Milan have customised a wheelchair for Italian art director Fabrizio Sclavi. More about Sclavi’s Rolling Chair by Sergio Calatroni Artroom