Since Dubai has been in the news a lot recently, here are our ten most popular stories about projects in Dubai. Guess what? Karim Rashid is at number one with his Switch Restaurant (above). More about Dezeen's top ten: Dubai projects
This chandelier made of spectacle frames (above) is on show at the Haunch of Venison gallery in London as part of an exhibition of work by London designer Stuart Haygarth. More about Found by Stuart Haygarth at Haunch of Venison
Work by Czech designers including Maxim Velčovský will be displayed alongside tools used to make the pieces at an exhibition in Prague next week, curated by Czech collective OKOLO. More about CraftDesign by OKOLO
Israeli designer Noam Bar Yohai has created a series of task lamps made of wooden components held together with elastic bands. More about Light Movement by Noam Bar Yohai
London designer Tim Fishlock has put together a limited-edition book for design brand Habitat, featuring twenty removable large-format prints by artists including Anthony Burrill and Shepard Fairey. More about 50by70 by Tim Fishlock for Habitat
Brooklyn designers Sergio Mannino Studio have completed the interior of a shoe shop in New York where the walls are covered in interchangeable panels. More about Shoebox by Sergio Mannino Studio
Dezeenwire: Steve Rose considers "the eye-popping erections that should never have been commissioned" in Dubai - Guardian
Japanese interior design company Wonderwall have completed a chocolatier's shop in Harajuku, Japan, where chocolate seems to drip from the walls and ceiling. More about Godiva Chocoiste by Wonderwall
London designer Dominic Wilcox has spent 75 hours wrapping multi-coloured cotton thread around five walking sticks, which are on show at the YCN gallery in London. More about By a Thread by Dominic Wilcox
Here are some more images of a noodle bar in Las Vegas by Japanese studio design spirits co., ltd, one of the winning projects at The Great Indoors Awards last week (see our previous story). More about Beijing Noodle No. 9 by design spirits co., ltd
Dezeen podcast: in this podcast for the Design Museum curator Gemma Curtain talks to Fergus Bisset of Brunel University about the exhibition Ergonomics-Real Design, on show at the museum in London. More about Dezeen podcast: Ergonomics - Real Design at the Design Museum
Dutch architects Vasd have completed the interior of a doctor's surgery in the Hague, the Netherlands. More about GP practice by Vasd architects
A project envisaging coastal defense towers that can be used as book depositories will be announced as one of the winners of the RIBA President's Medals Student Awards at a ceremony in London tonight. More about RIBA President’s Medals Student Awards 2009
German artists Coarse of Hamburg and Hong Kong have created two vinyl figurines depicting a rabbit crossed with a monkey and a human character dressed as a rabbit. More about False Friends by Coarse
London architects Haworth Tompkins have completed a building to house the painting department of the Royal College of Art in London. More about The Sackler Building by Haworth Tompkins
Designer Kitmen Keung of Hong Kong and Taipei has designed a dual-time wall clock for Taiwanese company Verso. More about Long-d by Kitmen Keung
Designers Eiri Ota and Irene Gardpoit Chan of UUfie have completed the renovation of an apartment in Kanagawa, Japan, where the space is divided by two velvet curtains. More about Nagi by Eiri Ota and Irene Gardpoit Chan
Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava has completed a station with a vaulted glass and steel canopy in Liege, Belgium. More about Liège-Guillemins station by Santiago Calatrava
Dezeenwire: The Week reports on Switzerland's referendum banning the construction of minarets. Switzerland's vote to outlaw the construction of minarets is sparking charges of racism," the report says. The Week
More about "Ban Muslim architecture?" - The Week
New York designer Stephen Burks of Readymade Projects has collaborated with art directors Monica Brand and Francisco Lopez of Mogollon, and photographer Daniel Hakansson to create a limited edition of posters depicting hybrid creatures. More about The Hybrid Project by Readymade Projects, Mogollon and Daniel Hakansson