Milan 09: German lighting designer Ingo Maurer launched Euro Condom, a protest against new European guidelines banning frosted incandescent bulbs, at the Euroluce lighting fair in Milan last month. More about Euro Condom by Ingo Maurer
Interior designers Universal Design Studio have completed a 'pop-up' store in Melbourne for Australian menswear designer James Cameron. More about James Cameron store, Melbourne by Universal Design Studio
Dutch architects Mecanoo have unveiled their masterplan for a new business centre in the Longgang district of Shenzhen, China. More about Longgang City Centre by Mecanoo architecten
Dezeenwire: Bloomberg reports Prince Charles' speech at the RIBA in London tonight, quoting: “In the world as it is now, there seems to be an awful lot more arrogance than reverence... a great deal more of the ego than humility, and a surfeit of abstracted ideology over the practical realities linked to people’s lives and the grain of their culture and identity.” Bloomberg.com
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Milan 09: French designers Ibride presented a writing desk in the form of a life-sized mule at Zona Tortona in Milan last month. More about Martin the Mule by Ibride
Milan 09: Dutch designer Pieke Bergmans launched a range of cabinets comprising antique items of furniture mounted inside rough wooden crates. More about Crate Cabinets by Pieke Bergmans
Dezeenwire: in his speech at the Royal Institute of British Architects in London tonight, Prince Charles will tell that "communities should be key to their work with the needs of locals put first." Sky News Background to this story: Elite architects attack Prince Charles
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London architecture and design practice Sybarite have completed the interior of a new flagship store for fashion brand Marni in New York. More about Marni New York by Sybarite
Dezeenwire: Norman Foster and Richard Rogers' skyscraper designs for Ground Zero in New York could be scuppered by the credit crunch. The Guardian
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Dezeen has teamed up with Ligne Roset to give a presentation in London next week of key trends emerging from last month's Salone Internazionale del Mobile and Fuori Salone events in Milan - and we have five tickets (worth £15 each) to give away to Dezeen readers. More about Competition: five tickets to our Milan trends briefing to be won
Milan 09: Dutch designer Pepe Heykoop presented Soft Oak chair as part of Dutch Invertuals in Milan last month. More about Soft Oak chair by Pepe Heykoop
Ljubljana practice Bevk Perovic Architects have completed a residence called House D in Ljubljana, Slovenia. More about House D by Bevk Perovic Architects
Court of Sant Boi de Llobregat in Barcelona is a court house designed by Jordi Badia of Barcelona practice BAAS Architects. More about Court of Sant Boi de Llobregat by BAAS Architects
Brussels designers Big-game have created a collection of objects with graduated patterns applied to their surfaces that make them appear blurry. More about Blur by Big-game
In the second of four competitions celebrating publisher Thames & Hudson's 60th anniversary this month, we're giving readers the chance to win five copies of XS Extreme by Phyllis Richardson. More about Competition: five copies of XS Extreme to be won
Milan 09: Spanish designer Jaime Hayón launched TwentyTwo, a chair for Italian brand Ceccotti, in Milan last month. More about TwentyTwo by Jaime Hayón for Ceccotti
Professor Ingeborg M. Rocker of Rocker-Lange Architects and students at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University, USA, have used a robot to build an undulating double-wall structure. More about On the Bri(n)ck at Graduate School of Design, Harvard University
Milan 09: Studio Makkink & Bey presented Work Sofa for Dutch brand Prooff at SuperStudio in Zona Tortona last month. More about Work Sofa by Studio Makkink & Bey
Dezeenwire: Stephen Bayley writes the obituary of British designer David Mellor, who died on 7 May. The Guardian
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Milan 09: British designer Jasper Morrison showed two collections, Pipe (above) and Trattoria (below), for Magis at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan last month.