Dezeen are giving readers the chance to win five signed copies of EcoMasterplanning, a new book by architect and urban planner Ken Yeang, published by John Wiley & Sons. More about Competition: five copies of EcoMasterplanning to be won
Architects Takashi Seisho and Akinari Tanaka have completed a house in Hakodate, Japan, where triangular, concrete slabs in the facade mask views of neighbouring houses. More about Mizoe House by Takashi Seisho and Akinari Tanaka
Los Angeles architects Atelier Hitoshi Abe have sent images of their duplex home to be built in New Orleans for actor Brad Pitt's charity Make it Right. More about Hot Links Duplex by Atelier Hitoshi Abe for Make it Right
Italian designer Sergio Calatroni has converted the interior of an attic room in Milan for a group of musicians. More about Casa Leanza by Sergio Calatroni Artroom
Dutch design graduate Erwin Zwiers has designed a set of seats and a table inspired by the imprints that people leave behind in the sand on a beach. More about To Become One by Erwin Zwiers
Designer Konstantin Grcic has designed a series of tables with extruded-aluminium tops for BD Barcelona Design. More about Table B by Konstantin Grcic for BD Barcelona Design
Dezeenwire: Jonathan Glancey reflects on this year's Stirling Prize shortlist - The Guardian. Related: see our story announcing the shortlisted buildings.
A pavilion consisting of thatched, conical towers designed by MOS architects has opened outside the P.S.1 Contemporary Art Centre in New York. More about Afterparty by MOS at P.S.1
Hong Kong-based designer David Ericsson of VOID Watches has created a range cufflinks made on a CNC lathe and designed to fit standard industrial tools. More about VC1 Cufflinks by VOID Watches
Another project by recent Dezeen regulars Suppose Design Office: this time a house in Matsuyama, Japan, designed to offer a view of the surrounding scenery from every room. More about House in Matsuyama by Suppose Design Office
Industrial designer Ross Lovegrove has created a watch for Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake. More about HU by Ross Lovegrove for Issey Miyake
German architect Ole Scheeren of Office for Metropolitan Architecture has designed a skyscraper for Bangkok in Thailand. More about MahaNakhon by OMA
New Designers 09: Nottingham Trent University graduate Anna Hadwick exhibited a table lamp on a tripod at graduate show New Designers in London last week. More about Studio Mini by Anna Hadwick
Bodegas Protos winery by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners (above) is one of six buildings shortlisted for the RIBA Stirling Prize 2009. More about RIBA Stirling Prize shortlist 2009
The Age of the World by Parisian designer Mathieu Lehanneur is a set of jars and urns that each map the ages of the population in a given country. More about Age of the World by Mathieu Lehanneur
New York designers Constantin and Laurene Leon Boym have coated a selection of discarded objects to make them look and feel like bronze sculptures. More about Timeless Objects by Boym Partners
Dutch architects UNStudio have won a competition to design a dance theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia. More about Dance Palace by UNStudio
Argentinian architects Adamo-Faiden have designed social housing for Buenos Aires that would be installed on top of existing homes. More about MuReRe houses by Adamo-Faiden
Japanese designers Isolation Unit have designed the interior of a salon in the Harajuku district of Tokyo, Japan, for hair-dressing chain LIM. More about Lim Code by Isolation Unit
London Design Festival 09: In this video recorded as part of our series 100% Inspiration series for 100% Design, designer Richard Shed describes the virtues of the Clarks desert boot. More about 100% Inspiration: Richard Shed