Dezeenwire: The Art Newspaper reports strong sales from some galleries at Design Miami/Basel this week, with Brad Pitt and Roman Abramovich among buyers. The Art Newspaper
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Spanish architects Jose Selgas and Lucia Cano of SelgasCano have designed an office for their own practice, located in the woods near Madrid in Spain. More about Office in the Woods by SelgasCano
Dezeen events: Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs moderates the Design Talks at Design Miami/Basel today and tomorrow with designers Nacho Carbonell, Tomáš Gabzdil Libertiny, Peter Marigold, Shay Alkalay and Yael Mer (Raw-Edges) and Maarten Baas. More about Design Talks at Design Miami/Basel
In this video interview filmed by Dezeen for the Design Museum's Super Contemporary exhibition, fashion designer Hussein Chalayan talks about his relationship with London and the way the city has influenced his work (see movie below). More about Super Contemporary interviews: Hussein Chalayan
DMY Berlin 09: Latvian designers Merci Design presented a range of children's furniture made of recycled paper pulp at DMY Youngsters in Berlin last week. More about Tamago by Merci Design
Paris architects Atelier Martel have completed a house with four gabled facades in the Vosges mountains in France. More about Wooden House by Atelier Martel
Ljubljana designer Nika Zupanc has designed two lamps for Slovenian lighting brand Vertigo Bird. More about Force Lamp and Boy’s Lamp by Nika Zupanc
German practice Kadawittfeldarchitektur have completed a kindergarten in Sighartstein near Salzburg, Austria, clad with metal elements designed to look like blades of grass. More about Kindergarten Sighartstein by Kadawittfeldarchitektur
French studio h2o Architectes have completed an apartment in Paris for a comic-strip collector. More about Front and Back Apartment by h2o Architectes
In this video interview filmed by Dezeen for the Design Museum's Super Contemporary exhibition, graphic designer Neville Brody talks about the key people, places and cultural movements in London that have defined his life in London (see movie below). Update: this interview is featured in Dezeen Book of Interviews, which is on sale now for £12. More about Super Contemporary interviews: Neville Brody
Here's a third project from Japanese architects Suppose Design Office: this time a residential project in Jigozen, Japan. More about House in Jigozen by Suppose Design Office
Zaha Hadid Architects have won a competition to design Cairo Expo City in Cairo, Egypt. More about Cairo Expo City by Zaha Hadid Architects
Designer James Cadogan of Baskerville Studio in Cornwall, UK, has designed a bent ruler that's easier for people with arthritis to pick up. More about Bamboolarule by Baskerville Studio
Another residential project from Japanese studio Suppose Design Office, who designed the House in Kamakura in our previous story: located in Sakuragawa, Japan, this family home has been designed to create a spacious interior with a limited floor plan. More about House in Sakuragawa by Suppose Design Office
Dezeen promotion: architecture and design products database Architonic presents its selection of new products from this year's Salone Internazionale del Mobile and Euroluce lighting fair, both held in Milan in April. More about Architonic presents products from Salone del Mobile and Euroluce 2009
DMY Berlin 09: Swedish design student Johanna Landin exhibited a box shelf that appears to cling to its surroundings at DMY Youngsters in Berlin last week. More about Parasite Shelf by Johanna Landin
Japanese architects Suppose Design Office have completed a house in Kamakura, Japan, which consists of a steel frame constructed between two concrete shafts. More about House in Kamakura by Suppose Design Office
Dutch design studio Bloomming have designed a modular system where diamond-shaped components can be individually rotated to vary the amount of light allowed to penetrate. More about Lightfacet by Bloomming
Dezeenwire: the Guggenheim Museum and Google Sketchup have launched Design It: Shelter Competition, "a global, online initiative that invites the public to use Google Earth and Google SketchUp to create and submit designs for virtual 3-D shelters for a location of their choice anywhere on Earth." Details here
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DMY Berlin 09: designer Flip Selin of German design group Coordination presented his Crush sofa and NoVolume nesting tables at the Made in Berlin exhibition as part of DMY Extended in Berlin last week. More about Crush and NoVolume by Coordination