New York designers Boym Partners have created History Chess, a wooden chess set with 32 unique carved figures, each representing a historic moment or icon from the last century. More about History Chess by Boym Partners
Dezeen movie: in this film we made in Cologne last month, creative director Mike Meiré (above) of Meiré und Meiré and Andreas Dornbracht of kitchen and bathroom brand Dornbracht explain Global Street Food, an exhibition of improvised street kitchens collected from around the world. More about Global Street Food by Mike Meiré for Dornbracht
Cologne 2009: German designer Johannes Hemann exhibited designs from his Storm Furniture collection at IMM Cologne 2009 last month. More about Storm furniture by Johannes Hemann
Art student Hongtao Zhou from the University of Wisconsin-Madison has constructed furniture made from ice and snow on the frozen surface of Lake Mendota, Wisconsin, USA. More about Ice and Snow Furniture by Hongtao Zhou
Austrian designer Thomas Feichtner has completed an interior called The Pixel Hirschgasse for the Pixelhotel project in Linz, Austria. More about The Pixel Hirschgasse by Thomas Feichtner
Berlin practice Magma Architecture have created an installation called Head-in for a solo exhibition of their work at Berlinische Galerie in Berlin, Germany. More about Head-in by Magma Architecture
New York studio 2x4 have designed Clo Wine Bar, a self-service wine-tasting bar in New York City. More about Clo Wine Bar by 2x4
Five buildings have been shortlisted for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture, the Mies van der Rohe Award 2009. More about Mies van der Rohe Award 2009 shortlist
Andrew Lih has sent us a set of photos of Office for Metropolitan Architecture's Television Cultural Centre in Beijing, which was destroyed by fire last night (via Dezain). More about Television Cultural Centre by OMA
Stockholm Design Week 09: Swedish designers Gabriella Gustafson & Mattias Ståhlbom of TAF Arkitektkontor created an installation of wooden office furniture at Nordic light Hotel in Stockholm last week. More about Workplace by TAF
Stockholm Design Week 09: Swedish company Massproductions exhibited their debut collection of tables and chairs, called Tio, at the Stockholm Furniture Fair in Sweden last week. More about Tio by Massproductions
Artist Christian Weber from Nuremberg in Germany has sent us a series of still life photographs that each connect two unrelated objects. More about Unintended Fusion by Christian Weber
London practice Zaha Hadid Architects have designed two buildings for the city of Reggio Calabria in Italy. More about Regium Waterfront by Zaha Hadid Architects
Elliot White, a 3rd year architecture student at Pratt Institute in New York has sent us these images of his conceptual design for a redevelopment of Queens Museum of Art at the World’s Fair site in Queens, New York. More about Queens Museum of Art by Elliot White
London architects Sybarite have completed the new Alberta Ferretti flagship store in Los Angeles, California, USA. More about Alberta Ferretti Los Angeles by Sybarite
French designer Andrée Putman has designed a chair called Morgans for aluminium chair manufacturers Emeco. More about Morgans by Andrée Putman for Emeco
Swedish architects Sandellsandberg have completed a wine bar located on the corner of a busy square in Stockholm, Sweden. More about Primewine Bar by Sandellsandberg
Mobile is a furniture installation created by artists Christian Halleröd and Johannes Svartholm for non-profit arts company Mossutställningar. More about Mobile by Christian Halleröd and Johannes Svartholm
Portuguese architect Ana Reis has completed a family house in Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal. More about House RA by Ana Reis
Here are some photographs of Hussein Chalayan - From Fashion and Back, an exhibition of the fashion designer's work on show at the Design Museum in London. More about Hussein Chalayan at the Design Museum