Betonvorhang, a concrete curtain by design company Memux (above), is one of 676 industrial products awarded in the Red Dot Awards 2008, which have just been announced. The list of winners is huge, so best you visit the Red Dot website for more info as our heads are hurting just looking at it all.
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Casas Lago in Buenos Aires is the first built project from young Argentinian architects Adamo-Faiden. More about Casas Lago by Adamo-Faiden
Here are a few photographs of the Living bridge in Limerick, Republic of Ireland, by London-based architects Wilkinson Eyre. More about Living bridge by Wilkinson Eyre Architects
Japanese designer Kimihiko Okada has created an installation called Another Geography at the Diesel Denim Gallery in Aoyama, Tokyo. More about Another Geography by Kimihiko Okada
Now you can build your own Wall House: Chilean architects FAR frohn&rojas are selling sets of plans for their award-winning, tent-covered home. More about Your Wall House by FAR frohn&rojas
Japanese architect Akihito Fumita has designed the Nissan Grandrive event hall in Yokosuka City, Kanagawa as part of a renovation of the car maker's test facilities. More about Nissan Grandrive by Akihito Fumita
Chanel Contemporary Art Container, a travelling art space designed by Zaha Hadid Architects, has opened in its first destination, Hong Kong. More about Chanel Contemporary Art Container by Zaha Hadid
The V&A Museum of Childhood in London will host an exhibition of Olympic Games posters spanning from 1900 to the present day. More about A Century of Olympic Posters at the V&A Museum of Childhood
100 Chairs in 100 Days by Martino Gamper is one of seven category winners for the first Brit Insurance Design of the Year Awards, organised by the Design Museum in London. More about Category winners of Designs of the Year awards
Terry Pawson Architects have won approval to build two private houses in a conservation area at Kingston Upon Thames near London. More about Twin Houses by Terry Pawson Architects
Office for Metropolitan Architecture have completed the masterplan for Waterfront City, a new city proposed for Dubai. More about Waterfront City masterplan by OMA
Extra ID jewellery by Dutch designer Anke Weiss imitates the security tags attached to items of clothing in shops to prevent them from being stolen. More about Extra ID by Anke Weiss
Architects Foster + Partners have launched their design for Abu Dhabi World Trade Center, part of the Al Raha Beach development in Abu Dhabi. More about Abu Dhabi World Trade Center by Foster + Partners
Design Indaba 08: a space-saving bed system designed Tsai Design Studio of Cape Town was name Most Beautiful Object in South Africa at the Design Indaba Expo last month. More about Nested Bunk Beds by Tsai Design Studio
Design Indaba 08: IDEO cofounder Bill Moggridge presented this concept tricycle that purifies water as the rider pedals, at the Design Indaba conference in Cape Town last month. More about Aquaduct by IDEO
Designer Martino Gamper has designed every aspect of the Total Trattoria installation at the Aram Gallery in London, including the furniture, tableware, cutlery and food.
More from Tokujin Yoshioka: this time the Swarovski flagship store in Ginza, Tokyo. More about Crystal Forest by Tokujin Yoshioka
Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka will launch Bouquet, a new chair for Italian brand Moroso, at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan next month. More about Bouquet by Tokujin Yoshioka
Young designer Alex Bradley has developed a prototype for a compact cooker for people living alone that combines a hob, chopping board, utensils and a WiFi-enabled screen so that users can call up recipes from the internet. More about Single Person Cooker by Alex Bradley
Another chair from Tokyo-based Nendo: the Diamond chair is based on the atomic structure of diamonds. More about Diamond chair by Nendo