Design
Skew bookcase by Smånsk
Stockholm Design Week: Swedish designers Smånsk showed a prototype of their Skew bookcase at the Greenhouse young designers showcase at the Stockholm Furniture Fair last month. More about Skew bookcase by Smånsk
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Architecture
Tour Signal shortlist
Five architects, including Studio Daniel Libeskind (above and below), Ateliers Jean Nouvel and Foster + Partners, have been shortlisted to design Tour Signal, a high-rise building at La Défense business district in Paris. More about Tour Signal shortlist
Architecture
St Paul’s Way by Fashion Architecture Taste
Here's a third project by architects Fashion Architecture Taste (FAT) - a design for a 19-storey residential tower beside Mile End Park in London. More about St Paul’s Way by Fashion Architecture Taste
Architecture
Birnbeck Pier and Island by Levitate
Architects Levitate have won the competition to revitalise Birnbeck Pier at Weston-Super-Mare, England More about Birnbeck Pier and Island by Levitate
Design
Space Furniture installation by voonwong&bensonsaw
London-based architecture and design studio Voon Wong & Benson Saw have created a cloud-like installation using polystyrene cups for the opening of a design store in Malaysia. More about Space Furniture installation by voonwong&bensonsaw
Architecture
Passive Houses by Kjellgren Kaminsky
Swedish architects Kjellgren Kaminsky Architecture have designed a series of four prefabricated low-energy houses. More about Passive Houses by Kjellgren Kaminsky
Design
Yves Béhar wins Design of the Year
Designer Yves Béhar won the Brit Insurance Design of the Year award at a ceremony at the Design Museum in London last night, for the One Laptop Per Child project. More about Yves Béhar wins Design of the Year
Architecture
House in Sendai-Kasumi by Kiyonobu Nakagame
Japanese architects Kiyonobu Nakagame have updated their website, showing work including House in Sendai-Kasumi. More about House in Sendai-Kasumi by Kiyonobu Nakagame
Design
Leave magnets by Richard Hutten
Leave, a leaf-shaped fridge magnet designed by Richard Hutten, has been put into production by office furniture manufacturers Gispen. More about Leave magnets by Richard Hutten
Interiors
KK Outlet by Fashion Architecture Taste
Another one from Fashion Architecture Taste: the architects have completed the KK Outlet, a combined office, gallery and shop in London for communications agency KesselsKramer. More about KK Outlet by Fashion Architecture Taste
Interiors
China Design Now by Tonkin Liu
Architects Tonkin Liu have designed the China Design Now exhibition, which has just opened at the V&A museum in London. More about China Design Now by Tonkin Liu
Architecture
Bentley library by Fashion Architecture Taste
Architects Fashion Architecture Taste (FAT) have won a competition to design a library and nursery at Walsall, England. More about Bentley library by Fashion Architecture Taste
Design
Red Dot Awards 2008
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.
More about Red Dot Awards 2008
Architecture
Casas Lago by Adamo-Faiden
Casas Lago in Buenos Aires is the first built project from young Argentinian architects Adamo-Faiden. More about Casas Lago by Adamo-Faiden
Architecture
Living bridge by Wilkinson Eyre Architects
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
Interiors
Another Geography by Kimihiko Okada
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
Architecture
Your Wall House by FAR frohn&rojas
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
Architecture
Nissan Grandrive by Akihito Fumita
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
Architecture
Chanel Contemporary Art Container by Zaha Hadid
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
A Century of Olympic Posters at the V&A Museum of Childhood
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