Designer John Harrington showed his Cut Glasses chandelier (below) and illuminated cornice (above) at designersblock in London last weekend, during the London Design Festival. More about Cut Glasses by John Harrington at designersblock
The website of The Guardian newspaper presents a slideshow of the new National Grand Theatre in Beijing, designed by Paul Andreu. Andreu's website has many renderings of the project, which opens on Tuesday. Photo: China Daily/Reuters.
More about National Grand Theatre in Beijing by Paul Andreu
Architecture and design magazine icon has launched iconeye.com, a revamped website with some video interviews, news stories and gossip items.
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Cognitive Dwelling is an architectural project with a murder mystery attached, told in the form of a photo story. It is the work of Paul Maich, who graduated from Dundee School of Architecture this year. More about Architect murdered in his own building: Cognitive Dwelling by Paul Maich
C42, a new showroom and brand experience for carmaker Citroën has opened on the Champs-Élysées in Paris. More about C42 by Manuelle Gautrand
Gitta Gschwendtner has designed a series of ten lamps that use low-energy candle-effect bulbs. More about Flame Lamps by Gitta Gschwendtner
J Mayer H Architects present two projects during the Art Forum Berlin art fair, which starts on 29 September. More about Chit.Chat and Positive.Negative by J Mayer H
Karen Ryan presented a new range of work called Untitled Lights at designersblock in London last week. More about Untitled Lights by Karen Ryan
Solar Tree is a solar-powered street lighting systemdesigned by Ross Lovegrove for the Museum for Angewandte Kunst (MAK) in Vienna. The lighting has been engineered by Artemide in collaboration with Sharp Solar. More about Solar Tree by Ross Lovegrove
Arik Levy has designed two collections of vases for Bitossi, called Tubes (above) and Tribe (below). More about Tubes and Tribe vases by Arik Levy
Designer Alexander Kneller presented these two chairs at the Tent London show over the weekend, during the London Design Festival. More about Side Chair One and Two by Alexander Kneller
Dandilight is a product exhibited at the 100% Futures show at 100% Design last week, by young designer Benjamin Hubert. More about Dandilight by Benjamin Hubert
Friedman Benda gallery in New York shows a couple of images of new furniture pieces by Ron Arad, created for his Restless exhibition. More about Restless by Ron Arad at Friedman Benda gallery
Swarovski Crystal Palace video diary day 9: the final video in our series on the London Design Festival features the Tent London and designersblock shows in East London <<watch the video>> More about Tent London and designersblock movie
Swarovski Crystal Palace video diary day 8: the penultimate video in our series documenting the London Design Festival features interviews with Jamie Hayon, Matthew Hilton (below) and Libby Sellers of Gallery Libby Sellers plus young designers Benjamin Hubert (whose Dandilight is shown above) and Dominic McCausland <<watch the video>> More about 100% Design and Brompton Cross Design District video
The Serpentine Gallery in London has published a flick-book documenting the 24-Hour Interview Marathon, organised and hosted last summer by Rem Koolhaas and Hans Ulrich Obrist and held in the temporary pavilion designed by Koolhaas. More about Serpentine 24 Hour Interview Marathon book
PizzaKobra, a new table light designed for iGuzzini by Ron Arad, gets its UK launch tonight at iGuzzini's London showroom. More about PizzaKobra by Ron Arad for iGuzzini
Dutch architect Erick van Egeraat has unveiled plans for an artificial archipelago in the Black Sea, which is the shape of Russia. More about Federation Island by Erick van Egeraat
Here are photos of Grandmateria, the inaugural exhibition at Gallery Libby Sellers in London. More about Grandmateria at Gallery Libby Sellers 2
Swarovski Crystal Palace video diary day 7: Maarten Baas, the Design Museum and the Lomography project in Trafalgar Square feature in the seventh of our daily documentaries about the London Design Festival, commissioned by festival sponsor Swarovksi Crystal Palace <<watch the movie>> More about Maarten Baas at Carpenters Workshop Gallery movie