Property developer Urban Splash has launched an international architecture competition to bring life back to Birnbeck Island and Pier, a faded tourist attraction at the seaside resort of Weston-Super-Mare, England. More about Birnbeck Island architectural competition
Here is a set of renderings and plans of the new academic building for the Cooper Union college in New York, designed by Morphosis. More about Cooper Union by Morphosis
It's not very sunny back here in London but we're smiling nonetheless, as we've reached a major milestone.
We've been on holiday for the past ten days - thanks to Chantelle Lue for looking after dezeen for us while we were away.
And we've returned to find that at some point during the last week we welcomed our millionth visitor... we've now had 1,025,000 visitors since the start of the year.
We've also galloped up Technorati's popularity ranking of all the blogs in the world and are now well within the top 2,500. Thanks once again to all our readers!
More about Dezeen's first million
Another of Tom Dixon's new products: Beat vessels are a series of vases made of solid, hand-beaten brass. More about Beat vessels by Tom Dixon
More from Tom Dixon's new range: Angle is a range of lights made of bent, extruded aluminium in off-white powder coating. More about Angle lights by Tom Dixon
Kimono Chair is a concept for creating furniture out of a flat piece of material by Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka. More about Kimono Chair by Tokujin Yoshioka
Art dealer Kenny Schachter's Rove Gallery website presents several artworks by Zaha Hadid depicting her forthcoming architectural projects. More about Artworks by Zaha Hadid
New Designers 07: Lounge Chair by Northumbria University design graduate David Irwin features a steam-bent timber frame with a removable cushion that is fixed in place by buttons. More about Lounge Chair by David Irwin
Opus Incertum is a shelving and room partitioning system designed by Sean Yoo of Apt 5 Design for Italian furniture brand Casamania. More about Opus Incertum by Sean Yoo for Casamania
Sweet and Heady is a pendant light made of wine glasses by Ray Power. More about Sweet and Heady by Ray Power
Very late Milan update: Peter Marigold was one of five designers showcased at the Great Brits - Ingenious Therapies show organised by the Design Museum and the British Council at fashion designer Paul Smith's Milan headquarters in April. More about Peter Marigold at Great Brits in Milan
New Designers 07: Sarah Moucher, a graduate of the Wood, Metal, Plastics and Ceramics course at the University of Brighton, showed this light made of removable links fabricated in slip-cast ceramic. More about Slip-cast link light by Sarah Moucher
Twenty-First Century icons: Here is another chapter from dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs' book, Twenty-First Century Design. Enjoy! And buy the book! More about Melissa + Campana
New Designers 07: here are two products shown by University of Brighton 3D design graduate Demelza Hill at the New Designers show earlier this summer. More about Demelza Hill at New Designers
Here is another set of photos of Vitra Edition, the collection of limited-edition pieces by famous designers including Jasper Morrison, Naoto Fukasawa and Konstantin Grcic that furniture brand Vitra launched in June, during Design Miami/Basel. More about More new photos of Vitra Edition
New Designers 07: Claimp is a product that aims to encourage people to turn streets into more sociable spaces. More about Claimp by Maya Goldblum
Twenty-First Century icons: our serialisation of chapters from dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs' book Twenty-First Century Design continues... More about Lace Fence by Demakersvan
MyMinigolf, the "play anywhere" crazy golf game that was premiered at Salone Satellite in Milan in April, goes on sale this month. More about MyMinigolf
Here are new images of 100 11th Avenue, a residential tower in Chelsea, New York, designed by French architect Jean Nouvel and which recently broke ground. More about 100 11th Avenue by Jean Nouvel 2
Tent London, the new multi-headed design showcase taking place in London from 20-23 September, is offering free entry to trade and press visitors who register online by 14 September, while the public can save 25% on the £10.00 admission charge. More about Register now for free entry to Tent London