Tokyo Design Week: Qwerty River is a collection of objects made from reclaimed keyboard keys. The key rings, hair ties and mobile phone straps by Finnish design collective SECCO were shown at Design Tide in Tokyo earlier this month.
Swedish fashion designer Sandra Backlund has sent us images of her new collection, called In No Time. More about In No Time by Sandra Backlund
Dutch designers Hella Jongerius shows new work on her website, including projects for Vitra, Nymphenburg and Maharam. More about New work by Hella Jongerius
Dezeen has teamed up with Design Miami to publish the transcripts of the Design Talks programme at the Florida fair's sister event, Design Miami/Basel 2007, which was held in Switzerland this June. More about Design Talks at Design Miami/Basel transcripts
Clip, Stamp, Fold: The Radical Architecture of Little Magazines, 196X-197X has opened at the Architectural Association in London. The exhibition explores the impact of experimental publications on 1960s and 1970s architecture. More about Clip, Stamp, Fold: The Radical Architecture of Little Magazines, at the Architectural Association
Tokyo Design Week: Nobuhiko Arikawa of Rice-Design showed his Giraffe desk lamp (above) and Kurinoki paper clip holder (bottom) at 100% Design Tokyo last week. More about Rice-Design at 100% Design Tokyo
Tokyo Design Week: Here's a fourth project by Torafu architects. The Kiriko Bottle project aims to revive ancient Japanese craftsmanship by using a glass cutting technique to make subtle alterations to everyday glass tableware.
Tokyo Design Week: Takehiro Ando's installations at 100% Design Tokyo consisted of interlocking felt components.
Blue, a residential tower by architect Bernard Tschumi, has opened on New York's Lower East Side. More about Bernard Tschumi’s Blue tower opens
Tokyo Design Week: here's another project from Torafu architects; this time their Nike Air Force 1 shoestore in Harajuku, Tokyo. More about Nike Air Force 1 Store by Torafu Architects
Tokyo Design Week: Here's another project by Torafu architects (see previous story). Boolean is the interior for a café space at the University of Tokyo, using punctured wooden surfaces to enclose the space and frame the outside world. More about Boolean interior by Torafu Architects
Architects HOK Sport have unveiled their design for the stadium for the London 2012 Olympics.
Tokyo design week: Japanese architects Torafu presented images of a house they have designed for Yokohama at the Pecha Kucha x Design Tide event last week. More about House in Yokohama by Torafu Architects
Tokyo design week: Taiwanese designers 22designstudio presented their Concrete Ring Series at designboom mart tokyo 2007, part of 100% Design Tokyo last week. More about Concrete Ring Series by 22designstudio
Tokyo design week: Miyako Andon, a 127-year-old Japanese lighting company, exhibited new products at 100% Light during 100% Design Tokyo last week. More about Miyako Andon at 100% Design Tokyo
Tokyo design week: Dutch designer Piet Hein Eek exhibited work both old and new at design store Cibone last week, during Design Tide and all the other concurrent events. More about Piet Hein Eek at Cibone
Building Design shows a power-generating "wind dam" designed by architects Chetwoods that uses a giant spinnaker sail slung between mountains to funnel wind into a turbine. More about Wind dam by Chetwood Associates
Tokyo design week: Japanese motion graphics company WOW projected several of their works at design store Cibone during Design Tide last week, including this piece.
Designer Robert Stadler's Pentaphone is a suspended booth for cellphone users that isolates the caller from ambient noise in a public space. More about Pentaphone by Robert Stadler
Italian scooter manufacturer Piaggio has launched a new, seventies-styled version of its Vespa range, called the Vespa S. More about New Vespa S by Piaggio