RCA summer show: part production line and part performance, Big Dipper is a machine that produces candle chandeliers by automatically dipping wick into vats of molten wax. More about Big Dipper by Sarah van Gameren
Now children can indulge in the craze for self-adhesive vinyl wall decorations with a new product called e-glue. More about e-glue vinyl wall decorations for children
The first of a new chain of economy hotels based on a cross between Japanese capsule hotels and first-class airline cabins has opened at Gatwick Airport in England. More about Yotel by Priestman Goode
RCA summer show: Design Products graduate Greetje van Helmond has created a range of jewellery using sugar crystals, which she "grows" directly onto cord suspended in sugary solution. More about Unsustainable by Greetje van Helmond
Arik Levy has become the latest industrial designer to create a clothing range, with his Transition collection for Korean sportswear brand Kolon Sport. More about Transition sportswear by Arik Levy
The citizens of Basel, Switzerland, have voted by a clear majority against architect Zaha Hadid's proposed Neues Stadt-Casino, meaning the auditorium will now not be built. More about Basel rejects Zaha Hadid casino
RCA summer show: Diffusion Vessels are a series of bowls designed by digitally recreating the fractal growth patterns of natural phenomena such as lightning and snowflakes. More about Diffusion Vessels by David Sutton
The Zaha Hadid - Architecture and Design exhibition opens at the Design Museum in London this Friday, and we've updated the exhibition blog with more material about the show and about Zaha Hadid Architects in general. More about Zaha Hadid blog update
RCA summer show: here is the first of our posts from The Great Exhibition 2007 - the Royal College of Art Summer Show, which is on at the RCA in London and a temporary venue in Kensington Gardens. More about Domestic wind turbine by Ben Storan
The Casa da Musica concert hall in Porto, Portugal, by Office for Metropolitan Architecture has won the European Award at the Royal Institute of British Architects awards, held in London tonight. More about Casa da Musica wins RIBA European award
Ostel is a new budget hotel in Berlin that celebrates Communist retro chic. More about Ostel communist-style hotel in Berlin
Designer Ilse Crawford has completed the interiors for two new restaurants at Grand Hotel Stockholm in Sweden. More about Matsalen and Matbaren by Ilse Crawford
Basel update: Milanese gallery Nilufar presented a limited edition series of Bookcase by Martino Gamper at Design Miami/Basel last week. More about Martino Gamper for Nilufar
We've finally got hold of a photo of the interior of Thomas Heatherwick's just-opened East Beach Cafe in Littlehampton, England. Just the one though. See our earlier post for more images and links.
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David Chipperfield Architects have presented new designs for the Turner Contemporary gallery in Margate, England. More about Turner Contemporary by David Chipperfield
Spanish architects Estudio Barozzi Veiga have won first prize in a competition to design the new Szczecin Philharmonie concert hall in Szczecin, Poland. More about Szczecin Philharmonie by EBV
Basel update: Galerie Kreo of Paris showed new furniture by Hella Jongerius (above) and the Bouroullec brothers (below) plus work by Front and Fernando Brizio, among others, at the Design Miami/Basel fair last week. More about Galerie Kreo at Design Miami/Basel
Developer Urban Splash has completed the first phase of Chimney Pot Park, a project to revitalise streets of unwanted century-old terraced housing in Salford, England. More about Chimney Pot Park by ShedKM and Urban Splash
Here are some more photos of East Beach Cafe in Littlehampton, England, designed by Thomas Heatherwick. More about More images of Heatherwick’s East Beach Cafe
Basel update: British artist/designer Barnaby Barford presented a new range of porcelain figurines with David Gill Galleries at the Design Miami/Basel collectors' fair that ended on Saturday. More about Noir Collection by Barnaby Barford