Competition: we've teamed up with Brooklyn firm Aminimal Studio to give away five copies of their sketchbooks printed with a city grid on each page. More about Competition: five Urban Gridded Notebooks to be won
Japanese designers Nendo will present three new projects for Carpenters Workshop Gallery in Paris next week, including this series of lamps, vases, bowls and tables made by heating agricultural nets. More about Static Bubbles by Nendo for Carpenters Workshop Gallery
Dezeen will present a range of products by upcoming designers and brands at Home, the new domestic interiors trade show taking place in London from Sunday. More about Dezeen presents upcoming designers and brands at Home
Industrial designer Konstantin Grcic will present this chair for German manufacturer Flötotto at trade show imm cologne in Germany next week. More about Pro by Konstantin Grcic
San Francisco studio fuseproject have unveiled the OLPC XO-3, a tablet computer for the next generation of the One Laptop Per Child project to distribute robust, cheap, self-powered computers for education in the developing world. More about OLPC XO-3 by fuseproject
Dezeen Wire: the organisers of Paris design show Maison & Objet have announced Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka as this year's Now! Design à Vivre Creator of the Year. An exhibition of his Crystalized Project will be held at the fair from 20 to 24 January 2012. More about Tokujin Yoshioka announced as Creator of the Year at Maison & Objet
In this movie that we filmed at Qubique 2011, Philipp Mainzer, founder of German furniture brand e15, talks about the furniture and accessories the company showed during the Berlin design fair. More about e15 at Qubique 2011
X marks the sport where you hang your hat and coat with these hooks that also function as coat hangers. More about X Hanger by Kfir Schwalb
In this movie filmed at Qubique 2011, student Milena Kling shows us an exhibition of projects from the University of Arts Berlin, which were completed in collaboration with material brand Alcantara. More about Alcantara and University of Arts Berlinat Qubique 2011
Chairs that double up as ladders, clotheshorses, shelves or lamps are part of a collection of furniture by Korean designer Seung-Yong Song. More about Objets by Seung-Yong Song
Dezeen Wire: rapper Kanye West has announced via his Twitter feed - @kanyewest - that he is to launch a design company named DONDA, which will be formed of creative thinkers from different industries.
The musician claims to be assembling a team that will include architects, designers and directors and has appealed for anyone interested to contact him at [email protected].
Click here to see more stories about Kanye West, including renders of his apartment from five years ago.
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Dezeen Platform: Dutch designers Merel Sloother, Liat Azulay and Pieter Frank de Jong talk about their prototype for a bicycle that plays records on its wheels as you ride, in this movie that we filmed at our micro-exhibition Dezeen Platform.
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Art and design studio CTRLZAK have launched a collection of tableware where half of each piece resembles traditional Chinese porcelain and the other side features a European design. More about Hybrid Collection by CTRLZAK studio for Seletti
Dezeen Platform: in this interview filmed at Dezeen Space, London designers JAILmake Studio talk about their Brick Replacement Service, which turned seeds and soil into bricks during a day at our micro-exhibition Dezeen Platform. More about Dezeen Platform: JAILmake
This high chair by Vienna designers Patrycja Domanska and Felix Gieselmann gives coffeehouse patrons a view over the heads of others. More about Homage to Karl by Patrycja Domanska and Felix Gieselmann
Dezeen in Israel: these high-heeled shoes disguised as birds are by designer Kobi Levi, whose footwear resembling inflatable sex dolls caused a stir amongst our readers back in November. More about Bird Series by Kobi Levi
Dezeen Platform: in this movie filmed at Dezeen Space, Viennese designer Thomas Feichtner talks about One Crystal Chandelier and Drawing Lamp, the two lighting designs he exhibited as part of our micro-exhibition Dezeen Platform. The first is a chandelier with a single crystal, while the second is a task lamp that can be balanced in two different positions. Read more about this project here »
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This desk lamp resembling bent blades of grass is by American designer Victor Vetterlein. More about Fresh by Victor Vetterlein
The latest collection by London designer Philippe Malouin combines concrete with a complex brass grid. More about Gridlock 2 by Philippe Malouin
These leafy cable ties by Korean designers Lufdesign might be mistaken for plants. More about Leaf Tie Cable Organisers by Lufdesign