Dezeen has teamed up with Belgian designer Arne Quinze to give away five signed copies of his new book, Cityscape. More about Competition: five copies of Arne Quinze Cityscape book to be won
Dezeen has teamed up with www.pechakucha.com to give away ten copies of the new Pecha Kucha Night book. More about Competition: ten copies of Pecha Kucha Night book to be won
If you're looking for design-related Christmas presents, this makes the perfect gift, etc etc! Twenty-First Century Design by Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs is an overview of design at the start of the new millennium More about Twenty-First Century Design by Marcus Fairs
We just got a belated first birthday present from Italy - a cutting from Corriere della Serra's Io Donna magazine, which has a feature about Dezeen in its special issue about design. More about Dezeen in the news
Croatian creative agency Bruketa & Zinić have designed an annual report for food company Podravka that has to be baked in an oven before it can be read. More about Well Done: a food company annual report that has to be cooked first
We're heading to Tokyo today for Tokyo design week so, while we're on the plane, here is some contemporary Japanese architecture for you to enjoy, courtesy of New Zen, a recent book about contemporary Japanese tea houses published by 8Books. The project shown here is Souan Tea House by Toshihiko Suzuki, which was built in 2003.
Here are some spreads and the cover (below) from Japanese designer Kenya Hara's latest book, Designing Design. More about Kenya Hara's latest book: Designing Design
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
Twenty-first century icons: The Bubble Project is an on-going project that involves placing speech-bubble stickers on advertising posters around the world and then returning to photograph the comments people have scrawled on them. More about The Bubble Project by Ji Lee
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
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
Twenty-First Century icons: here is another of our irregular serialisations of chapters from Marcus Fairs' book, Twenty-First Century Design, which was published by Carlton Books last October. More about Smoke by Maarten Baas
SANAA Houses is a new book about the cult Japanese architectural practice headed by Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa. More about SANAA Houses
Live from Dubai: A new book exploring architecture, design and urbanism in the Middle East has been launched at the International Design Forum. More about With/Without launched at IDF
Live from Dubai: Rem Koolhaas has launched Al Manakh, a book described as the first comprehensive guide to architecture and urban design in the The Gulf. More about Koolhaas launches Al Manakh in Dubai
Office for Metropolitan Architecture has announced details of a new publication that will present research into the growth of new urban centres in the Gulf. More about OMA to publish study of Gulf urbanism
Twenty-First Century icons: normal dezeen service will resume on Monday! Meanwhile, here's our final installation of chapters from Marcus' book, Twenty-First Century Design. More about Scum Light by Jerszy Seymour
Twenty-First Century icons: yet another chapter from Marcus' book, Twenty-First Century Design. More about Popstage Mezz by Erick van Egeraat
Twenty-First Century icons: we're still on holiday, so here's another chapter from Marcus' book, Twenty-First Century Design. More about Millau Viaduct by Foster & Partners
Twenty-First Century icons: here's another holiday serialisation from dezeen editor Marcus Fairs' book, Twenty-First Century Design. More about eCity by eBoy