Show RCA 2011: for those who'd rather be woken by a gentle breeze or the smell of coffee than a shrill alarm, Royal College of Art graduate Ki Hyun Kim has designed a clock that wakes users with the electrical appliance of their choice. More about Alternative Alarm Clock by Ki Hyun Kim
Dezeen Wire: AA student Aditya Aachi has been awarded the 2011 Foster + Partners Prize for a sanitation infrastructure concept in Haiti, which was severely damaged by an earthquake in 2010. More about 2011 Foster + Partners prize awarded to AA School student for Haiti proposals
Show RCA 2011: coded patterns on this beaded dress by Royal College of Art graduate Thorunn Arnadottir feed information to smart phones when photographed. More about QR U? by Thorunn Arnadottir
Dezeen Wire: co-founder of London's Design Museum Terence Conran has donated a cash gift of £7.5 million towards developing the museum's new home in south London. More about Terence Conran makes major gift to the Design Museum
Scottish architects Page\Park have completed a centre for blinded sailors, soldiers and airmen in Wilkieston, Scotland. More about Centre for Scottish War Blinded by Page\Park
Show RCA 2011: German designer Markus Kayser has built a 3D-printing machine that uses sunlight and sand to make glass objects in the desert. More about The Solar Sinter by Markus Kayser
Swiss architect Peter Zumthor talks about his design for this year's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion in this movie filmed by Dezeen at the preview yesterday in London. Update: this project is included in Dezeen Book of Ideas, which is on sale now for £12. More about Interview with Peter Zumthor at the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2011
Here are the first official photographs of the completed 2011 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, which was unveiled today by Swiss architect Peter Zumthor. Update: this project is included in Dezeen Book of Ideas, which is on sale now for £12. More about Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2011 by Peter Zumthor
Show RCA 2011: Royal College of Art graduates Azusa Murakami and Alexander Groves have made a collection of spectacles from human hair. More about Hair Glasses by Studio Swine
Clustered pendant lights are suspended over one of the open food and drink preparation areas of this London restaurant by Chinese designers Neri&Hu. More about Pollen Street Social by Neri&Hu (NHDRO)
Dezeen Wire: the V&A museum in London has purchased work by designers including Nendo, BCXSY and Fredrikson Stallard using a new acquisition fund for contemporary design. More about V&A acquire work by Nendo, BCXSY and Fredrikson Stallard
Dezeen Wire: plans by Zaha Hadid Architects to extend London's Serpentine Gallery have been approved by Westminster Council. More about Zaha Hadid gains planning permission for Serpentine Sackler Gallery
The latest completed venue for the London 2012 Olympics is the Basketball Arena, a PVC tent designed by Sinclair Knight Merz with Wilkinson Eyre and KSS. More about London 2012 Basketball Arena by Sinclair Knight Merz
Dezeen Wire: UK architects Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners have submitted proposals to Greenwich Council for a walkway spanning the roof of London's O2 Arena, which was completed by Richard Rogers Partnership back in 1999 - Greenwich.co.uk
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Manchester firm Ian Simpson Architects have won a competition to design houses inside redundant water tanks in Lancashire, UK. More about Barnacre Equilibrium Tanks by Ian Simpson Architects
Zaha Hadid Architects have completed the Riverside Museum in Glasgow with a zig-zagging, zinc-clad roof. More about Riverside Museum by Zaha Hadid Architects
These archival buildings in Aylesbury, England, by London studio Stephen Marshall Architects are screened by a uniform line of oak beams. More about The Rothschild Foundation by Stephen Marshall Architects
Here are some snaps from the Farmiloe building at Clerkenwell Design Week in London last week, including our Dezeen Watch Store pop-up.
In this interview filmed by Dezeen at Clerkenwell Design Week, design director of car brand Jaguar Ian Callum talks about the C-X75 electric concept car, which is boosted by jet engines. More about Dezeen Screen: Ian Callum on the Jaguar C-X75
London designer Giles Miller installed this bar for Inside World Festival of Interiors at a former petrol station as part of Clerkenwell Design Week in London last week. More about Step Inside bar by Giles Miller