Made in Italy at the Design Museum
Dezeen promotion: starting next week, the Design Museum are to host a series of talks about Italian design in association with Peroni Nastro Azzurro and featuring designers including Piero Lissoni, James Irvine and Fabio Novembre. More
Design TV series to air next week
Dezeenwire: a television series about design, called The Genius of Design, will be broadcast on BBC 2 in the UK starting Friday 7 May. See press release below. MoreAustrian pavilion at Shanghai Expo 2010 by SPAN and Zeytinoglu
Shanghai Expo 2010: Here are some photos of the completed Austrian pavilion by Viennese architects SPAN and Zeytinoglu, which opens at Shanghai Expo 2010 this weekend. More
Espacio Talca by Guillermo Hevia García, José Tomás Rodríguez and Nicolás Urzúa
Architects Guillermo Hevia García, José Tomás Rodríguez and Nicolás Urzúa have won a competition to reuse a former prison in Talca, Chile, as a public space and arena. More
City Series and Studio Line by Michael Young for Zixag
Hong Kong designer Michael Young has created a collection of computer bags for Chinese brand Zixag. More
Bjarke Ingels and Tristan Kobler at Designer Werktag
Dezeen promotion: at interiors event Designer Werktag in Munich next month 14 studios will present their work alongside lectures including Bjarke Ingels of Copenhagen and Tristan Kobler of Zurich. More
O3 by Designaffairs Studio
Designaffairs Studio of Germany have designed a conceptual oxygen inhaler for a future scenario where there's not enough oxygen in the air for humans to survive. More
Dezeen podcast: David Adjaye at the Design Museum
In this Dezeen podcast for the Design Museum architect David Adjaye talks to curator Gemma Curtin about Urban Africa, an exhibition of his photographs on show at the museum in London. More
Intifada by Carlos No
A ping-pong table divided by a brick wall by Portuguese artist Carlos No is on show at the Raiano Cultural Centre in Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal. More
Sonnenhof by J Mayer H
Construction is underway in Jena, Germany, on four office and residential buildings by Berlin studio J Mayer H Architects. More
Goldberger by Tervhivatal
Hungarian architects Zsanett Benedek and Dániel Lakos of Tervhivatal have divided an office in Budapest in the loft of a former textile factory by building boxes. More
Van Leeuwenhoek Laboratory by DHV Architecten
Eindhoven studio DHV Architecten have completed a laboratory for nanotechnology in Delft, the Netherlands. More
Alphabet City Lights by JDS Architects
JDS Architects have designed a street lamp for Italian brand Ewo that allows light to escape through perforations in its stem. More
111 Navy Chair by Emeco
Milan 2010: furniture brand Emeco launched a version of its famous Navy chair made of 111 recycled plastic cola bottles at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan last week. More
Green Belt underwear by David Adjaye for PACT
Architect David Adjaye has designed a collection of sustainable underwear for online clothing retailer PACT. More
Eugene lounge chair by Stefan Diez for e15
Milan 2010: German designer Stefan Diez launched Eugene, a veneered plywood lounge chair for German brand e15, at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile last week. More
DnB NOR Headquarters by A-Lab
As part of a waterfront development for Oslo called Bjørvika Barcode, Norwegian architects A-Lab have designed an office and residential building with a covered garden punched through the middle. More
Archigram Archival Project launched
Dezeenwire: an online archive of work by architects Archigram has been launched by the University of Westminster in London. More details in the press release below. MoreNara by Shin Azumi for Fredericia
Milan 2010: designer Shin Azumi of London and Tokyo presented a collection of wooden furniture including this horned chair for Danish brand Fredericia at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan last week. More
Foglie by Matali Crasset for Pallucco
Milan 2010: French designer Matali Crasset presented a lighting collection with branching forms in Milan last week. More