Tord Boontje to open shop in London
Dezeen Wire: Dutch designer Tord Boontje is to open a shop in London on 1 March. MoreCentral Saint Martins appoints Jeremy Till as head of college
Dezen Wire: London art and design college Central Saint Martins has appointed Jeremy Till as head of college. Till will leave his role as dean of the school of architecture at the University of Westminster to take up his new position, which includes joining the executive board of the University of the Arts London.Central Saint Martins moved to a new campus in Kings Cross, designed by Stanton Williams, in October 2012. See photos and our story about the campus here. More
William Knight appointed as event director of 100% Design
Dezeen Wire: William Knight has been appointed as event director of trade show 100% Design by its new owners Media 10, who bought the show from Reed Exhibitions last week as reported in Dezeen Wire. More
Spider-silk cape by Simon Peers and Nicholas Godley
A golden cape woven from the silk of over a million wild spiders is on show at the V&A museum in London. More
Stone Angels wallpaper by Young & Battaglia for Mineheart
Transform your bare office into an Italian palazzo with this wallpaper by UK designers Young & Battaglia that lets you pretend to be surrounded by Renaissance-style angels carved in stone. More
Habitat appoint Polly Dickens as creative director
Dezeen Wire: retailers Habitat have appointed Polly Dickens as their new creative director. Dickens was previously creative director at the Conran Shop and design director at Anthropologie.Habitat was bought by Home Retail Group and closed all but three of its UK stores in June last year, as reported on Dezeen Wire. More
Woonling Collection by Karoline Fesser
Cologne 2012: this range of seating by product designer Karoline Fesser can be extended by attaching extra components between the segments of the cushions. More
Sezz Collection by Christophe Pillet for Emeco
Paris 2012: chair brand Emeco presented a new collection of seating by French designer Christophe Pillet at Maison & Objet in Paris this week. More
Disney T-shirt mimics Joy Division album cover
Dezeen Wire: Disney have released a T-shirt that mimics the 1979 album cover of Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division, altering the diagram of pulses from a star to resolve into Mickey Mouse's head. More
Das Haus – Interiors on Stage by Doshi Levien at imm cologne
Cologne 2012: London designers Doshi Levien installed a vision of their dream home at trade fair imm cologne in Germany last week. More
Alain de Botton plans temples for atheists
Dezeen Wire: writer Alain de Botton has announced plans to build a series of temples for atheists in the UK. The first will be a 46 metre-tall black tower designed by architects Tom Greenall and Jordan Hodgson, constructed in London to represent the idea of perspective. MoreTie-break by Bertjan Pot for Richard Lampert
Cologne 2012: Dutch designer Bertjan Pot showed this chair made of a tennis net at imm cologne last week. More
Museo ABC by Aranguren + Gallegos
This movie by Spanish agency impresiones [de arquitectura] shows Museo ABC, a brewery in Madrid that's been converted into a museum by Spanish architects Arranguren & Gallegos. Read more about the project in our story on Dezeen. More
CT09 Enoki side tables by Philipp Mainzer for e15
Cologne 2012: German brand e15 presented these side tables that combine marble tops with coloured steel bases at trade fair imm cologne last week. More
Design Museum by John Pawson
London's Design Museum has unveiled designs by British architect John Pawson for its new home in the former Commonwealth Institute building in west London. More
Gradation and Cube Air Vases by Torafu Architects for Ligne Roset
Paris 2012: more from Maison & Objet in Paris this week - Japanese studio Torafu Architects present two new versions of their paper containers that can be stretched into bowls or vases for French brand Ligne Roset. More
Isola by Claesson Koivisto Rune for Tacchini
Paris 2012: Swedish designers Claesson Koivisto Rune present this lounge chair with a little work table attached at Maison & Objet in Paris this week. More
Mantis by Böttcher+Henssler for Vertigo Bird
This desk lamp by Berlin studio Böttcher+Henssler for Slovenian lighting brand Vertigo Bird can be adjusted by sliding the aluminium tube through a hole in the maple base and kept in place by gravity alone. More
This week on Dezeen
This week Richard Meier & Partners unveiled designs for a 34-storey tower in Mexico City, SOM won a competition to design a skyscraper for China with proposals that incorporate a 30-storey-high opening window and the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat in Chicago released a report that revealed a record number of skyscrapers were completed in 2011. More
Competition: five copies of Hands On 21st Century Dutch Design to be won
Competition: we've teamed up with Dutch author Jeroen Junte to give readers the chance to win one of five copies of his new book, Hands On: 21st Century Dutch Design. More