Decorex International 2011 preview
Dezeen promotion: here's a preview of work by young and upcoming designers at trade show Decorex International 2011, which takes place 25-28 September in London, including furniture by Gareth Neal (above). More
Power of Making at the V&A
London Design Festival 2011: cakes decorated like creepily realistic babies and pencils with the alphabet painstakingly carved into their tips are among the exhibits at power of Making, which opened at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London yesterday. More
Duo by Oscar Diaz for Doiy
London designer Oscar Diaz will present a two-in-one candle holder at Maison&Objet in Paris this weekend. More
Design Department Store at SCP
London Design Festival 2011: British design retailer SCP will host new product launches and a seven metre-high installation by Michael Marriott at their east London store as part of Shoreditch Design Triangle during the London Design Festival this month. More
Disegno magazine launches
Dezeen Wire: new fashion, design and architecture magazine Disegno launched today - www.disegnomagazine.comShoreditch Design Triangle map and guide
London Design Festival 2011: over 30 east London shops, galleries and exhibitions will come together for Shoreditch Design Triangle during the London Design Festival this month, including Dezeen Space at 54 Rivington Street. Dezeen is media partner to the event, which is coordinated by SCP.
Nipple lights by Naama Arbel
These lamps are turned on when you pull their nipples. More
Competition: five copies of the London Design Guide to be won
Competition: we've teamed up with Max Fraser, author of the London Design Guide, to give away five signed copies of the brand-new 2012-2013 edition. More
Bearina by Ronen Kadushin
Berlin designer Ronen Kadushin has made a conceptual, open-source, contraceptive intrauterine device from a one-cent coin. More
Bachag by Joongho Choi
Korean designer Joongho Choi designed this chair to be carried over one shoulder like a handbag. More
Scaffolding Brut by Beta Tank
Berlin designers Beta Tank want to make scaffolding pretty. Designer Eyal Burstein has started out by casting a series of scaffolding joints in glazed porcelain with gold and platinum nuts and bolts. More
One year ago...
This time last year London company Hulger launched the Plumen 001 designer lightbulb, which went on to win this year's Brit Insurance Design of the Year Award. More
Prelude 01: a Dialogue at Depot Basel
Nine designers including Florian Hauswirth, Kaspar Hamacher and Max Lipsey furnished a grain-silo-turned-art-space in Basel in a five-day experimental workshop. More
INDEX: Award winners 2011
Here are some images of the five winning projects at this year's INDEX: Awards, including Hövding, an inflatable bicycle helmet (above). More
This week on Dezeen
This week Luzinterruptus installed an army of radioactive scarecrows at a German festival and we finished the summer by rounding up our top ten stories about swimming pools. More
Brush Hooks by Dominic Wilcox
London Design Festival 2011: London designer Dominic Wilcox claims he meant to leave these paint brushes unwashed so they would harden into coat hooks. More
Dezeen Book of Ideas available for pre-order
The Dezeen Book of Ideas, a selection of over 100 great ideas by the world's best creative brains, is now available for pre-order! More
designjunction at the London Design Festival
London Design Festival 2011: Dezeen are proud to be media partners for designjunction, which will take place at Victoria House Basement, 37 - 63 Southampton Row, London WC1B 4DA from 22 to 25 September as part of the London Design Festival. More
Blooming Structures by Sivan Royz
These fungus-like purses are made of layers of laser-cut silk. More
Pen Pal by Oscar Diaz for Doiy
London Design Festival 2011: London designer Oscar Diaz has redesigned the pen pot so there's no need to tip pens all over the desk or jam your fingers down the side to retrieve a paper clip or pencil sharpener that's slipped to the bottom. More