Download a guide to The Tramshed
Dezeen promotion: with the London Design Festival just around the corner, Dezeen have teamed up with new east London destination The Tramshed to provide a downloadable guide to the exhibition and talks programme. More
Hel Yes! temporary restaurant
A temporary restaurant created by Finnish designers and serving Finnish food opens today until 3 October in London, coinciding with the London Design Festival. More
Alexis Georgacopoulos appointed new director of ECAL
Dezeenwire: Ecole cantonale d’art de Lausanne (ECAL) have appointed Alexis Georgacopoulos as the college's new director. See press release below (in French) MoreWashHouse by Studio Makkink & Bey
Blankets hang from wooden frames to represent a rural village in this installation at Helmrinderknecht gallery in Berlin by Dutch designers Studio Makkink & Bey. More
Skitsch at London Design Festival
Dezeen promotion: during the London Design Festival Italian design brand Skitsch host an installation by New York designer Harry Allen and a Dezeen Watch Store pop-up shop at their recently-opened showroom in west London. More
"London design festival debate: products, people and punk"
Dezeenwire: London Design Festival director Ben Evans and Anti-Design Festival curator Neville Brody debate the state of British design in this movie by The GuardianKing’s Grove by Duggan Morris Architects
London firm Duggan Morris Architects have completed this brick house on the site of a former plaster-moulding workshop between two rows of terraced houses in south-east London. More
Intanto by Mario Trimarchi for Alessi
Italian designer Mario Trimarchi of Fragile has created this range of glass vases suspended in wire frames for Italian design brand Alessi. More
The Tramshed at London Design Festival
Dezeen promotion: Dezeen are proud to be media partners of The Tramshed, a new east London destination open 22-26 September during the London Design Festival. More
Pugh + Scarpa split
Dezeenwire: California architects Pugh + Scarpa have announced that the firm is to split - Architechnophilia"A Global Celebration of Design" - The New York Times
Dezeenwire: Alice Rawsthorn's roundup of design festivals around the globe this autumn - The New York Times"Bricks, mortar and mateyness" - Observer
Dezeenwire: Rowan Moore on what's wrong with British architecture - ObserverDezeen archive: staircases
Dezeen archive: Readers went crazy for the staircase cantilevered over a shallow first-floor pool in our most popular story this week, a Japanese house by NRM-Architects Office, so we're treating you to a selection of stories from the Dezeen archives that feature spectacular staircases. See all the stories »
Form 3 by fuseproject for Jimmyjane
This waterproof sex toy has been designed by San Francisco designer Yves Béhar of fuseproject for sex toy brand JimmyJane. More
Once Upon a Dream: London Tastemakers in Bed with Veuve Clicquot
Dezeen promotion: during the London Design Festival Dezeen and champagne brand Veuve Clicquot have teamed up to present London tastemakers reading excerpts from their favourite books in the Once Upon A Dream bed designed by Mathieu Lehanneur. More
Gagosian Paris by Caruso St John and Jean-Francois Bodin
Gagosian are to open a new gallery in Paris, designed by London studio Caruso St. John and Paris architect Jean-Francois Bodin. More
Bags by Maam Project
Here's another project using old carpets (see our earlier post on a chair made of rolled-up carpet), this time handbags by Spanish initiative Maam Project, manufactured by prisoners. More
Dezeenmail #57
We’ve just sent out the latest issue of Dezeenmail – take a look at it here. Dezeenmail is sent out roughly every two weeks and contains a selection of Dezeen’s best stories and comments, along with all our latest competitions and jobs. You can subscribe here.
Ovale by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec for Alessi
French designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have created a collection of tableware for Italian brand Alessi. More
Balancing Act by Ensamble Studio
Venice Architecture Biennale 2010: two enormous girders slice through the Arsenale exhibition at the Venice Architecture Biennale thanks to Madrid architect Antón García-Abril of Ensamble Studio. More