TW35 40 by Tamawa
Belgian designer Hubert Verstraeten of Tamawa will present these watches made of Bakelite at Maison & Objet in Paris this week. More
Modern Primitives by Aranda\Lasch
Venice Architecture Biennale 2010: New York studio Aranda\Lasch have installed a collection of seating that's made up of foam pyramids at the Venice Architecture Biennale. More
Fondaco dei Tedeschi restoration by OMA
Venice Architecture Biennale 2010: Dutch firm OMA have unveiled their design for the renovation of the Fondaco dei Tedeschi in Venice. More
Villa Frankenstein by Muf architecture/art
Venice Architecture Biennale 2010: a wooden 1:10 scale model representing a portion of the London 2012 Olympic stadium has been installed at the British Pavilion directed by Muf architecture/art for the Venice Architecture Biennale. More
Hylozoic Ground by Philip Beesley
Venice Architecture Biennale 2010: Toronto architect Philip Beesley has installed a forest of acrylic fronds that move as though breathing inside the Canada pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale, which opens this week. More
Casa Areia by Aires Mateus Architects
Dezeen are in Venice for the opening of the Venice Architecture Biennale 2010 where Lisbon firm Aires Mateus Architects are exhibiting these houses with sandy floors, photographed by Nelson Garrido. More
Architrave by Lee Broom for Heal's
London designer Lee Broom is to launch a collection of furniture inspired by architraves, cornicing and mouldings during the London Design Festival next month. More
Epean Studio by Fei Wang
This office in a Shanghai warehouse, designed by Fei Wang of Atelier Ten, features a staircase that narrows from four metres wide at its foot to two metes at the top. More
Urban Picnic by Gareth Neal
This weekend designer Gareth Neal will create picnic areas around east London with furniture covered in intricate marquetry. More
Moika Krukov by Erick van Egeraat
This residential building for the riverbank in St. Petersburg by Dutch architect Erick van Egeraat has been approved for construction. More
Architecture-inspired business cards by Vistaprint.com
Dezeen promotion: business stationery brand Vistaprint are offering Dezeen readers the chance to order 500 business cards for just £5. More
Wine & Bar by Aurélien Barbry for Normann Copenhagen
Designer Aurélien Barbry of Denmark has created a collection of cork stoppers for design brand Normann Copenhagen. More
London Housing Design Guide published by Mayor of London
Dezeenwire: the Mayor of London has published a guide containing 90 standards for new housing in London - London Evening StandardThe new London Housing Design Guide can be downloaded here.
Fourth Plinth proposals unveiled for Trafalgar Square
Six shortlisted proposals for the next art installation atop the Fourth Plinth in London's Trafalgar Square have been unveiled today, including a giant blue cockerel, a cash machine that operates a pipe organ and an enormous model of a battenberg cake (above). More
Skycourt by Keiji Ashizawa Design
This renovation of a house in Tokyo by Keiji Ashizawa Design involved creating a courtyard through the upper storeys. More
Dezeenmail #56
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Great Camp Collection by Paul Loebach
American designer Paul Loebach created this collection of rustic furniture in reference to the country cabins erected in nineteenth-century Adirondack, New York. More
“European architects positive about possibilities of prefab” – Arch-Vision
Dezeenwire: European architects are becoming more enthusiastic about using prefabricated elements according to a report by Rotterdam research agency Arch-Vision. See press release below. MoreMulti Mill by NL Architects
Dutch studio NL Architects have won a competition to design a stage intended to sit on a breakwater in the river IJ, Amsterdam. More
CLS Mobile Drive by Sylvain Willenz
Brussels designer Sylvain Willenz drew on cassette tapes and floppy disks for the design of these external hard drives. More