Nine-0 by Ettore Sottsass for Emeco
Milan 08: American manufacturers Emeco will launch Nine-0, the last range of chairs and stools by late Italian designer Ettore Sottsass, at the Milan furniture fair next month. More
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Eiffel DNA by Serero Architects
Architects Serero have won a competition to temporarily remodel the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris (via The Guardian). Update 29/03/08: we all got spoofed by this one. Seems the project is a fake. More
Printable Offerings by Studio Leung
Nicolas Cheng and Michael Leung of Studio Leung have created Printable Offerings, a collection of images of everyday items such as iPhones, Bic biros and Tempo pocket tissues that can be downloaded, printed and assembled into 3D models for use at Chinese festivals. More
Arne Quinze at Swarovski Crystal Palace
Milan 08: Designer Arne Quinze will present two new pieces at the Swarovski Crystal Palace exhibition in Milan next month. More
Lara Bohinc jewellery store by Elastik
Architects Elastik have completed a new store for jewellery designer Lara Bohinc on Sloane Street in London. More
Myto chair by Konstantin Grcic
Milan 08: industrial designer Konstantin Grcic will launch Myto, a new cantilevered chair for design brand Plank at the Triennale Design Museum in Milan next month. More
1111 Lincoln Road by Herzog & de Meuron
Architects Herzog & de Meuron have designed 1111 Lincoln Road, a "retail, residential, dining and parking experience" on Miami Beach. More
Fungus chairs by MAD
Chinese architect Ma Yansong of MAD has created a public seating concept called Fungus as part of a public art project at the Zhangjiang business park in Pudong, Shanghai. More
Sand-bag houses by MMA architects 4
Design Indaba 08: here's a new set of photos showing progress on the first sand-bag house being built at Freedom Park in Cape Town, South Africa. More
Fiela Feather Lights by Haldane Martin
Design Indaba 08: South African designer Haldane Martin showed two lamps with ostrich-feather shades at the Design Indaba Expo in Cape Town last month. More
Split and Line by Maigrau
German designers Maigrau have won the Blickfang Design Prize, awarded at the Blickfang design show in Stuttgart last week, for two new products launched at the fair. More
Skew bookcase by Smånsk
Stockholm Design Week: Swedish designers Smånsk showed a prototype of their Skew bookcase at the Greenhouse young designers showcase at the Stockholm Furniture Fair last month. More
Tour Signal shortlist
Five architects, including Studio Daniel Libeskind (above and below), Ateliers Jean Nouvel and Foster + Partners, have been shortlisted to design Tour Signal, a high-rise building at La Défense business district in Paris. More
St Paul’s Way by Fashion Architecture Taste
Here's a third project by architects Fashion Architecture Taste (FAT) - a design for a 19-storey residential tower beside Mile End Park in London. More
Birnbeck Pier and Island by Levitate
Architects Levitate have won the competition to revitalise Birnbeck Pier at Weston-Super-Mare, England More
Space Furniture installation by voonwong&bensonsaw
London-based architecture and design studio Voon Wong & Benson Saw have created a cloud-like installation using polystyrene cups for the opening of a design store in Malaysia. More
Passive Houses by Kjellgren Kaminsky
Swedish architects Kjellgren Kaminsky Architecture have designed a series of four prefabricated low-energy houses. More
Yves Béhar wins Design of the Year
Designer Yves Béhar won the Brit Insurance Design of the Year award at a ceremony at the Design Museum in London last night, for the One Laptop Per Child project. More
House in Sendai-Kasumi by Kiyonobu Nakagame
Japanese architects Kiyonobu Nakagame have updated their website, showing work including House in Sendai-Kasumi. More
Leave magnets by Richard Hutten
Leave, a leaf-shaped fridge magnet designed by Richard Hutten, has been put into production by office furniture manufacturers Gispen. More