Dezeenwire: The Guardian reports that Prince Charles tried to persuade property developers to drop Jean Nouvel as architect of a £500 million office and shopping centre next to St Paul's cathedral in London. The Guardian More
Korean designer HwaSung Yoo of Mars has designed a table and chair made of extruded aluminium with a cross-section inspired by frost patterns. More
Dezeenwire: Building Design magazine reports that former Architectural Review editor Paul Finch has been appointed chair of the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE). BDonline
French designers Benjamin Riot & Valentin Sollier have designed a chair based on the DSW chair by Charles and Ray Eames. More
Amsterdam artists Afke Golsteijn and Floris Bakker of Idiots have sent us images of their new collection of jewellery and objects featuring stuffed animals. More
German architects Anne Menke and Winkens Architekten have completed an extension to an existing 1950's house in Hameln, Germany. More
Graduate designer Charlotte Kingsnorth has designed a chair made from a single sheet of folded felt. More
Japanese designer Ryohei Yoshiyuki has designed an ash tray made of used coffee grounds. More
Dezeen podcast: in our latest podcast for the Design Museum in London, graphic designer Colin Forbes reminisces about his design partner and friend Alan Fletcher, with whom he co-founded Fletcher/Forbes/Gill in the 1960s and subsequently Pentagram in the 1970s. More
Designers The Functionality have built a canopy constructed from 2,452 newspaper hats. More
Canadian architects Bricault Design have completed a plant-covered extension to a house in Venice, Los Angeles. More
Japanese design company Nendo have created a speaker shaped like a bird cage. More
New York architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro have won a competition to design the Museum of Image and Sound in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. More
Estonian architects Kosmos have completed a five-storey apartment block with a ground-floor shopping area in Tallinn, Estonia. More
Architects Herzog & de Meuron have designed a new museum building for the Parrish Art Museum in Southampton, New York, USA. More
Japanese designers Nendo have completed a shop front and interior for Italian clothing company ASOBIO in Shanghai, China. More
Swedish architect Anders Holmberg has designed four highly insulated houses in Stockholm, Sweden, that use the heat generated by people and appliances inside to keep them warm. More
American design brand Artecnica have launched a bag made of discarded billboard posters. More
Dutch product design graduate Robin van Hontem has designed a series of vases inspired by the movement of a spinning top. More
Polish architects Pracownia Architektury Głowacki have completed a tiled family home near Wroclaw in Poland. More