Harry by Eric Jourdan for Ligne Roset
French designer Eric Jourdan has designed a range of seating for French design brand Ligne Roset. More
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Dezeenmail #45
We’ve just sent out the latest issue of Dezeenmail – have 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.
New London Embassy by KieranTimberlake
Philadelphia architect KieranTimberlake has won the competition to design the new US embassy in the UK. More
WhiteOut by SpaceOperaForm
Designer Alex Suarez of Amsterdam and Los Angeles studio SpaceOperaForm has created an installation at a former salt factory in Hallein, Austria, comprising translucent panels that react to the static charge of visitors. More
King Abdullah II House of Culture & Art by Zaha Hadid Architects
Zaha Hadid Architects have unveiled their design for a new performing arts centre in Amman, the capital of Jordan. More
House in Kamiosuga by Suppose Design Office
Here is another project by our featured architects Suppose Design Office, this time the renovation of a house in Hiroshima city, Japan, where interiors are divided by walls that only reach halfway down from the ceiling. More
Competition: three copies of Stuff We Really Like to be won
We've teamed up with Manchester graphic designers Music to offer our readers the chance to win one of three copies of Stuff We Really Like, a compilation of favourite things chosen by the people who work in the studio. More
The Bucky Bar by DUS Architecten and Studio for Unsolicited Architecture
Last week Amsterdam studios DUS Architecten and Studio for Unsolicited Architecture built a dome of umbrellas around a lamp post in Rotterdam and held a party under it. More
Alessandro Mendini returns to Domus
Dezeenwire: architect Alessandro Mendini returns as editor-in-chief of Domus magazine, 30 years after he first edited the Italian architecture and design title. He is to edit eleven issues, commencing with April 2010. See press release below. More
Element - Cecil Balmond at Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery
An exhibition about the work of structural engineer Cecil Balmond of Arup is on show at the Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery in Japan. More
Swollen Wall by Paul Coudamy
French designer Paul Coudamy has created a curvaceous book case lining the walls of Paris apartment. More
House in Hiro by Suppose Design Office
Our current featured architects Suppose Design Office of Japan have designed a residence in Hiroshima with two rooms that appear to be outdoors. More
Artist in Jewellery by David Watkins
A retrospective exhibition of British artist David Watkins' jewellery opens tomorrow at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London. More
Expo Chair by KiBiSi
Shanghai Expo 2010: Copenhagen industrial design trio KiBiSi have produced a moulded plywood chair for the Danish Pavilion at Shanghai Expo 2010 this summer More
Dish Drainer Geo by Jorre van Ast
Designer Jorre van Ast of London has designed a dish drainer based on geographical contour lines for Royal VKB. More
VitraHaus by Herzog & de Meuron 2
French photographer Julien Lanoo has sent us his photographs of the newly opened ViraHaus by Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron. More
Cabinet by Dimitri Vangrunderbeek
Artist Dimitri Vangrunderbeek of Brussels has collaborated with D&ALab to produce a cabinet scattered with folded out people, exhibited at Object Rotterdam earlier this month. More
Lightbotz by Marcus Tremonto
American lighting designer Marcus Tremonto has customised a series of vinyl characters for vinyl toy manufacturer Kidrobot. More
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Rowan Moore is new Observer architecture critic
Dezeenwire: former Evening Standard architecture writer Rowan Moore has replaced Stephen Bayley as The Observer's architecture critic, starting off with a review of SANAA's Rolex Learning Centre in Lausanne - The Observer. See Dezeen's story about the building here.
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Design Academy Eindhoven at Sotheby's
Dezeenwire: Design Academy Eindhoven is collaborating with auction house Sotheby's to present its first exhibition of graduate work in the UK. More