Potential Energy by Whatswhat Collective
Swedish designers Whatswhat Collective have designed a pleated lamp shade that changes shape when its drawstrings are pulled. More
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Dezeenmail #50
We’ve just sent out the 50th 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. You can subscribe here.
Drawer Kitchen by Gitta Gschwendtner
London designer Gitta Gschwendtner presented a kitchen island comprising a pile of drawers and a sink at the Wallpaper* Handmade exhibition in Milan last month. More
Competition: 10 DezeenBarBasso T-shirts to be won
We still have some T-shirts left from our DezeenBarBasso party in Milan last month, and we're giving them away to 10 lucky readers. More
Outrace by Kram/Weisshaar for Trafalgar Square
Designers Kram/Weisshaar are to install a robotic "octopus" in Trafalgar Square during the London Design Festival in September. More
Marne College by Wind Architecten Adviseurs
Architectural photographer Gerard van Beek has sent us some images of a college in Bolsward, Netherlands, designed by dutch studio Wind Architecten Adviseurs. More
Yellow Submarine by Tulp Design
German studio Tulp Design have created a company canteen in Munich designed to make workers feel like they're dining under water. More
Hiding in Triangles by Philip Modest Schambelan and Anton Fromm
Here's another triangulated outcrop: Technische Universität Dresden students Philip Modest Schambelan and Anton Fromm have designed a hotel for mountain bikers for the edge of a cliff in Pregasina, Italy. More
Berg Frei! by Nicole Losos
German design student Nicole Losos has created a concept for a triangulated wall-mounted structure that you can sit, sleep, read, eat and keep things on. More
Poetic License at Moss
An exhibition of work by designers including Oskar Zieta (above), the Campana brothers, and Michele De Lucchi opens at New York gallery Moss next week. More
Competition: five copies of 1000 New Designs 2 to be won
We've got together with publisher Laurence King to give away five copies of 1000 New Designs 2 by Jeniffer Hudson. More
Vol House by Estudio BaBO
Buenos Aires architects Estudio BaBO have completed an extension to a townhouse in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where a modern rectangular structure sits on top of the original early twentieth-century building. More
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art announce shortlist for expansion design
Dezeenwire: the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art have announced Adjaye Associates, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Foster + Partners and Snøhetta as the finalists in a competition to design an expansion to the museum - SFMoMA-
Centre Pompidou Metz by Shigeru Ban opens
Dezeenwire: the Centre Pompidou Metz by Shigeru Ban and French architect Jean de Gastines opens today in Lorraine, France - Guardian 
Hermanos Amorós Public School by GRG Arquitectos
Architectural photographer Roland Halbe has sent us some images of an extension to a school in Cuenca, Spain designed by Madrid studio GRG Arquitectos. More
The Panther by Volido
American design studio Volido have designed a sofa lined with pyramid-shaped sound-proofing foam. More
Brazil by Daniel Widrig
London designer Daniel Widrig has created a wooden chair with three legs that morph into armrests and a back. More
Post Fossil at 21_21 Design Sight
Here are some photos from an exhibition of work by over 70 designers including Studio Job, Nacho Carbonell and BCXSY, on show at 21_21 Design Sight in Tokyo, directed by Li Edelkoort. More
Parking Lot by N+B Architectes
French studio N+B Architectes have completed a car park with a wooden latticed exterior and surrounding landscape in Carros, France. More
Pisa sofa by Ramei Keum
South Korean product designer Ramei Keum has designed a leaning sofa called Pisa. More