Mercury high-speed train by Priestmangoode
British designers Priestmangoode have unveiled a conceptual high-speed train for the UK. More
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V&A to launch competition for Exhibition Road extension
Dezeenwire: the Victoria and Albert museum in London are to launch an open international competition this autumn to design an extension to the museum on Exhibition Road - Independent
Minimalist House by Shinichi Ogawa & Associates
This long narrow house in Okinawa, Japan, by Japanese studio Shinichi Ogawa & Associates is divided lengthways into a courtyard and living space. More
GE WattStation by fuseproject
San Francisco designer Yves Béhar of Fuseproject has designed these electric car-chargers for public and home use. More
Shophouses 4 x 8 m Bangkok by Peter Nitsch
German photographer Peter Nitsch has sent us a selection of his latest series of photos, documenting combined businesses and homes in Bangkok, Thailand. More
Old Thomas moustaches by Pavel Sidorenko
Need a designer disguise? Estonian product designer Pavel Sidorenko has created this range of felt fake moustaches. More
Essent Energy heating plant by Bonnema
Architectural photographer Gerard van Beek shares his photographs of a heating plant in the Netherlands by Dutch architects Bonnema. More
Dezeen podcast: James Dyson
Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs talks to James Dyson in this podcast recorded at the UK launch of Dyson's new floor-standing blade-less fans. Update: this interview is featured in Dezeen Book of Interviews, which is on sale now for £12. More
Tea House for Robots by Rootoftwo and PLY Architecture
Michigan studios Rootoftwo and PLY Architecture have housed their conceptual models of future kitchen appliances in a paper teahouse at the National Museum of Modern Art in Kyoto, Japan. Update 31/07/11: see Dezeen's top ten stories about robots. More
Dezeentalks at [D3] Design Talents: Tomás Alonso
DezeenTV: in this second movie in our Dezeentalks at [D3]Design Talents series, London designer Tomás Alonso talks about being an exhibitor as part of [D3]Design Talents at imm cologne, his favourite projects and making a mess at OKAY Studio. More
Unagi by STAD
Japanese architect Toru Shimokawa of STAD clad this shop selling eels in burnt and carbonised cedar. More
Foundation by Benjamin Hubert
This shelving with integral steel box-files by London designer Benjamin Hubert has been created to celebrate the 200th anniversary of British design brand Heals. More
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Günter Behnisch 1922-2010
Dezeenwire: German architect Günter Behnisch, founder of Behnisch Architekten, and has died aged 88. Via sueddeutsche.de
Half Real by Point Supreme Architects
Greek firm Point Supreme Architects have completed an installation for a gallery in Athens that is a half-size replica of the room in which it sits. More
Zaha Hadid and Suprematism at Galerie Gmurzynska Zurich
Zaha Hadid has curated and designed an exhibition at Galerie Gmurzynska Zurich that juxtaposes her own work with early twentieth-century Russian art pieces. More
Dezeentalks at [D3] Design Talents: James Irvine
DezeenTV: earlier this year Dezeen teamed up with [D3] Design Talents at imm cologne to interview 12 designers, including several whose careers have been launched at the young designers' showcase. To kick off the Dezeentalks at [D3]Design Talents series, Cologne regular James Irvine discusses sweaty armpits, car bonnets and Jasper Morrison's buckets. More
HM4 Thunderbolt by Maximilian Büsser
Maximilian Büsser of watch brand MB&F has designed a watch with dials mounted on two jet engine-shaped parts of the case. More
Royèroid by Robert Stadler
Austrian designer Robert Stadler created his latest range of seating in tribute to the late French interior designer Jean Royère. More
Handmadelights by Asaf Weinbroom
Industrial designer Asaf Weinbroom has created a range of lighting made entirely of wood, including the joints and connector clamps. More
Union Street Urban Orchard by Heather Ring
American landscape architect Heather Ring of the Wayward Plant Registry has transformed a disused site in Bankside, London, into a public garden with the introduction of apple trees, allotments, a timber pavilion, and a table-tennis table in a skip. More