Architectural photographer Stéphane Chalmeau has sent us his photos of a recently-completed extension to the Ecomusée du pays de Rennes in France, clad in wooden shingles and designed by French studio Guinée + Potin Architects. More
Dezeen have teamed up with publishers AVA Academia to offer our readers the chance to win one of five copies of Thinking: Objects - Contemporary Approaches to Product Design by designer and lecturer Tim Parsons. More
Australian designer Marc Newson has designed a carrying case to hold a single bottle for champagne brand Dom Pérignon. More
Tokyo practice Torafu Architects have designed a stage set for a theatre adaptation of Don Quixote. More
American designers Von Tundra have created an oak dining chair with a raw maple seat and backrest. More
David Chipperfield Architects have completed an extension to the Museum Folkwang in Essen, Germany. More
Dutch architects Snitker/Borst have completed 48 split-level homes in Leiden, the Netherlands, according to the Ruamplan concept developed by architect Adolf Loos in the 1920s. More
Italian designer Odoardo Fioravanti has designed a telescope with a wooden body to mark the 4ooth anniversary of the first telescope observations made by Galileo Galilei. More
Dezeenwire: The British Council have announced that Muf architecture of London will curate the British Pavilion at this year’s Venice architecture biennale - The Architects' Journal
Japanese architects Katsuhiro Miyamoto & Associates have completed the priest's quarters at a Buddhist temple in the mountains of Japan. More
Cologne 2010: German designer Patrick Frey has created a collection of stools and benches each made of a single piece of folded plastic, presented at imm Cologne last week. More
Mexican designer Liliana Ovalle has designed a sofa informed by makeshift furniture that can be seen on the streets of Mexico City. More
Finnish studio ARK-house Architects have completed a centre for visiting seamen at Vuosaari Harbor in Helsinki, sandwiched between two long curving timber walls. More
Slovenian studio OFIS Arhitekti have completed a project to create suburban affordable housing in Podpec, Slovenia, More
French designer Arik Levy is exhibiting a collection of three cabinets called Dick, Pussy & Ass at Galerie SLOTT in Paris. More
Following our recent story about a canoe store in the Spanish countryside, here's a rather different solution to the same problem located on a farm in Ontario, Canada, designed by architecture students Geoff Christou and Nick Savage, More
Swiss studio Marchal + Fürstenberger Architects have completed a house in Arlesheim, Switzerland, where the rendered upper floor overhangs a glass-walled living room. More
At Object Rotterdam in the Netherlands this week Dutch designer Aldo Bakker will present a collection of stools made of reclaimed wood coated in a clear glossy lacquer. More
Fashion designer Lamija Suljevic of Sweden has unveiled her latest collection of one-off, hand-made clothes. More
Cologne 2010: Polish designer Oskar Zieta of Zieta Prozessdesign created an installation of inflated stainless steel for online design products showcase Architonic at imm cologne earlier this month. More