Textile Sketch by Kiki van Eijk
This collection of furniture by Dutch designer Kiki van Eijk looks like it's made of textiles but is in fact fashioned from solid metal. More
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Competition: five copies of Writing About Architecture by Alexandra Lange to be won
Competition: we've teamed up with architecture critic Alexandra Lange to give readers the chance to win one of five copies of her new book, Writing About Architecture: mastering the language of buildings and cities. More
Design Days Dubai 2012
Dezeen promotion: the inaugural edition of Design Days Dubai will take place from 18 to 21 March 2012. More
Enzo Ferrari Museum by Future Systems
Slideshow: a Ferrari automotive museum designed by the late Czech architect and Future Systems founder Jan Kaplický has opened in Modena, Italy. More
PechaKucha Inspire Japan iBook
Highlights from the PechaKucha Inspire Japan project, launched following the earthquake and tsunami that hit the country this time last year, have been compiled in an e-book that's now available to download free from iBookstores. More
Designed in Hackney: Hampstead Lane by Duggan Morris Architects
Designed in Hackney: a renovated 1960's residence that the Royal Institute of British Architects named best new house in the UK last year is today's instalment in our showcase of projects designed in the London borough of Hackney. More
Western Concourse at King’s Cross by John McAslan + Partners
A semi-circular vaulted concourse designed by British architects John McAslan + Partners will open at King’s Cross Station in London next week. More
AS Aperitivo by Nika Zupanc
Cherry-shaped pendant lights hang from metal branches on the ceiling of the AS Aperitivo bar in Ljubljana by Slovenian designer Nika Zupanc. More
FuelBand at NikeFuel Station
In this second interview that Dezeen filmed for sports brand Nike at their new NikeFuel Station at Boxpark in east London, Nike's global creative director Andy Walker demonstrates how the company's new FuelBand wristband helps athletes monitor their activity across a range of sports and daily activities. More
British Council announce “explorers” for Venice Architecture Biennale 2012
Dezeen Wire: the British Council have revealed the names of architects, curators and researchers who will gather material about exotic places to present at an exhibition entitled Venice Takeaway in the British Pavilion at this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale.The list includes London architecture studios dRMM and Aberrant Architecture, as well as London Architecture Diary editor-in-chief Elias Redstone and non-profit organisation Forum for Alternative Belfast. More
Winding Tower 01 by Mieke Meijer
This desk by Dutch designer Mieke Meijer is the first in a range of furniture based on images by German artists Bernd and Hilla Becher, known for their series of photographs that documented types of industrial structures like pylons, gas tanks and water towers. More
Roses IES Cap Norfeu extension by Javier de las Heras Solé and Bosch Tarrús
Slideshow: the windows of this school extension in Girona, Spain, are concealed behind a perforated metal skin. More
Designed in Hackney: the Crate Series by Jasper Morrison
Designed in Hackney: today's design icon created in the London borough of Hackney is Jasper Morrison's Crate Series. More
I nibbled Britain out of Jaffa Cakes by Dominic Wilcox
London designer Dominic Wilcox is building up to Britain hosting the Olympic games this summer by nibbling his way through 30 boxes of McVitie’s Jaffa Cakes to build models of UK landmarks and icons. More
NikeFuel Station at Boxpark
Nike's global creative director Andy Walker gives us a tour of the new NikeFuel Station at Boxpark in east London in the first of two interviews that Dezeen filmed for the sports brand. More
Plug Lamp by Form Us With Love for Ateljé Lyktan
Stockholm designers Form Us With Love have integrated an electrical socket into the base of their latest lamp so there's always a socket to hand when you want to charge a phone or laptop. More
Playhouse by Bach Arquitectes
This children’s playhouse by Barcelona architects Anna and Eugeni Bach has stripy wooden walls, folding window hatches and a ladder instead of stairs. More
"Sir Jonathan Ive: the iMan cometh" - Evening Standard
Dezeen Wire: Mark Prigg of London newspaper the Evening Standard interviews Jonathan Ive, senior vice president of industrial design at Apple, about what makes a great designer, obsessing over tiny details and his dislike of "designers wagging their tails in my face" - Evening StandardRead more about Jonathan Ive on Dezeen here.
Happy Pills by Fabio Novembre for Venini
Milan designer Fabio Novembre has created these pill-like vases for Murano glass company Venini. More
Photographer's Studio over a boat house on Stoney Lake by GH3
Slideshow: this glass pavilion on the edge of a lake in Ontario, Canada, houses a studio, apartment and boathouse for a photographer and was designed by Toronto Studio GH3. More