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IKEA and Tom Dixon have revealed the results of their collaboration: a modular bed that "explores notions of adaptability and future-proofing". Read more View the full article

VDF products: Viennese brand SAGAN has collaborated with Nigerian designer Kenneth Ize to create its colourful collection of Amaka and Ilorin bags. Read more View the full article

Evelyn Grace Academy by Zaha Hadid Architects has won this year’s RIBA Stirling Prize for the greatest contribution to British architecture in the past year. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: pioneering multidisciplinary design consultancy Airside has announced that it is to close in March 2012, stating: “we can’t see a way for Airside to move forward and accommodate all of our individual ambitions.” (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Ian Schrager's decadent hotel in New York's Times Square is closing just over one year after it opened due to financial issues caused by the pandemic. Read more View the full article

Concave terracotta tiles form a scallop pattern across the walls of this Barcelona shop, which Kengo Kuma has designed for footwear brand Camper. Read more

London designers Studio Toogood have collaborated with hardware brand Izé to create a range of handles and hooks shaped like sticks, stones and bones. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Japanese designers Nendo will present new additions to their 1% products in Milan this April, including this tea set where the lids double as spinning tops. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Traditional Japanese toys inspired this modular furniture by architects Kengo Kuma and Associates for the East Japan Project. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Architects Casper Mueller Kneer have converted a south London warehouse into the city’s third White Cube gallery. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: In this movie filmed in a warehouse on the outskirts of Eindhoven, the ringing of an alarm clock triggers a chain of events that opens umbrellas, spins paper windmills, starts a fire and releases a set of parachuting toy animals. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London Design Festival 2010: the Design Products department at the Royal College of Art in London have launched a collection of pieces for sale, designed by the course’s graduates. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Danish firm BIG has developed a proposal to protect a creek in San Francisco Bay from flooding caused by climate change, which includes building floating villages connected by ferries, a red-hued cycle route, and a highway for autonomous vehicles. Read more View the full article

Studio Joanna Laajisto used local materials to fashion the pared-back interior of this womenswear shop in Helsinki, which has been revamped to compete with online shopping. Read more View the full article

Architecture students Angus Ritchie and Daniel Tyler have designed and built a mirrored lookout point in a Scottish national park that both frames and reflects views of the surrounding lochs and glens (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

A hill-like green roof with a skylight helps to blend this public library by Toronto architecture firm RDHA into its grassy surrounds. Read more View the full article

In the first of our Spirit of the City talks held at creative space A/D/O, designers discuss the creative scene in New York, and their experiences of living and working in the city. Watch the livestream here from 7pm Eastern Time. Read more View the full article

A baby-pink kitchen and a colourful patchwork carpet help revive the interior of this formerly lacklustre 1960s apartment in Bilbao, Spain, which has been overhauled by architecture studio Azab. Read more View the full article

London Design Festival 2013: design brand SCP is launching its latest collection of products and furniture at its two London stores this week. (more...) View the full article

French designer Aleksandar Dimitrov has created a 3D-printed accessory for the humble toilet-paper tube, allowing users to effortlessly convert it into a pen holder. (+slideshow) (more...) View the full article

A spiky kindergarten and a bulbous sports centre with rooftop funnels are included in this conceptual community by architecture students at Lund University, Sweden. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Argentinian architects Adamo-Faiden have completed a building in Buenos Aires that could either be used for offices or apartments. (more…) View the full article

An enormous frame surrounds a little window in the reconstructed stone wall that flanks this holiday home in northern Italy by architects bergmeisterwolf (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

British designer Michael Young has designed a tower for Hong Kong with faceted surfaces that will change according to weather and lighting conditions. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This time last year we featured a couple of wacky clocks – a timepiece of unfurling paper that creates ever-changing shapes, and a belt-driven clock for an architect. We also revealed the news that Norman Foster was working on proposals for a new California campus for computer giant Apple, which we published in the summer. Meanwhile Singaporean designer Tan Lun Cheak produced a glass table that doubles up as a cooker and Milan designer Emanuele Pizzolorusso created a set of paper maps that can survive being screwed up in a pocket or rucksack. We featured a residence clad in tarred black shingles from the Living Architecture series of holiday homes, as well as a large ho…