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Dutch graduate designer Sjoerd Jonkers has designed a collection of plastic vases inspired by archaeology and primitive objects, to be presented in Milan this week. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dutch designer Frederik Roijé will present a home for chickens called Breed and Retreat in Milan next month. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A kilometre-long cable car designed by British architects Wilkinson Eyre has opened today over the River Thames in London. (more…) View the full article

Kaspar Hamacher’s burnt stools (above, left) was one of our most popular stories over the last month so here’s a selection of stories from the Dezeen archives all about wood. See all the stories » See all our archive stories » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: the Neues Museum in Berlin by architect David Chipperfield has won the 2011 EU Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena has used over 90 tonnes of waste generated by the Venice Art Biennale 2015 to create two introductory rooms for this year's architecture event (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Slideshow: Dutch studio Rocha Tombal have completed a primary school in The Hague that winds around its site like a crocodile. (more…) View the full article

Sportswear brand Nike have launched the new away kit for France’s national football team, based on the Breton stripe. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

French designer Matali Crasset has created this Paris hotel in collaboration with Patrick Elouarghi and Philippe Chatelet, where visitors check-in, order food and exchange tips on the city with other guests via the hotel’s online system and a plethora of screens throughout the building. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dutch designer Aldo Bakker will present a series of copper objects at Spazio Rossana Orlandi Milan next week, including this tubular watering can. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Here are more photos of the just-completed UK Pavilion at Shanghai Expo 2010, designed by Thomas Heatherwick. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2010: Gothenburg designers Johannes Tjernberg & Rasmus Malbert present objects inspired by a 1936 Charlie Chaplin film as part of the SaloneSatellite at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile this week. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Designer Tim Mackerodt of Germany will show this lamp and stool made of folded concrete at DMY International Design Festival in Berlin next month. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

San Francisco architect Stanley Saitowitz has completed a museum in Florida, USA, which is wrapped in a perforated metal skin and cantilevers out from its glazed base. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Natural light diffuses into this house in Yokohama, Japan, through a grid of arched skylights in the ceiling. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

In our fourth and final movie made to coincide with the Ron Arad: Restless exhibition at the Barbican in London, Arad describes how he tailored the exhibition to the gallery space. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: this year’s RIBA Stirling Prize is to be broadcast on BBC 2 programme The Culture Show rather than Channel 4. See press release below. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Mexican studio TEN Arquitectos have recently completed a laboratory for studying genomics in in Irapuato, Mexico. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Michigan designer Andrew Kline has designed a compact unit for transforming disused industrial spaces into temporary homes. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2010: Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka created an installation with hundreds of transparent plastic sticks at the Kartell showroom in Milan last week. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Yves Béhar of San Francisco design studio fuseproject has collaborated with Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake to design a watch where the hour markers fade in and out of view. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

We’ve got all warm and cosy for this month’s top ten, which is all about rugs and blankets. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Over 30 east London shops, galleries and exhibitions will come together for Shoreditch Design Triangle during the London Design Festival this month, including Dezeen Space at 54 Rivington Street. Dezeen is media partner to the event, which is coordinated by SCP. Download a free map and guide to the area here. </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

German designer Matthias Zschaler has made a concept watch that takes its geometry from an isometric drawing of a cube. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

French designer Julian Carratero has used timber that was excavated from Eindhoven’s medieval city walls to make a catapult. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article