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Lyon designers USIN-e have designed a series of furniture made of wooden batons joined by folded metal parts. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Zig-zagging pleats embellish the facade of this wedding centre in Saitama, Japan, in our fourth recent story about the work of architect Hironaka Ogawa (+ slideshow). (more...) View the full article

Rotterdam designer Reinier de Jong has designed this low table with a surface made up of reclaimed strips of acrylic. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A full-height window and a projecting seating nook interrupt the facade of this suburban Melbourne house created by local studio Pleysier Perkins in a former warehouse (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Dezeen Watch Store: British industrial designer Benjamin Hubert has designed his first watch for Italian accessories brand NAVA. Plicate, named after its pleated surfaces, is now available for pre-order with free shipping from Dezeen Watch Store. (more…) View the full article

Paris 2012: get yourself organised with these colourful accordion-pleated document wallets by Copenhagen brand Hay, presented at Maison & Objet in Paris last week. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Cologne 2011: French design brand Ligne Roset have launched a sponge-like sofa by designers Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec at the imm cologne fair in Germany this week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

PLP Architecture and researchers from the University of Cambridge have revealed a concept for London's first wooden skyscraper – a 300-metre-tall addition to the Barbican housing estate. (more…) View the full article

VDF products fair: The flexible Plug & Light fixture by Jung features a magnetic LED that can be rotated, removed and replaced Read more View the full article

This kit by Royal College of Art graduate Neil Merry allows musicians to control sound and lighting effects at their gigs by slinging the microphone around or waggling their instruments about (+ movie). (more...) View the full article

MAP Studios of Madrid have designed this table with an integrated mirror, vase and candle sticks. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Chinese studio People's Architecture Office is using a pop-up pavilion to show how a prefabricated home designed for China's hutongs could be used by cities in the US to help tackle the housing crisis. Read more View the full article

New York designer Alvaro Uribe has created a stool by bending carbon fibre-reinforced plastic into a seat and two legs. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London design brand Hulger has launched Plumen, a product it describes as “the world’s first designer low-energy light bulb”. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Lighting brand Plumen has launched a self-assembly kit that lets people build their own modular chandeliers without using ceiling hooks. Read more View the full article

London Design Festival 2015: Plumen, the lighting brand behind the energy-efficient 001 light bulb, has introduced a hat brim-shaped shade to its range of bulbs and pendants. (more…) View the full article

London-based lighting brand Plumen has partnered with 3D-printing specialist Batch.works to develop a range of shades for its LED bulbs that are printed on-demand using recycled plastic. Read more View the full article

Lighting brand Plumen has launched an LED light bulb that offers a more sustainable alternative to its 001 bulb, which was named the Design of the Year by London's Design Museum in 2011. Read more View the full article

Lighting brand Plumen has released a new LED light with a gold-coloured shade inside the bulb that "makes you look more beautiful" (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

London design brand Hulger has installed a chandelier made from their new Baby Plumen light bulbs in The Changing Room, a former fitting room at Dezeen Super Store. (more…) View the full article

Lighting brand Plumen is the latest to enter the children's design market, adding strands of colourful bunting to its low-energy pendants (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Business news: low-energy designer lighting brand Plumen has launched a crowdfunding drive to fund new product launches and "kick the business up to the next level". (more…) View the full article

Lighting brand Plumen has designed a set of LED Edison light bulbs that it claims have a lifespan of a quarter of a century (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

A small pool is slotted between the inner and outer layers of this house near Bratislava, which was designed according to Italian Renaissance principles by local firm Plural (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Product news: Spanish studio Lievore Altherr Molina has designed a family of triangular tables and stools for Italian brand Arper. (more...) View the full article