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Milan 2011: Japanese designers Nendo have designed these hand-blown glass lights with the blowers pipe still attached, for Czech lighting company Lasvit, exhibited in Milan earlier this month. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Two stark concrete houses in Lisbon feature secluded courtyards with overflowing ponds and swimming pools (photographs by Fernando Guerra). (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A survey of the UK's Creative Industries Federation members has shown that 96 per cent are in favour of remaining in the European Union. (more…) View the full article

Norwegian designer Daniel Rybakken has installed LED panels replicating daylight on a dark staircase in Stockholm. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London studio Theis and Khan Architects have completed their own home and studio in east London. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Reed-like steel columns surround another stadium designed by German studio GMP Architekten for the World University Games in Shenzhen. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Young designer Rami Tareef creates chairs with geometric patterns by wrapping and weaving cords around spare, steel frames. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Swiss architects Group8 have completed this residential block covered in pink sun screens in Geneva. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Here’s an update from our recruitment site Dezeenjobs, including positions with Marcel Wanders in Amsterdam, Hidden Art and Established and Sons in London, plus this is the last chance to apply for roles with architects MAD and Schmidt Hammer Lassen, designers PearsonLloyd, and more… (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Foster + Partners have unveiled designs for a museum on Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This chair by Dutch designer Floris Wubben was made by binding and splinting the branches of a willow tree, forcing them to grow into four legs. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

These fungus-like purses are made of layers of laser-cut silk. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2011: London studio Doshi Levien will present this injection-moulded wooden chair for Italian brand Moroso at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan next week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: Will Alsop and Scott Lawrie are to leave architects RMJM and set up a new design studio in London. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: the semi-detached suburban house that was home to writer JG Ballard for 49 years is for sale, the Independent reports. Ballard lived in the house in Shepperton, London until his death in 2009. The property is valued at around £320,000. The Independent </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: this movie by Brussels gallerist Victor Hunt reveals the story and process behind Belgian designer Maarten De Ceulaer’s bowls shaped by balloons. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

British industrial designer James Dyson has added two new models to his range of blade-less fans, the AM02 Tower and the AM03 Pedestal. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2011: London designer Roger Arquer has designed these lamps which are operated by touching the flowers in the adjoining vase, presented in Milan earlier this month by design brand Bosa. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Milan 2015: students from Swiss design school ÉCAL collaborated with craftspeople to present time-related objects in an exhibition at the Museo Bagatti Valsecchi in Milan (+ slideshow). (more…) View the full article

Architect Hans Hollein of Vienna has designed this high-rise office tower for Shenzhen, China. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dutch firm Hofman Dujardin Architects have completed this glazed villa in the Dutch countryside near Geldrop. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

French designers Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec have fitted out an apartment inside the iconic Unité d’Habitation project in Marseille by Le Corbusier. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

The Design Museum in London have announced the designs nominated for the Brit Insurance Designs of the Year 2011. See the full shortlist below. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Stockholm 2011: 20 designers presented their work among stuffed animals and dried plants inside the vitrines of the Biologiska museum in Stockholm last week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Cologne 2011: this folding table by Swedish designers AKKA is one of two joint winning projects in this year’s [D3] Contest, an international competition for young designers organised by trade fair imm cologne. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article