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VDF products fair: Peony, a pattern from Superflower's Florescence wallpaper collection, takes inspiration from traditional Japanese flower arrangements. Read more View the full article

UNStudio founder Ben van Berkel will speak to Dezeen in this Screentime conversation sponsored by Enscape as part of Virtual Design Festival today. Watch it here live from 3:30pm UK time. Read more View the full article

Demand for touchless products such as toilets and faucets is soaring as architects look to prevent the spread coronavirus in their buildings, according to Paul Flowers, chief design officer at water technology brand LIXIL. Read more View the full article

Smolenicky & Partner Architektur of Zurich have completed thermal baths featuring oval apertures between tall wooden columns at Bad Ragaz, Switzerland. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Mexican designer Moisés Hernández has created three metal stands for displaying flowers without a bulky vase. Read more View the full article

Milan 2010: German designer Stefan Diez launched Eugene, a veneered plywood lounge chair for German brand e15, at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile last week. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Photographer Filippo Poli has sent us some images of an auditorium in Vic, Spain, made from a jumble of golden blocks by architect Josep Llinas. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This rectangular house in Zaragoza by Madrid architects María Langarita and Víctor Navarro has an irregular geometric platform hanging off the front to afford views of the olive groves beyond. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Here are some more images of boiled leather furniture by Tortie Hoare, the winning project from New Designers Part 2 earlier this month (see our earlier story). (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

New York studio Milev Architects have designed this range of jewellery and clothing made from rubber bands. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

French photographer Julien Lanoo has sent us some images of this extension to a house in Paris by French studio Bang Architectes. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Cologne 2011: designer Karim Rashid launched this 3D-printed lamp for Dutch brand Freedom Of Creation at imm cologne in Germany last week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Stockholm 2011: ECAL graduate Vanessa Hordies has created this bedside lamp that works like an hour glass to gradually dim the light by covering it in sand. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Peter Barber Architects have produced these drawings as part of a planning application for 25 terraced family houses in London’s East End. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dutch designer Maarten Baas presented these new versions of his Clay furniture at Spazio Rossana Orlandi in Milan last month. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Screen: here’s a movie by photographer Luke Hayes that shows the making of Carmody Groarke‘s Indian Ocean Tsunami Memorial, which was quarried in France installed outside London’s Natural History Museum. Watch the movie » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

A stainless steel net takes the place of a banister around the staircase and first floor corridor of this apartment in Prague. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

London Design Festival 2011: Eindhoven couple Kiki van Eijk and Joost van Bleiswijk share a studio but usually work on independent projects. During the London Design Festival they present a chaise for Bernhardt Design that combines her textiles with his metal furniture. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen promotion: Kapilux glass, manufactured by German firm Okalux, contains tiny tubes to reduce glare and transmit light deep into a room. It was recently used on Steven Holl’s Cité de l’Océan et du Surf in Biarritz, France. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen Wire: David Chipperfield is to curate the 2012 Venice Architecture Biennale, becoming the first British architect to take on the role - The Guardian The official announcement has been delayed because of Chipperfield’s reservations over working with Giulio Malgara, who was expected to become the director of the biennale and is a friend of Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi. Following Berlusconi’s decision to stand down it is expected that current director Paolo Baratta will retain the role as biennale director. </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dutch architects UNStudio have unveiled designs for a Singapore skyscraper with chunks missing from its facade. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Steel crossbeams divide the triple-height living room of this Tokyo townhouse into modular sections. (more…) View the full article

This family house by architect Naoko Horibe features a traditional Japanese-style room with tatami mats inside a protruding, timber-clad mezzanine. (more…) View the full article

A tall and narrow entrance slopes down to a low and wide living space at this triangular house in Japan by Katsutoshi Sasaki + Associates. (more…) View the full article

London Design Festival: we’re hosting the last in our series of live shows at 100% Design today from 2:45pm, including talks with designer Clemens Weisshaar, restaurant founder Shamil Thakrar and trend forcaster Li Edelkoort (above). (more…) View the full article