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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

Japanese architect Yusuke Fujitat has sent us some photos of an apartment renovation project in Midorigaoka, Japan. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Young Israeli designer Adi Zaffran Weisler has made a collection of jewellery from spent bullets. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design graduate Beatus Kopp has designed a table with hollow legs through which electrical wires can be channeled. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Catalan designer Martí Guixé has created a series of containers for Italian design brand Alessi, which have arrows and speech bubbles for the user to write messages on. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Amsterdam architects O+A have designed a conceptual floating swimming platform for the river IJ in Amsterdam. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen have again teamed up with creative studio/publishers It’s Nice That to give away five copies of the latest issue of their bi-annual printed publication, launched today, as well as a print by Dutch illustrator Parra for each winner. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Scottish artist Geoff Mann of Studio*Mrmann has created a movie where an argument between unseen characters is represented as ripples that distort objects across a dining table. Watch the movie » See all our movies » </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 residential block clad in perforated steel shutters by UK architects Piercy Conner Architects is about to begin construction in Kolkata, India. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Hamburg designer Alexa Lixfeld has sent us new pictures of her Metamorphose collection, including a series of silver cutlery comprising spoons, forks and ambiguous shapes in between. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Spanish architects Carlos Pereda Iglesias and Óscar Pérez Silanes have competed a glass and red brick primary school in Pamplona, Spain. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dutch architects Office for Metropolitan Architecture have won a competition to design an extension to the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec in Canada. (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

Artist Anish Kapoor has won a commission to design a 115m high public artwork at Olympic Park in London, to be built as part of London’s Olympic Games in 2012. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Fashion designer Sruli Recht of Iceland has sent us his movie Garrote, which features a necklace from his latest collection apparently used to strangle a woman. Watch the movie » See all our movies » </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka will launch a crumpled aluminium chair for Italian brand Moroso in Milan next month. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Thomas Heatherwick’s UK Pavilion is nearing completion for the Shanghai Expo 2010, which opens in May. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

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

Brussels studio Label Architecture have transformed the interior of a family house in Brussels, Belgium, by covering some walls in rough, black-stained oriented strand board and painting others white. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Amsterdam designer Bo Reudler and architect Olav Bruin will present a collection of furniture made of bamboo stalks in Milan next month. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen movie: for our latest movie, we travelled to São Paulo in Brazil to interview Humberto and Fernando Campana (above) about Gloriette, a pavilion they have designed for Champagne marque Veuve Clicquot that will be unveiled in Milan next month. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Berlin designer Werner Aisslinger of Studio Aisslinger has completed a small mountainside mobile living unit in Ritten, Italy. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: Den Norske Opera & Ballett by Snøhetta and Open-Air-Library by KARO* with Architektur+Netzwerk have been jointly awarded the 2010 European Prize for Urban Public Space. Related: See our story about the Open-Air-Library by KARO* See our story about Den Norske Opera & Ballett by Snøhetta More details in the press release below. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Congratulations to Copy Nature/Nature of Copies who won our competition for a free exhibition space in the Ventura Lambrate district of Milan. (more…) </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article