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Swedish design studio Form Us With Love have completed the interior for an exhibition celebrating dapper gentlemen at Nordiska Museet in Stockholm, Sweden. (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

Here’s another hair salon by Japanese designer Teruhiro Yanagihara, this time located in central Osaka, Japan, featuring free-standing mirrored boxes. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Cologne 2011: Hanna Emelie Ernsting‘s Moody Couch was awarded second prize in the [D3] Contest for young designers at imm cologne this week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: the City of Helsinki has commissioned the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation to conduct a study exploring the possibility of creating a new Guggenheim Museum in Finland, to be completed by the end of this year. See press release below. See also: Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo to lead World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 committee (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs will interview designers Werner Aisslinger, Mathias Hahn and the [D3] Contest winners live on stage from 12.30 in the The Ramazzotti D3 Lounge at imm Cologne today, as part of our Dezeentalks at [D3] Design Talents series. The interviews will be broadcast on Dezeen at a later date. More info plus the full schedule in our earlier story. See films of all the Dezeentalks at last year’s fair here. </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Here are some images of a water tower in Spain by Madrid studio GRG Arquitectos, which bears an uncanny resemblance to the female form. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This beauty salon with faceted walls is located within a hotel in central Singapore, and was designed by Japanese studio Isolation Unit. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Cologne 2011: London designer Harry Thaler‘s Pressed Chair is one of two joint winning projects in this year’s [D3] Contest, an international competition for young designers organised by imm cologne. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Cologne 2011: London studio Doshi Levien present this child’s rocking horse at imm cologne in Germany this week. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Japanese studio Ninkipen! have completed a family house in Nara, Japan, comprising staggered rectangular volumes. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Swiss designer Adrien Rovero presents a collection of lights shaped like TV antennas at Galerie Kreo in Paris. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

We’ve just sent the latest issue of Dezeenmail – take a look at it here. Dezeenmail contains a selection of Dezeen’s best stories and comments, along with all our latest competitions and jobs. You can subscribe here. </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeen and Anneloes van Gaalen, author of Never Use More Than Two Different Typefaces And 50 Other Ridiculous Typography Rules, have teamed up to offer readers the chance to win one of five copies. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs will interview designers Stefan Diez, Marco Susani and Harald Gründl live on stage from 12.30 in the The Ramazzotti D3 Lounge at imm Cologne today, as part of our Dezeentalks at [D3] Design Talents series. The interviews will be broadcast on Dezeen at a later date. More info plus the full schedule in our earlier story. See films of all the Dezeentalks at last year’s fair here. </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: architects Office for Metropolitan Architecture have been commissioned to design the new strategy and identity for Hong Kong transport authority MTR, including two new stations. See press release below. See all our stories about OMA » (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This residential extension to the orangery of an eighteenth century castle in Yvelines, France, is by architect Christian Pottgiesser. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dutch designer Frederik Roijé presents his range of sofas with an integral side-table in Cologne, Germany, this week. (more…) </img></img> </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

Here’s an update from our recruitment site Dezeenjobs, including positions with Foster + Partners in London, Zwimpfer Partner Architekten in Basel and Carlorattiassociati in Turin, plus this is the last chance to apply for roles with Tom Dixon, Architonic, Heatherwick Studio and more… (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

This sculpture of a boy and rocking horse by Berlin artists Elmgreen and Dragset will be the next installation on top of the Fourth Plinth in London’s Trafalgar Square. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Dezeenwire: Alice Rawsthorn takes a look at the colour trends companies have forecast for this year and why they’re likely to be a self-fulfilling prophecy - New York Times </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Swedish designers Humans since 1982 have created a hair clip with eyes on to make the wearer look like they’re standing the other way round and wearing a niqāb headdress. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Pascal Grasso Architectures of France have installed a landscape of blocks across the ceiling in this monochrome apartment in Paris. (more…) </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article

Since our readers love them so much, here’s a round-up of all the stories we’ve published on Dezeen about Japanese houses. See all the stories » </img></img> </img> </img> </img> </img> </img> View the full article