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Kanebo Sensai Select Spa by Gwenael Nicolas

9 Feb 10 Tokyo designer Gwenael Nicolas of Curiosity has completed a spa in Interlaken, Switzerland, with silk panels hanging in layers from the ceiling.

Moebius House by Tony Owen Partners

9 Feb 10 Australian architects Tony Owen Partners have created a house overlooking Sydney harbor where one wall loops over the roof and down the other side to become a first floor terrace.

Handlebar Candlesticks by Yen-Wen Tseng

8 Feb 10 Taiwanese designer Yen-Wen Tseng, a student at Konstfack University College of Arts, Craft and Design in Stockholm, has created a set of rubber candlesticks designed to feel like bicycle handlebars.

Ajurinmäki Daycare Center by AFKS

8 Feb 10 Helsinki architects AFKS have completed a children's daycare center in Espoo, Finland, clad inside and out in strips of timber.

Chipperfield w102 by David Chipperfield for Wästberg

8 Feb 10 Stockholm 2010: in Stockholm this week Swedish lighting brand Wästberg will launch a task light made of brass and rubber, designed by architect David Chipperfield.

Avalon by Michael Young for Swedese

8 Feb 10 Stockholm 2010: Hong Kong designer Michael Young will launch a swivelling tub chair for Swedish design brand Swedese at the Stockholm Furniture Fair this week.

Centre of Pedagogic Multimedia Resources by Béal & Blanckaert

7 Feb 10 Photographer Julien Lanoo of France has sent us his photographs of a teaching resources centre in Paris by French architects Béal & Blanckaert.

Zorro by Stephanie Knust

7 Feb 10 Cologne 2010: at imm Cologne earlier this month German designer Stephanie Knust exhibited a zig-zag shaped aluminium lamp.

Dominey Pavilion by Lightroom Studio

7 Feb 10 Architects Lightroom Studio of Georgia have completed a wooden pavilion sheltering an outdoor living room, constructed around a tree at a residence in Atlanta, USA.

Nafi by ZMIK

6 Feb 10 Swiss design studio ZMIK have refurbished the interior of a hair salon in Basel where the entrance is wallpapered with vintage and contemporary prints from Vogue magazine.

United Crystal Woods by Marcel Wanders for Baccarat

5 Feb 10 Dutch designer Marcel Wanders has designed a collection of glasses, vases and candelabras for French crystal brand Baccarat, including this family of stainless steel deer with candelabra antlers[...]

Superfolk at Stockholm Furniture Fair

5 Feb 10 Stockholm 2010: at the Greenhouse exhibition at Stockholm Furniture Fair next week Irish design studio Superfolk will launch a collection inspired by Irish vernacular furniture.

Famiglia Grande by Kacey Wong

5 Feb 10 Hong Kong artist and designer Kacey Wong has designed shelters that looks like robots for rich people who have lost their homes in the economic crisis.

Michael Young appointed creative director of 100% Design Shanghai

5 Feb 10 Dezeenwire: Hong Kong-based British designer Michael Young has been appointed Creative Director of 100% Design Shanghai/IHDD, which takes place at the Shanghai Exhibition Centre from 4-6 November[...]

Hidden Art Award winners announced

5 Feb 10 Dezeenwire: retailers SCP, social enterprise [re]design and designer Nick Fraser are among eleven winners of this year's Hidden Art Awards, announced at a ceremony in London yesterday. See press[...]

Wrap House by Future Studio

4 Feb 10 Japanese architects Future Studio have completed a house in Hiroshima City, Japan, where the walls of the building extend to enclose a garden and first-floor terrace.

Stadthalle Offenburg by Hetzel and Ortholf

4 Feb 10 Architectural photographer Roland Halbe has sent us his photographs of a conference centre in Offenburg, Germany, designed by Freiburg architects Hetzel & Ortholf.

Lucienne Day 1917-2010

4 Feb 10 Dezeenwire: British textile designer Lucienne Day died on January 30th, aged 93. Read her obituary in The Guardian.

Hand Forged by Julien Renault

4 Feb 10 Cologne 2010: at imm Cologne earlier this month French designer Julien Renault presented a collection of aluminium furniture made with forging techniques normally applied to steel.

El Portillo by Stone Designs

4 Feb 10 Spanish studio Stone Designs have converted a log cabin into a cafe at a ski station near Teruel, Spain, using climbing ropes and felt.

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