Thirty-three international artists, including stars and promising young artists, twenty-six new productions, a section dedicated to contemporary architecture.

GE San Francisco-based fuseproject, led by industrial designer Yves Béhar, announces the worldwide unveiling of the GE Electric Vehicle Charging Station WattStation™

Now in its seventh year, 100% Norway is back with a vengeance, brimming with talent from some of the best Norwegian design companies and manufacturers who will be taking part in the show at this year’s London Design Festival in September.

Jawbone ICON offers unprecedented ease of use and audio quality as well as an industry-first software platform called MyTALK™ that lets users personalise and update their Jawbones via the web.
PACT, an online underwear brand that blends design and sustainability with support for powerful social and environmental causes, has launched three premium organic cotton underwear collections for men and women.

OMA projects from across the world are exhibited this August in Venice, at the 12th International Architecture Exhibition.

The West Kowloon Cultural District Authority unveiled OMA’s conceptual masterplan for a major new arts district in Hong Kong. Under OMA’s plan – one of three competing proposals – the 40 hectare waterfront site facing Victoria Harbour would become an authentic environment of three urban villages embedded in a new public park, Hong Kong’s largest.

OMA unveils its design for the major restoration and redefinition of one of Venice’s largest and most iconic buildings: the Fondaco dei Tedeschi, a property owned by the Benetton family, adjacent to the Rialto Bridge on the Grand Canal.

MAISON&OBJET, the trend-setting design trade show taking place in Paris from September 3 to September 7, 2010 comes with a very interesting special report from the Russian design scene in ‘Talents à la Carte’. Six Russian designers present their work and some of their projects are quite impressive.

The premise of the book is that an ecological approach is urgently needed both as a remedial device for the contemporary city and as an organizing principle for new cities.

A selection of innovative contemporary collective housing

Building on his success as a Senior Designer at IDEO, Lukas Scherrer launches the San Francisco-based design studio SHIBULERU. Scherrer’s new company directs design for industrial production that benefits from an ease and richness of experience ranging from graphics to architectural interventions.

Aguri Sagimori has been selected for the New Creator Award 2010 for the Mainichi Fashion Grand Prix.

Paul Cocksedge to create landmark installation for the London Design Festival at Southbank Centre, 18 September – 17 October 2010

Chris Bosse has sliced up the Panton chair as part of the Re-loved: designer stories at the Powerhouse Museum Sydney until 10 October.

Sydney’s digital origami tigers have been adopted by the World Wild Fund for Nature (WWF) for their international Year of the Tiger campaign. The official launch was held at Hauptbahnhof, Berlin’s central station, where they will be on display until 30th August.

An incredible idea for an elevated garden minimising the building’s footprint and having your Big Mac in style!

Blaze has been designed to populate the disparate roadside verges of the A66 in Middlesbrough.

A distinctive and refined modification retaining the character of the Mews.

The exhibition will reference Paul Smith’s influences and fashion designs, charting the rise of one of the world’s leading fashion brands.