Presented on the occasion of the Milan Design Week 2013 the Marchigüe vases collection, designed by Italian architect Stefano Pugliese, is an object series that seek simplicity and purity of design through a conceptual exercise on the interaction and synthesis between form, shape and decoration.

Ron Mueck presents a major solo exhibition at Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, featuring a selection of new and recent sculptures.

More than 100 of the world’s most exciting and influential artists, illustrators and designers including Oliver Hibert, Tatiana Arocha, Insa, Stanley Chow, Kai and Sunny and Pete Fowler have taken a paper dog and made it their own.

This little ‘open’ house designed by Japanese architect Kozo Yamamoto, is located in a densely populated neighborhood in Tokyo. The owners asked architect to realize two outdoor spaces: NN-House hides behind its walls a courtyard and a sunny roof terrace.

Last week, on the occasion of the Milan Design Week 2013, Japanese architects Toyo Ito and Akihisa Hirata showed their amazing installation at Lexus Design Amazing 2013, an exhibition full of unexpected and exhilarating encounters which also allowed visitors to interact with design.

Finnish studio JKMM architects have recently completed the expansion of the Alavr AAlto’s Seinajoki City Library with a project that respects the existing building creating a new meeting point for the city.

Young Japanese designer Naoki Ono, founder of Tokyo-based YOY design studio, has recently presented at Salone Satellite during the Milan Design Week 2013 a canvas shaped chair.

Nuno is Nendo’s first collection for Spanish design brand Vibia and it expresses the designer’s passion for natural materials and levity, both in decoration and lighting.

Dutch studio Zecc Architects has transformed a 18th-century monumental coach house into a spacious dwelling in Breukelen, The Netherlands. Leaving the exterior of the house almost intact, Zecc Architecten has remedied the damage of previous renovations incorporating aspects of the original coach house into the new home.

The world-renowned Spanish designer Jaime Hayon has worked together with Republic of Fritz Hansen to create the Ro Chair that was launched at Salone del Mobile 2013 in Milan. Ro is much more than an easy chair. It’s a 11⁄2-seater where you can relax, change positions and have your newspaper, computer or child next to you and create a new comfort zone.