+ Architect Tommie Wilhelmsen's Kolonihagen Summerhouse, "full of neat ideas. The big gesture is the sleeping loft hanging out over the entrance, creating a covered porch below and a lovely sleeping area above.". Watch the video. Via TreeHugger and materialicious.

+ Architects Takaharu + Yui Tezuka's Cloister House video at 10+1. Via dezain.

+ More of the Esker House addition at Plataforma Arquitectura.

+ The affordable and contemporary Stayokay Maastricht, "a hostel located in the centre of Maastricht on the western banks of the Maas." @ DESIGNWS.COM.

+ The 2007 International Garden Festival in Chaumont, France is featuring Mitnick Roddier Hicks' Etant Donne garden. Via Apartment Therapy.

+ ... and the The Staple-less Stapler @ Apartment Therapy, "might be a bit of a misnomer as the thing doesn't actually employ staples.".

+ Good Magazine: The Design Issue. We like the cover. Via Core77.

+ Design Academy Eindhoven 2007 grad show video part 2 at designguide.tv.

+ Finn Magee's Flat Life collection Flat Lamp and Flat Time are wall posters that are also functioning lamp and clock respectively. Via we make money not art.

+ Laurence Brabant's Verre Rouge, a "revisited wine glass" with a hollow stem. Via The David Report.

+ Wouter Nieuwendijk and Suzanne van Oirschot's 2D Furniture. Via Bloesem.

+ Annetteh Interwirth's Carnaby Loveseat for Minotti, "A double chaiselongue that seduces you to treasure, gather, and hide things. Your private little items can be stored in a multitude of pockets, bags, and sachets which are integrated in the backpillow.". Via labour of heart*.

+ Karim Rashid's Poly chair for Bonaldo. Via pan-dan.

+ Watanabe Riki's cardboard kids furniture @ daddytypes.com, "a square table and two stools which slide right under it. More and more, I'm liking the idea of disposable, low-impact, low-cost design for the kids. Unless you're going the multigenerational heirloom route, why not go for the recyclable, leave-no-trace gear instead?".

+ Cersaie 2007 show preview at ItalianDesign360, "international showcase of ceramic tiles and bathroom furniture".

+ "A solid block of metal was cut out and into it were drilled 27 precision holes to display the time", the G-version watch @ Tokyoflash. Via sub-studio design blog.

+ Three Layer Cake's interview with designer Joost van Bleiswijk, "I think Dutch design continues to stay popular because the Dutch spend a lot of time on the promotion of their work, since it’s self-produced they have to promote the work because nobody will do it for them.".

+ magCulture asks is The Economist's Intelligent Life magazine Competition for Monocle?.

+ A charred Maarten Baas piano is played at the Moss Los Angeles store opening at UnBeige.