Reclaim x2

Ladies & Gentlemen Studio x Nicholas Nyland

Reclaim NYC, the fundraising project launched by the design community to help rebuild New York after Hurricane Sandy, will hold its second charity sale from 16-18 May, during New York Design Week. Designers contributing pieces to the auction include Lindsey Adelman, Egg Collective and Jonah Takagi.

Live from Proposte: Prosetex

Italian brand Prosetex debuted its new fabric developments at Proposte this week, including a series of deep teal and indigo blue velvets.

Live from Proposte: Digital African Prints

African inspired pattern is a key direction for exhibitors presenting at Proposte this year.

Live from Proposte: Bayart Vanoutryve

Textile manufacturer Bayart Vanoutryve presented a new weave collection at Proposte this week.

Dog treats at Liberty

Dachshund dog bowl by Fenella Smith, £37.50

London department store Liberty has extended its range of luxury dog accessories, adding ceramic bowls by Fenella Smith, and collars, blankets and toys by Mungo & Maud.

How to send a piece of city: a project by JoeVelluto

Italian design collective JoeVelluto has designed a way to share the experience of a holiday. Called Piece Of, the project comprises a series of postcards that can be filled with small objects representing the sender's favourite part of a city - such as a feather or a pebble.

Lodetex: Live from Proposte

Italian brand Lodetex stands out at this year's edition of textile fair Proposte. Striking digital printed fabrics are presented in array of designs from soft and sophisticated ikats to contemporary pixel prints.

Full Colour at Platform, Habitat

Opening today at Habitat's London gallery space Platform is a new exhibition showcasing a series of abstract paintings by Garth Lewis. Lewis is known for his use of contrasting techniques such as hand painting, inkjet printing and direct printing, which are applied onto a computer-generated composition.

Four & Sons: canine culture

Online journal Four & Sons focuses on the area where "dogs and culture collide", exploring photography, sculpture and interiors projects that feature canine companions or examine what they mean to us.

Jo Nagasaka for Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media

Architect Jo Nagasaka has designed six different 3D speech balloons for the archives exhibit at the Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media. The balloons all connect and form mini-theatres, in which guests can watch video archives.

New colour collection by Adam Bray for Plain English

Bespoke kitchen design company Plain English has launched a limited colour collection to celebrate its 20th year in business. Designed by interior decorator Adam Bray, the twelve shade collection updates the classic colour palette associated with the Georgian-inspired designs and tailors it specifically to cupboards.

Nichetto = Nendo

Shelves in a comic by Luca Nichetto and Nendo for Glas Italia

Italian and Japanese designers Luca Nichetto and Oki Sato of Nendo recently teamed up to create a brand new collection of products, which was launched at Milan Design Week. Inspired by a Japanese creative process in which one person starts a poem and then sends it to a second person to compose its ending, one designer sent ideas to the other, who concluded them, and vice versa.

One of the pieces is a range of glass structures covered in tiny shelves. On their large, rounded pieces of glass, the shelves are like "speech bubbles floating in mid-air, the kind that appears by a manga character's head as he imagines something", says Nichetto. "Shelves that seem synchronised with the mind of their owner, once loaded with books and objects."

WGSN-homebuildlife subscribers can read our full report on the art of display here.