Woop Studios and ZSL London Zoo Tiger SOS campaign

Woop Studios has teamed up with ZSL London Zoo to support the ZSL London Zoo’s Tiger SOS campaign, creating a collection of products and a limited edition print to aid and promote the charity’s first fundraising initiative. Tiger SOS is a campaign that hopes to raise £2m for ZSL London Zoo's tiger conservation work in Sumatra and develop a state of the art Tiger conservation headquarters in central London.

HBL Events: LoveLight 2011

WGSN-homebuildlife is at LoveLight today, an event held at the Classic Car Club in Shoreditch and hosted by our sister magazine Lighting. LoveLight is a platform for architects, lighting designers and interior designers - including Sam Wilkinson and LOCOG - to share creative ideas and inspire those who put lighting at the heart of their work.

Steve Jobs, 1955 – 2011

"Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do."

Read about Steve Jobs' life and death here in the New York Times.

HBL Book of the Week: A Sky Full of Kindness

Paper-cutter and illustrator Rob Ryan's latest book, which will be published next Thursday, is exclusively previewed in today's Stylist magazine. Called A Sky Full of Kindness (Hodder, 2011), the dark-edged fairytale is the result of six months of paper cutting.

HBL loves: Ryan's whimsical style, coupled with his intricate and time-consuming technique. Each page is clearly a labour of love, and will appeal to its audience precisely because of this.

The Institute of Making at Soho House

WGSN-homebuildlife spent last night in the basement of London's Soho House, learning about an array of amazing materials courtesy of Dr Zoe Laughlin of the Institute of Making and science collective Super/Collider. Here's our guide to the materials you should know about, both new and established.

HBL News: London Lily Week

To mark the first ever Lily Week, three installations have been created across London by the Flower Council of Holland. Situated in Regent's Park, St Christopher's Place and Heathrow Airport Terminal 4 respectively, more than 3000 lilies have been used in total and represent the three qualities associated with lilies: purity, feminity and love. [via Stylist]

The Art of Travel by Louis Vuitton

© Louis Vuitton / Aurore Colibert

Luxury brand Louis Vuitton has released a set of hotel labels which celebrate the art of travel. Thirty adhesive postcards from the brand's archive feature what are described as "the great hotels of the world, from the Plazza Athénée in Paris to the Astor House in Shanghai".

HBL Blog of the Week: Ape on the Moon

Ape on the Moon

Ape on the Moon is run by two illustrators, Alex Mathers and Philip Dennis, and documents all that is cutting edge, new and exciting about contemporary visual arts. Mathers and Dennis are particularly interested in the various techniques behind innovative arts projects, which they dissect and teach readers how to replicate in the engaging Tutorials section.

3D Illustration, Comic Art, Fabric Design, Hand Crafts, Light Art, Paper Illustration, Screen Printing, and Typography are amongst the many categories featured under the diverse Topics tab, which helps the user to navigate to blog posts covering their specific area of interest.

HBL loves: Ape on the Moon blog post ‘Free Space’ Project from Brighton Graduate Matt Lyver.

Amazon challenges technology's high prices with Kindle Fire

The Kindle Fire is Amazon's first foray into tablets and is causing a stir in the tech world. With recent news reporting that its low price of $199 is $10 less than cost ($209.62), Amazon is depending on auxiliary sales generated by the tablet to bring in the profits. The online company is directly challenging the accessibility of Apple products and has priced its tablet debut $300 lower than the cheapest iPad 2.

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos stated in a letter to customers: "There are two types of companies: those that work hard to charge customers more, and those that work hard to charge customers less. Both approaches can work. We are firmly in the second camp."

Cult products for the Milano Design Weekend 2011

Crinoline by Patricia Urquiola for B&B Italia

There's a special treat in-store for visitors to the second edition of the Milano Design Weekend, when for four days (6-9 October) the city is animated by non-stop shopping, special events and integrated itineraries of design, art, architecture and music.

Mobius charges your iPhone in the sun

California-based company Eton has released Mobius, a solar battery case for the iPhone 4. The sleek design of this charger complements its eco-friendly function, which allows users to charge their phones simply by placing them in the sun, and can charge separately from the phone.

LED lights let users know how much energy is left, and the device doubles battery life, with an additional five to eight hours of energy. Mobius can also be charged via USB just in case.

Own A Colour

Paint brand Dulux has launched a new campaign in collaboration with children's charity UNICEF which encourages people to own a colour of their choice in exchange for a £1 donation.