Fort Makers at MoMA PS1

HBL favorite from ICFF, Fort Makers, has designed the stage for MoMA PS1's Warm Up 2011, a summer outdoor series of experimental live music that premiered this weekend and continues to run throughout August.

Err by Jeremy Hutchison

Untitled (Pipe), Soner Demirel, Pipsan Pipes, Istanbul, Turkey

Artist Jeremy Hutchison's new project, entitled Err, began with him asking factories worldwide to create "incorrect" versions of the objects they create everyday. Hutchison agreed to buy the wrongly made item, but did not prescribe the fault he wanted, instead leaving it to the individual factoryworker to choose what to 'get wrong'.

On tension by Eva Malschaert

One of the highlights of Show RCA 2011, this room divider by graduate designer Eva Malschaert allows the user to divide up their space using simply a curtain of fabric strips and a series of carefully-placed magnets.

HBL Retail: Emanuels Eco Store

Recycled wallpaper by Inke, available at Emanuels Eco Store

Emanuels Eco Store bills itself as an online emporium offering "eco designs for living and business". Their approach to sustainability is three-pronged: encouraging prolonged product lifecycles, only selling responsibly made and sourced furniture and accessories, and rewarding customers for disposing of their old furniture ethically and sustainably.

Barbecue cookbooks: an HBL guide

Grilling at Barbecoa

Since man mastered fire he has been burning meat over it, promoting the important concept of community and sharing the hunt. Thousands of years later, barbecuing is still an essential part of outdoor living: a favourite event across the world, it brings people together to cook, relax and enjoy the good life al fresco.

Subscribers can access the WGSN-homebuildlife guide to the barbecue trends currently at retail level - and also read our report about both the past of the product, and its future. To accompany these reports, we've compiled a guide to our favourite BBQ cookbooks - with one to suit each trend.

HBL Blog of the Week: United Blogs of Benetton

Fashion brand United Colors of Benetton set up this new blog in June, enlisting established bloggers from nine countries worldwide to cover areas of interest including fashion, technology, culture, and youth. Viewers can browse stories by country or topic, or simply wander through the site to see what's new.

HBL loves: the breadth of coverage combined with the informal, chatty tone of voice. At its best, the blog feels like a catch-up with an informed, international group of friends.

Sculpture in the Garden 2011

The tenth edition of the University of Leicester's outdoor exhibition of contemporary sculpture, held annually in the Harold Martin Botanic garden, opened to the public last month. WGSN-homebuildlife visited the show this weekend to bring you the highlights.

Art in the woods at Latitude festival

Andy Harper

The shortlist for this year's Latitude Contemporary Art Prize has been announced, with the winner to be revealed in a ceremony at the British arts festival on the 16th July. All five shortlisted artists will contribute commissions to be set within Latitude's woodlands, allowing the viewer to enjoy art in natural surroundings.

HBL Retail: Liberty Selects for Origin

A transformation from 360mm diameter 201008 by Soungchuel Park

London department store Liberty has once again joined forces with annual craft fair Origin. The retailer's Buying Manager for Home and Gift, Michelle Alger, has chosen thirty pieces from exhibitors at the fair to star in a series of five windows which will frame the exterior of Origin's pavilion in September. Here's a preview of what will be on display.

GLass Session by ESAD for Design Parade

Falaise by Ferréol Babin

Students at French art school École Supérieure d'Art et de Design (ESAD) have developed a collection of sculptural glass objects for the sixth edition of Design Parade, an event run by Hyères-based gallery Villa Noailles. Students worked with two glass specialists, the Centre International des Arts Verriers (CIAV) in Meisenthal and SALVIATI in Murano, Italy, and saw their most successful ideas manufactured by CIAV.

HBL Retail: Homeplus virtual subway stores

Tesco's Homeplus virtual subway stores mixes QR technology and retail with public spaces. Time-poor commuters in South Korea can ‘shop’ the billboard-style advertisements that simulate traditional store shelves. Every item in the virtual store has a QR code beneath it and items can be added to the shopping basket, by scanning the code with a phone. When finished, the shopper sends the list to Tesco’s on-line delivery service, for home delivery.

WGSN-HBL subscribers can read more about retail apps below.
Digital DIY & decor: interiors retail analysis

HBL Book of the Week: Design*Sponge at Home

Design Sponge at Home (Official Book Trailer) from The Panic Room Videos on Vimeo.

This week's choice is much-awaited, and has just become available to pre-order. Written by Design*Sponge editor Grace Bonney with a foreword by Jonathan Adler, Design*Sponge at Home will be published in September 2011, bringing together a vast array of home tours, DIY projects, before-and-after stories, and resource guides.

HBL loves: the blog, which is a team favourite - and so we're sure to enjoy the book just as much. More information on Amazon here.