The Guardian prints this epitaph about Lucienne Day, "the foremost British textile designer of her period," who died aged 93 on January 30.

News Outdoor Award

The Chicago chapter of Architecture for Humanity presents a street furniture design competition. Deadline February 26.

Find By Architects

Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) provides images from its recent exhbit, From the Spoon to the City, that featured objects designed by architects Marcel Breuer, Charles Eames, Frank Gehry, Michael Graves, Rudolph Schindler and others.

Find Folded Metal Chairs

Designboom gives an overview of the formed-aluminum-sheet chairs designed by Ran Amitai, a recent graduate of Jerusalem's Bezalel Academy of Art and Design.

News UK Shortlist

Blog My House Is My Castle provides images of the furniture category shortlist for this year's Brit Insurance Design Awards, sponsored by London's Design Museum, including the "make it yourself" pallet furniture by Nina Tolstrup of Studiomama.

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The Sustainable Furnishings Council's 2010 One Good Chair competition calls for a "casual" lounge chair from entrants under 30 years old. Deadline May 1.

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News SCP Inspires

On February 3 in London the annual Hidden Art Awards recognized SCP as the most influential and/or inspiring British company.

News Design by Night

Toronto's Design Exchange hosts Fall in Love . . . with Design, an early celebration of Valentine's Day and launch of Design by Night, a series of evening events that include studio tours, screenings, workshops and exhibition openings. February 11.

News Green Seats

Blog Designeast lists the three winning designs from Sitting Green, an eco-friendly home seating competition announced during Belgrade Design Week 2009.

News E-Waste Ethics

Greenbiz.com reports on a recent seminar from the US EPA that offered a primer for small business on choosing a reputable e-waste recycler and avoiding the pitfalls of e-waste recycling.

Selected for having "gone beyond the brief" in the name of design, Design Week lists its Top 50 UK designers for 2009.

News Tweet RTB

Rocking the Beaver, a documentary that asks the question "What Is Canadian Design?" to be filmed across Canada this summer, can be followed on Twitter.

News VIA Grants

The Paris-based furniture development agency VIA (Valorisation de l'Innovation dans l'Ameublement) exhibits furniture designs that received its assistance grants. To March 7.

News FHS Symposium

UK-based Furniture History Society holds its 34th Annual Symposium at the Victoria Albert Museum, March 6, with speakers addressing topics, such as Bauhaus furniture and post-War Italian design, and providing a re-evaluation of the work of major designers, including Marcel Breuer and Gio Ponti.

Find Project H Tasks

Project H Design, an organization that "connects the power of design to the people who need it most," repairs rural school desks and produces hospital storage units in two Mexico-based activities.