An arsenal of arses, a bounty of breasts and a lesser number of other female parts get enthusiastically ogled by Stephen Bayley in this bizarre book. We see the women, but where’s the design?

Reality as we know it is finished. Welcome to reality 2.0 – where the internet is ubiquitous, and the world is forested with information.

Dutch Design Week started with the opening of the Design Academy Eindhoven’s graduation show where the students’ work largely dealt with the aesthetics of waste, sustainability and design for tight spaces.

On the roof terrace of the former Dia Art Foundation building in Chelsea, New York, Los Angeles-based Inaba architects has designed Pool Noodle Rooftop, a seating installation made from flotation aids.

The Weingut Claus Preisinger winery and visitor centre has opened in Burgenland, Austria’s heartland of wine production. It’s designed by Viennese practice PropellerZ.

Tonight is the finale of Design For Life, the BBC2 reality show in which young Brits compete for a placement in Philippe Starck’s studio in Paris. Here’s what we thought of the first couple of episodes, from icon 077.

Anna Minton’s book about regeneration, crime and urban policy will make anyone who cares about the future of British cities very angry indeed.

The AT&T Performing Arts Centre has opened in Dallas. The $354 million centre includes the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House by Foster & Partners and REX/OMA’s Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre among its facilities.

Destruction was preservation at the new home of the Museum of Design and Fashion, or MUDE, in Lisbon. Ricardo Carvalho & Joana Vilhena Arquitectos took a 1950s bank in the historic centre of the city and sandblasted it to within an inch of its life.

Do not adjust your set – the dizzying image on the front cover of icon 077 is a real building. It’s Chiaki Arai’s extraordinary Ofunato Civic Centre, one of the delights of the November issue, which is out now.

Icon Minds is icon magazine’s first one-day symposium. It takes place on 14 October and it features conversations and debates by some of the most respected figures in design and architecture. Now you can register your details to win a ticket for the event.

October is in full swing and we have several dates to add to your diary. 14 October is the date for Icon’s first one-day symposium Icon Minds. On the same day Art & Design London opens its doors here in London, followed by David Chipperfield’s exhibition at the Design Museum a week later.

To celebrate the London Design Festival icon magazine gave away £16,000 worth of contemporary furniture at 100% Design. Over 20,000 people registered for the prize draw and we selected the winning name on the last day of the festival.

One of our favourite exhibitions during the London Design Festival was Parallel Projects’s Three Yet One.

The design duo Committee has opened a charming cafe in Deptford. It premiered for the London Design Festival but will remain open after the event.

Benjamin Hubert’s contribution to 100% Design was impressive to say the least. His display A Year In The Making featured ten products designed in the past year, all of which are now in production with leading manufacturers like Ercol and De la Espada.

Hidden behind an inconspicuous black door on Kingsland Road, London’s quietest star designer is giving over half of his recently opened shop to a humble display of jugs, jars and pitchers.

Designer Max Lamb continues his favourite pastime – slicing out seats from boulders to make chairs and cutting stones in half to make coffee tables – for an exhibition at Johnson Trading Gallery, showing in London for the first time.

Amsterdam-based designer Jair Straschnow is showing a collection of furniture at the Aram Gallery during the London Design Festival.

The flatpack Ply stool is a collaboration between furniture designer Michael Marriot and fashion brand Paul Smith for the London Design Festival.