This week's MoCo picks.

+ Johnston Marklee & Associates' Hill House, "The design of the house utilizes the restriction of hillside and zoning ordinance to create a spatial and structural opportunity - adopting the zoning envelope as a building form." @ Arkinetia.

+ Vetter Denk Architecture's prefabricated Aperture House in Milwaukee @ architechnophilia.

+ Jacco Maris' Octave chandelier, "less like an oval and more like an inkspot" at Design Milk.

+ &made's Standby Extension, "Focusing on the consumption of electricity through standby appliances and adaptors, the objects in this collection consider the responsibility of the switch and how it can make itself more available. Rather than hiding industrial sockets and switches behind furniture and in corners, these furnishings bring the switch out into the room with an ability to adapt to any environment.". Via l-e-mental.

+ Keiji Ashizawa’s Flat Packing Chair. Via JEANSNOW.NET.

+ Design Republic's video of Elica's hanging range hoods, including the spherical chandelier.

+ Susanne Philippson's JOIIN lamp for Pallucco "explores the notion of weaving light. The design includes a series of curved surfaces that couple together to shade its light source.". Via pan-dan.

+ Micralite's Toro, "It looks as though the Toro keeps a lot of the Micralite undercarriage, which gives it the same sweet turning and handling performance as the Fastfold." @ daddytypes.com.

+ More Ritimonio DI.TA. digital faucets @ Wow Bathrooms.

+ Core77's Philadelphia Design Week gallery. "The design community in Philadelphia has been steadily percolating, and this year's Design Philadelphia offered up inspiring work from lots of venues.".

+ Core77's Milan Design Week gallery, "more design than you can shake a champagne debubbler at.".

+ designboom's Milan Design Week gallery.

+ design*sponge Milan 2007: Five Trends to Watch.

+ The fourth day of the Milan Furniture Fair at the David Report, where "the overall feeling was confusing. Is this the future? Where were the groove and the alternative to the establishment?".

+ Barbarian Group's Magnetosphere iTunes plugin, "combines magnetism, gravity and pure awesomeness to deliver an insanely bad-ass iTunes music visualizer.". We agree. Via Josh Spear.

+ 2007 Next Generation winners announced. This year's competition theme was energy. Our favorite, was, uh, the "Loco-plug & Loco Outlet, Loco for low consumption, saves energy by opening the circuit while electric devices are on standby.". Via Land+Living.