This week's picks:

+ Cologne Design Week 2009 part 1 at DesignWS.com, IMM and Passagen at Core77 and then some.

+ Raphael Charles' carpet pieces at matandme, "a carpet of mousse PE and felt pieces. The elements of the carpet look like black coal. Thrown together the soft pieces exist as a rug."

+ Terence Woodgate's Surface Table for Established & Sons at matandme.

+ Ami Drach and Dov Ganchrow's +/- Hotplates at designboom, "users simply have to hook up the plate to an electrical source and the current will run through the decoration keeping food stuff warm."

+ Federica Veronesi's notturno pendant lamp for La rana che salta at DesignSpotter. The shade is made of acetate with a printed image of the nighttime sky.

+ Katarzyna Okinczyc & Igor Peczkowski's Cabo Collection crystal glass cable organizer for Dogenvol at DesignSpotter, the "light refracting nature of crystal transforms the scary elctronic mess into a chic work of art."

+ Johanna Richter's Floora, "a wool felt modular rug" at designklub.

+ Li Jayne's iShelf at Ponoko blog, a DIY iTunes Coverflow that "let's you realize your iTunes library on your physical desktop".

+ Design Depression Debate continues on the right side of the pond; Pink walls and chandeliers don't feel right. We've had enough of frivolity at The Guardian. "Philippe Starck, Sir Terence Conran and Kirstie Allsopp debate the future of their industries in these lean times." Via Dezain.