This week's picks:

+ Dellekamp arquitectos' House on a Slope at Arch Daily, "This 130m2 house is located on a rural area adjacent to Mexico City. Built with a budget of 60,000.00 USD the house employs standard materials and solutions as well as a simple structure.".

+ Bureau B+O's Villa B te O at Arch Daily, a rural house where "The living room and the kitchen have big glass facades that flows the landscape seamlessly into the interior.

+ Quim Larrea and Katherine Bedwell's Neutra inspired v-shaped Rembed House at Arch Daily, "The foyer acts as the 'rotula' or joint of the house from where two zones are distributed: night/day, public/private.".

+ Sou Fujimoto's 90 sq. meter "one-room" T house at Arch Daily.

+ rico turu architect studio's 128 sq. meter Setagaya-D House at What We Do Is Secret, "The site is a long and slender rectangle... Four wings of differing volumes, stand in a line from the road frontage along the site shape.".

+ Atsushi and Mayumi Kawamoto's 110 sq. meter Boko House at What We Do Is Secret, "The angled south-facing triangular window, which is the signature of the house, allows to control the sunlight into the living/dining area on the second floor throughout the four seasons of the year.".

+ Mikiko Endo's 120 sq. meter K House at What We Do Is Secret, "one of the few houses designed by architect... The interior is accentuated with exposed concrete and plywood surfaces.".

+ Shaun Houseman and Jessica Kimberley's 44ft. dome in the mountains outside Ojai, California at Materialicious.

+ Remodelista 's Architect Visit: Asfour Guzy.

+ Supersudaka's Kiltro House, "This project is almost a statement of how to accomplish architecture in Latin-america. The process was so unsteady, that all possible architectural design resources available where exercised to cope with the challenge of this house in the Chilean Central Valley.". Via noticias arquitectura.

+ Architectural Record's Design Vanguard 2008, "None of the firms in this year's Design Vanguard tried to overturn the current order or present a radically new vision of architecture. Reflecting the busy times in which they have been working, they built a lot and created some stunning projects: houses that provoke thought while satisfying the senses, places for art that engage visitors, new buildings that initiate dialogues with old ones.". Via noticias arquitectura.

Frida Berglund of husmusen wrote us to let us know that fashion label H&M has launched a home decor collection. Consisting of four sub collections: Design, Nature, Youth and Classic, H&M Home will be available only through their internet/ web shop at first. The collection was launched at a press event in Germany last night. Above, a few items from the Design collection. Much more at husmusen.

Amanda Vissell has the right idea: save the day with a private army of Apocalyptic-Ephunts.

Or dream it away by gazing into Lorraine Peltz's chandeliers.

Richard Sarson uses his time to create meticulous drawings that take a very steady hand.

Mia fills her paintings with lush imagery that bring the daydreams to the surface. Illuminating.

Time of day plays a role in setting the atmosphere in photographs by Marc Yankus.

More at Art MoCo.

Jewellery by Tel-Aviv artists Kobi Roth, Vered Babai, Einat Primo and Edda Vardimon-Gudnason is featured in an exhibition called Open File. The collection of contemporary jewellery includes rings, pendants, brooches and more, in a variety of materials dominated by silver. The Wood Ring above is by Vered Babai and more examples of work by this group follow after the jump.

+ telavivcity.com

Petals of Mass Protection, Perennial Amulet, and Scentless Violence, are the final three selected quotes from our write a Ballistic Rose quote post. With more than 200 quotes to choose from, says CITIZEN:Citizen's Philip Wood, "What can I say, the response has just been amazing, I really can't tell you how impressed I am with the number of entries.". So impressed that CITIZEN:citizen will be giving away not one but three Ballistic Roses. Rose scribes Freddie, Tristan and Joseph will each receive a Ballistic Rose with certificate of provenance and archival collectors box shipped to their door and their quote up on the CITIZEN:citizen website. Thank you to all for your creativity and your quotes. See all the submitted quotes here.

Damian Barton works with a wide variety of materials for his lighting and furniture designs. The Burette Lamp makes use of fluorescent tube lighting, Bunsen uses an incandescent bulb and the Cone Lamp uses LEDs, each to different effect. The Winglet credenza is a sliver of a piece, an uplifting brushed aluminium table with a walnut veneer, but the Shroud Lounge is all polyurethane and fiberglass. The Lift Table is a simpler mix of stainless steel and glass, and the Fruit Cell is cast nylon.

+ damianbarton.com