Britain is currently enthralled in various heated debates: be it about Gordon Brown’s spelling or Jedward’s presence on the X Factor, people are talking. Our design news might not provoke controversy (though today’s first story might get a few pulses racing), but this doesn’t mean we don’t want to hear your views, so please give us your comments on any stories that you love, hate, or simply want to know more about. mydeco is here for you…

mydeco’s pick of the top three news stories:

1. Moco Loco: Orange Crush by Marilyn Miller

Image Credit: Moco Loco

In a new exhibition (which also features portraits of a freckled and vulnerable-looking Pamela Anderson), Marilyn Miller brings us up close and personal to the lips and tongue. Fetishistic to say the least, the images are actually created using the mouth – the subjects lick, push or splatter various food and drink-like substances against the glass. Whilst I am impressed with Miller’s creative moxie, I am a little repulsed by this image. But then that’s probably because it provokes horrific flashbacks of going in for my first kiss as a teenager.

2. Design Milk: Radiator Chair by Jeroen Wesselink

Image credit: Design Milk

This chair doesn’t exactly scream comfort, but as someone who spends most of her winter hugging the radiator, being able to sit down AND keep warm would be a considerable improvement! Follow the link to see a video of the designer at work.

3. The Telegraph: Time and Place; Will Young

Image credit: The Telegraph

Student abodes are renowned for three things: a distinctive smell, empty alcohol bottles and a lack of cleaning. With such pungent memories, its easy to forget that student homes are often integral to the experiences that shaped the person you became after university. Will Young’s brief but extremely relatable account of his student dwellings is a pleasant reminder that a house is not just about the decor (although obviously after you’ve graduated there’s no excuse, so be thankful that mydeco is here to help you).

The best of the rest:

The Financial Times: Where the fall faltered

The Financial Times: ‘I love the house for its clean lines’

The Financial Times: An era of excellence?

The Daily Mail: ‘We dig our old house, but need to head south’

The Daily Mail: Why Clinton’s Classmate is leading his followers to a new life in the Andes

The Daily Mail: Robert Lindsay: Why I live where I live

dornob: Fantastic floor-to-ceiling, whole-wall bookcases and shelves

dornob: Ultimate underground home: converted nuclear missile silo

Hope you enjoyed our selection today folks, make sure you come back tomorrow to catch up on Wednesday’s latest design juice!