Designer Marc Newson follows up his exhibition at Gagosian Gallery in New York last year with a new show at Gagosian in London opening this week, with some new pieces. More »

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Newton Virus is a computer virus designed by London collective Troika, that causes icons on your computer desktop to fall towards the ground as if affected by gravity. More »

Michael Young has designed a watch for Hong Kong brand o.d.m. to commemorate the tenth anniversary of Hong Kong’s return to Chinese rule, which was celebrated in July last year. More »

Designer Alice Wang has created a range of weighing scales that allow you to deceive yourself about your weight. More »

UK print magazine Design Week has published its Hot 50 list of the people and organisations making the biggest impact on the UK design scene – and we’re in it! More »

Design Indaba 08: continuing our series of stories about the 10×10 Housing Project in Cape Town, South Africa, here are the latest photos showing progress constructing the first sand-bag house. More »

Spanish designers Luis Eslava and Diego Ramos created an installation of objects made of Tyvek for the Casa Pasarela pavilion at the ARCO contemporary art fair in Madrid last month. More »