Milan 2010: German design studio Ett la Benn present a collection of lamps made by drying out sponge cloths over moulds in the Zona Tortona district of Milan this week. More »

Milan 2010: British brand Established & Sons have collaborated with Italian glass company Venini to lauch a collection of objects by designers including Konstantin Grcic, and Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec. More »

Milan 2010: at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile this week Dutch designer Marcel Wanders presents a chair made by the same blow-moulding technique used to manufacture water bottles. More »

Milan 2010: international designers including James Irvine, Konstantin Grcic and Jasper Morrison have created a collection of marble furniture for Italian stone company Marsotto Edizioni, unveiled this week in Milan. More »

Milan 2010: American designers Rich Brilliant Willing present a range of furniture made of overlapping wooden slats for design brand Innermost at Superstudio Più in Zona Tortona this week. More »

Milan 2010: here’s a selection of new products launched by British brand Established & Sons in Milan this week, including this chair in a knitted cover by Dutch designer Bertjan Pot. More »

Milan 2010: another chair with a face. Italian designer Fabio Novembre presents giant masks for sitting in. More »

Milan 2010: with half the design world stuck in Milan thanks to the volcano and the other half unable to get there, we thought this would be a good time to republish The Regional Blanket by Vík Prjónsdóttir of Iceland. More »

Milan 2010 promotion: watch brand RADO has launched a blog showing video reports from Milan this week at www.radostar.com/blog. More »

Milan 2010: Belgian designer Jens Praet has collaborated with Vibeke Skar of Norway to present a collection of Corian tables with grooves worn into their sides in the Ventura Lambrate district of Milan this week. More »

Milan 2010: French architect Jean Nouvel presents an office wall system for Italian brand Methis at Superstudio Più in Zona Tortona. More »

Milan 2010: Dutch designer Marcel Wanders exhibits a chair with a snarling face on its backrest at Moooi in Milan this week. More »

Dutch studio Bureau B+B have completed a house on a country estate in the Netherlands with a thatched roof but no eves. More »

Milan 2010: a self-assembly chair designed in 1974 by Italian designer Enzo Mari has been put into production by Finnish furniture brand Artek. More »