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Athens designer Yiannis Ghikas has designed a coat rack comprising three Y-shaped components leaning against each other. More »

Dezeen podcast: in this podcast for the Design Museum in London, curator Alex Newson (above) walks us through this year’s Brit Insurance Designs of the Year exhibition, on show at the museum until 6 June 2010. More »

Huibert van Muilwijk has designed a chair made out of lolly stick-shaped plywood components for Dutch studio Made by Midas. More »

In Milan next month Venetian designer Luca Nichetto will present a chair painted to look like the surface is already wearing away. More »

In Milan next month Italian brand Cappellini will launch this cantilevered stool by New York designer Todd Bracher. More »

French designer Ludovic Renson has designed a collection of children’s furniture made of wood and felt. More »

Dutch designer Richard Hutten has designed a postage stamp that consists of a tiny eight-page book for Dutch postal company Royal TNT Post. More »

Spanish designers El Ultimo Grito will exhibit a collection of blown-glass architectural models at the Aram Gallery in London later this month. More »

Swedish designers Front have created a lamp shade where circular holes in the reflective inner layer project spots of light onto the outer diffuser. More »

Paris designer Lee West has designed an extra-tall teapot that has no handle but instead has a removable cork sleeve to stop you burning your hands. More »

Designers TAF of Sweden have designed a lamp for Swedish lighting brand Zero, similar in appearance and construction to an embroidery frame. More »

London fashion designer Lu Flux has launched her autumn/winter collection 2010, which features salvaged textiles and fairytale characters. More »

Royal College of Art student Eliot Postma has created a conceptual project where pets could be used to harvest human organs for transplants. More »

More from Italian design brand Alessi: here are a couple of images showing a ceramic vase by Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas Architects. More »

Sarajevo designer Belma Arnautović has created a collection of shoes including these candy-filled heels. More »