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Sweet and Heady is a pendant light made of wine glasses by Ray Power. More »

Very late Milan update: Peter Marigold was one of five designers showcased at the Great Brits - Ingenious Therapies show organised by the Design Museum and the British Council at fashion designer Paul Smith’s Milan headquarters in April. More »

Ornamented Life is a collection by designer Joana Meroz that applies unusual forms of decoration to everyday objects. More »

Hall Stand is a wall-mounted storage system made of plumbing hardware such as pipes and taps. More »

New Designers 07: Light Bulb Packaging is a light designed by University of Brighton graduate Olivia Cheung that attempts to avoid waste by converting packaging into product. More »

Here are some photos of Synapsis, a table designed by Jean-Marie Massaud for Italian furniture brand Porro. More »

Milan update: somewhat belatedly, here are works by the ten young British designers selected for the Top Ten show held at the British Council offices in Milan last month. More »

Milan update: here is a selection of pieces shown at the Design Academy Eindhoven show in Milan last month (see previous post). More »

Milan update: here are some photos of The Family of Form, the exhibition staged by Design Academy Eindhoven in Via Palermo, Milan last month. More »

Milan update: this installation by architect Kengo Kuma of a concept home based on traditional Japanese interiors was one of the talking points at Milan this year. More »

Milan update: Flos was the highlight of the Euroluce lighting fair in Milan last month, but we have only just received these images of new products by Marcel Wanders (above) and Joris Laarman (below). More »

Milan update: Swedish design group Front launched Camouflage for lighting company Zero at the Euroluce lighting fair in Milan last month. More »

Milan update: TuttoBene was our favourite of the independent group shows this year, setting up shop in a warehouse just across the train tracks from Via Tortona and presenting work by young designers from Belgium and the Netherlands. More »

Milan update: here is another young designer who showed at Salone Satellite in Milan last month - Danish textile designer Lene Toni Kjeld of Wall Decoration, who presented a new collection of wallpaper designs called Meta One. More »

Milan update: more from Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, this time in the form of their Pol sofa for Kartell. More »

Milan update: is this the best new chair from Milan this year? The Steelwood cafe chair by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec for Magis features modish mixed materials - in this case steel and wood, as the name suggests. More »

Milan update: Italian designer/artist Andrea Salvetti continues to plough his distinctive furrow, this year showing chairs resembling nests, cupboards resembling giant logs, some super-sized eggs and a giant filigree mushroom - all made of shiny metal. More »

Milan update: people have been asking, so here is a technical explanation of the “liquid” digital floor display at the launch of Ross Lovegrove’s new speakers for KEF. More »

Milan update: here is a selection of pieces shown by young Dutch designer Kiki van Eijk as part of her joint Quality Time show with Joost van Bleiswijk. More »

Milan update: the presentation of new work by Gaetano Pesce at the Meritalia showroom on Via Durini was one of the most interesting in Milan - if only for the utter strangeness of both the furniture and the way it was shown, with weird sound effects, projections and very little light. More »