This kit by Royal College of Art graduate Neil Merry allows musicians to control sound and lighting effects at their gigs by slinging the microphone around or waggling their instruments about (+ movie). More »
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Competition: five copies of Fetishism
in Fashion to be won
Competition: we're giving readers the chance to win a copy of trend forecaster Li Edelkoort's new book exploring fetishism in fashion. More »
Sweeper and dustpan
by Jan Kochański
Sweepings collected in this dustpan designed by Jan Kochański can be diposed of through a funnel in its handle (+ slideshow). More »
Press Lamp by Nendo
for Lasvit
Product news: these lamps by Nendo are made by pressing a glass tube to create a narrow gap that clamps the light source in place. More »
Prehistoric Aliens
by Glimpt
Swedish designers Glimpt worked with Peruvian artisans to produce the hand-carved wooden bases for these coffee tables (+ slideshow). More »
Footspace by
Rachel Jui Chi Chang
Royal College of Art graduate Rachel Jui Chi Chang created wooden shoes based on furniture and engineering for this footwear collection (+ slideshow). More »
Voyage to Uchronia by Matali Crasset
at Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac
French designer Matali Crasset is showing a series of mysterious hooded furniture at an exhibition in Paris (+ slideshow). More »
New Pinterest board:
street furniture
Pages by
Sophie Nuttall
Stationery and ring-bound sheets of paper influenced this collection by Westminster fashion graduate Sophie Nuttall. More »
Kartell to open 50 stores in China
over the next five years
Help! I Want to Save a Life by Graham Douglas
for Help Remedies and DKMS
A bandage pack containing a bone marrow donor registry kit has won a White Pencil at the D&AD Awards (+ movie). More »
"It's easy for young designers
to get stuck in Berlin"
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: in our first movie from the German capital, DMY Berlin founder Joerg Suermann shows us around his favourite neighbourhood of Kreuzberg and tells us why he believes the relaxed atmosphere and low cost of living that attracts many designers to the city can also trap them there. More »
Fathom Mirror
by Joe Doucet
New York designer Joe Doucet created this mirror that makes the viewed look as if they're immersed in water as a tribute to victims of Hurricane Sandy. More »
OMA's furniture collection for Knoll
"turns industry into a fetish"
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: in our fourth movie recorded at the MINI Paceman Garage in Milan, MINI head of design Anders Warming introduces the workshops that took place in the space and journalist Justin McGuirk explains why he sees OMA's Tools for Life collection as a nostalgic reaction to the decline of industry in the city. More »
Record Chronograph by Achille Castiglioni
for Alessi at Dezeen Watch Store
Dezeen Watch Store: this chronograph version of Record by Achille Castiglioni features a stopwatch and a date function and comes with two removable leather straps: one in yellow and one in purple. More »