London Design Festival 09: British designer Tom Dixon has designed two new stools - the smaller of which is produced from the off-cuts of the larger stool - that will be launched at the first Tom Dixon store, due to open this September in west London. More »

London Design Festival 09: Spanish designer Jaime Hayón will create a giant chess set in Trafalgar Square, London, as part of this September's London Design Festival. Update: Hayón has sent us many new drawings, renderings and research materials, which we've added below. More »

London Design Festival 09: Tina Manis Associates have been announced as the winners of a competition to design a pavilion for The Lightbox Gallery in Woking, UK. More »

London Design Festival 09: Young Coventry designers hundredstensunits have designed their first collection of furniture and products. More »