Stockholm Design Week: Finnish architect Vesa Honkonen presented this public lighting project when he spoke at the Light Now conference in Stockholm last Monday. More about Heinola Reading Lamps by Vesa Honkonen
Wallpaper designer Linda Florence created a patterned dance floor of sieved icing sugar at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, which served as a stage for a performance by ballroom dancers. More about Sugar dance by Linda Florence
Stockholm Design Week: Dutch designer Hella Jongerius launched new additions to her Blossom collection for Belux at the Stockholm Furniture Fair last week. More about Blossom suspension lights by Hella Jongerius
Masters students at London's Royal College of Art presented their work in progress at an interim show last week called Work in Progress. More about Work in Progress at the Royal College of Art
Designer Karim Rashid has designed a collection of five spirit bottles for Bombay Sapphire in conjunction with jewellers Garrard and crystal brand Baccarat. More about Revelation by Karim Rashid for Bombay Sapphire
Stockholm Design Week: Swedish design group Front have sent us some photos taken at the "speed-dating" dinner they held at the Nordic Light Hotel in Stockholm last Wednesday. More about Front dinner at Nordic Light Hotel
San Francisco architects IwamotoScott have won a competition to propose a futuristic vision of their city, organised by the History Channel. More about Hydro-Net by IwamotoScott
More airships: French designer Jean-Marie Massaud has sent us a couple of new images showing the interior of his flying hotel proposal, Manned Cloud. More about New images of Manned Cloud by Jean-Marie Massaud
The results of the What if New York City. . . Design Competition for Post-Disaster Provisional Housing have been announced, with this proposal by Studio Lindfors among the projects in the Selected Entries category. More about Cloud City by Studio Lindfors
Stockholm Design Week: Swedish designers Folkform have launched a furniture range that combines luxury materials such as Carrara marble and vintage leather with cheap imitation products such as laminate and fake leather. More about Unique Standard by Folkform
Dezeen has teamed up with www.pechakucha.com to give away ten copies of the new Pecha Kucha Night book. More about Competition: ten copies of Pecha Kucha Night book to be won
Stockholm Design Week: Xile, a flexible tunnel designed by Swedish designer Mats Karlsson, is one of three winners of the Forum AID Award 2008, announced in Stockholm on Tuesday. More about Xile by Mats Karlsson
Stockholm Design Week: new Swedish lighting brand Wästberg launched last night with task lights designed by Ilse Crawford (above), Claesson Koivisto Rune, James Irvine and Jean-Marie Massaud. More about Wästberg lighting collection
Architect Chris Bosse has sent us some photos of the National Aquatics Centre in Beijing - better known as Watercube - which officially opened on Monday. More about Watercube by PTW Architects
The Design Museum in London has announced the shortlist for the first Brit Insurance Design of the Year Awards - a new annual exhibition and awards programme that replaces the controversial Designer of the Year award. More about Shortlist for Designs of the Year awards
Stockholm Design Week: We're in Sweden this week, and the girls from Front have just completed an installation in the lobby of our hotel, the Nordic Light. More about Front at Nordic Light Hotel
London designers Peter Marigold and Beta Tank have created a chair that uses sensory substitution technology to transmit moving imagery to the sitter's brain. More about Mind Chair by Peter Marigold and Beta Tank
American sculptor Dan Corson created the Empyrean Passage sculpture to mark the boundary between West Hollywood and Beverly Hills, California. More about Empyrean Passage by Dan Corson
Tokyo architects Atelier Tekuto have developed a prefabricated aluminium house with walls that act as both structure and thermal radiators. More about Aluminum house by Atelier Tekuto
Israeli designer Shay Alkalay has sent us an animation and still images of Cut Attachez - a system that allows you to attach a drawer to an existing piece of furniture. More about Cut Attachez by Shay Alkalay