Design
The Lacemaker by Tord Boontje
Dutch designer Tord Bootje presents a collection of work made with lace-making techniques from materials including grass and raffia at the Marsden Woo Gallery in London. More about The Lacemaker by Tord Boontje
Dutch designer Tord Bootje presents a collection of work made with lace-making techniques from materials including grass and raffia at the Marsden Woo Gallery in London. More about The Lacemaker by Tord Boontje
At the Royal College of Art graduate show in London earlier this month designer Elena Figus presented a carrier designed to cool vaccines as an icepack inside melts and the water evaporates. More about Pop Up Vaccine by Elena Figus
Royal College of Art graduate Ben Faga is encouraging bees in London to swarm and set up new hives. More about If You Build it, They Will Come… by Ben Faga
London Metropolitan University graduate Fotis Evans has designed this display system for the book shop at Somerset House in London. More about The Somerset House Book Stall System by Fotis Evans
DezeenTV: for the third movie in our series of Dezeentalks at [D3] Design Talents Japanese designer Tomoko Azumi of t.n.a design studio shares with us her collection of vintage bicycles, her passion for traditional craft techniques and her love of timber. More about Dezeentalks at [D3] Design Talents: Tomoko Azumi
Here are some more images of boiled leather furniture by Tortie Hoare, the winning project from New Designers Part 2 2010 (see our earlier story). More about Leather furniture by Tortie Hoare
We've teamed up with kitchen brand Joseph Joseph to give away five Y-Grinder salt and pepper mills - worth £30 - designed by London studio DesignWright. More about Competition: five Y-Grinders by DesignWright for Joseph Joseph to be won
Design graduate Neil Conley has made a series of funerary urns from reclaimed carbon fibre. More about Earn/Urn by Neil Conley
London designer Phil Cuttance created this range of vases by welding together discarded ABS plastic offcuts. More about Weld Vases by Phil Cuttance
DezeenTV: Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka has sent us a movie about an exhibition of his work on show in Seoul, which includes this 9-metre window made of 500 glass prisms (above). More about Movie: Tokujin Yoshioka – Spectrum
London designer Simon Hasan has hand-made 400 bowls, cups and vases from boiled leather, which he will sell via a vending machine. More about Industrial Makeshifts by Simon Hasan
An irregularly-shaped glass top is supported by a network of beech struts to form this table by Italian designer Paolo Cappello. More about Otto by Paolo Cappello for Miniforms
British designers Priestmangoode have unveiled a conceptual high-speed train for the UK. More about Mercury high-speed train by Priestmangoode
San Francisco designer Yves Béhar of Fuseproject has designed these electric car-chargers for public and home use. More about GE WattStation by fuseproject
Need a designer disguise? Estonian product designer Pavel Sidorenko has created this range of felt fake moustaches. More about Old Thomas moustaches by Pavel Sidorenko
Michigan studios Rootoftwo and PLY Architecture have housed their conceptual models of future kitchen appliances in a paper teahouse at the National Museum of Modern Art in Kyoto, Japan. Update 31/07/11: see Dezeen's top ten stories about robots. More about Tea House for Robots by Rootoftwo and PLY Architecture
This shelving with integral steel box-files by London designer Benjamin Hubert has been created to celebrate the 200th anniversary of British design brand Heals. More about Foundation by Benjamin Hubert
Maximilian Büsser of watch brand MB&F has designed a watch with dials mounted on two jet engine-shaped parts of the case. More about HM4 Thunderbolt by Maximilian Büsser
Austrian designer Robert Stadler created his latest range of seating in tribute to the late French interior designer Jean Royère. More about Royèroid by Robert Stadler
Industrial designer Asaf Weinbroom has created a range of lighting made entirely of wood, including the joints and connector clamps. More about Handmadelights by Asaf Weinbroom