Dezeen podcast: in this podcast recorded at the Serpentine Gallery in London, industrial designer Konstantin Grcic talks about Design Real, an exhibition he curated that opened at the gallery this week. More about Dezeen podcast: Konstantin Grcic at the Serpentine Gallery
UK company Concrete Canvas have been awarded Material of the Year 2009 by materials consultancy Material ConneXion for their cement-impregnated fabric. More about Concrete Cloth by Concrete Canvas
Spanish designers Luzinterruptus have created an installation in Madrid by attaching LED lights to leaves. More about An Almost Ephimeral Autumn by Luzinterruptus
Stockholm designers Norra Norr have designed a collection of coloured headphones. More about Urbanears by Norra Norr
Hong Kong designer Michael Young has launched a watch made of stainless steel and black rubber for DD-3. More about PXR-8 watch by Michael Young
New York designers Studio Lindfors have created a series of images imagining how New York and Tokyo might look like in a few hundred years as a result of rising sea levels. More about Aqualta by Studio Lindfors
An exhibition of furniture by designers Kranen/Gille of Heusden in the Netherlands is on show at Gallery Fumi in London. More about Kranen/Gille at Gallery Fumi
Manchester designers Dorothy have designed a set of Christmas baubles shaped like hand grenades for social initiative Ctrl.Alt.Shift and British design brand Suck UK. More about Xmas Declarations by Ctrl.Alt.Shift
An exhibition of industrial design curated by Munich designer Konstantin Grcic opens at the Serpentine Gallery in London this week. More about Design Real at the Serpentine Gallery
Designer Lars Holme Larsen of Kilo Design, architect Bjarke Ingels of BIG and brand consultant Jens Martin Skibsted of Skibsted Ideation have collaborated to launch a new industrial design firm in Copenhagen, Denmark. More about KiBiSi by Kilo Design, BIG and Skibsted Ideation
British designer Ben Wilson has designed a pedal-powered vehicle inspired by a child's toy car. More about Artikcar by Ben Wilson
Los Angeles designer Alexander Purcell has created a container for serving Japanese sake, inspired by blowfish and sea mines. More about Sake Bomb by Alexander Purcell
Dezeen have again teamed up with Hong Kong design brand VOID Watches to give away five of the latest addition to their range, the analogue Vo2 watch. More about Competition: five VOID watches to be won
New Barcelona design studio The Emotion Lab have designed a collection of furniture inspired by street furniture, including this lamp modeled on the mirrors that allow motorists to see around corners. More about Inside Urban by The Emotion Lab
Tokyo studio Naruse Inokuma Architects have designed a coat stand made of five wooden poles held together with string. More about Coat Hanger by Naruse Inokuma Architects
Dezeen podcast: in this podcast for the Design Museum in London, industrial designer Dieter Rams talks to managing director of furniture brand Vitsœ Mark Adams about an exhibition of his work at the museum. More about Dezeen podcast: Dieter Rams at the Design Museum
Dutch designers Daphna Isaacs and Laurens Manders have designed a collection of lamps made of porcelain and oak. More about Tafelstukken by Daphna Isaacs and Laurens Manders
German designer Katrin Greiling has created a collection of sofas inspired by nomadic Bedouin furniture for Dubai brand Traffic. More about Bidoun series by Katrin Greiling for Traffic
Nashville designers Mimijumi have created a baby's bottle shaped like a breast. More about Very Hungry by Mimijumi
Kingston University graduate Xiaoli Wen has created a series of porcelain bottles shaped by a waterfall. More about Water-shaped bottles by Xiaoli Wen