Graduate designer Johanna Schoemaker last month won the Braun Prize 2009 for Family of OLED lamps, a range of remote-controlled lamps that open and close like flowers. More about Family of OLEDs by Johanna Schoemaker
Dutch Design Week: Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Guy Königstein presented a project where family members are represented as spools of thread in Eindhoven last week. More about Family Stories by Guy Königstein
Japanese designer Teruhiro Yanagihara of Isolation Unit has art-directed a collection of furniture by designers including Big-Game and Sylvain Willenz for traditional Japanese furniture makers Karimoku. More about Karimoku New Standard by Isolation Unit and others
Tinkebell., the Dutch performance artist best known for making a handbag out of her own cat (above), presents an exhibition of her work at Torch Gallery in Amsterdam starting later this week. More about Tinkebell. at Torch Gallery
Copenhagen designers GamFratesi have designed a prototype desk with a cave-like shield on top to create an intimate working environment. More about Rewrite by GamFratesi
Japanese designers Nendo have created a chair made of hollowed-out pieces of wood covering a metal frame. More about Cord-Chair by Nendo
Polish Design Season: here's an overview of work by one of Dezeen's favourite Polish design studios, Kompott. More about Studio profile: Kompott
Dutch Design Week 09: in Eindhoven this week graduate designer Erik De Nijs of Nieuwe Heren presents a set of suitcases that can be combined to form a sofa when not in use. More about Suited Case by Erik De Nijs
Polish Design Season: designer Agnieszka Bar has created a range of bottles with collapsed bases. More about Melt by Agnieszka Bar
Dutch Design Week: Austrian masters graduate Sonja Bäumel presents a body of work at Design Academy Eindhoven's Graduation Galleries exhibition this week, exploring how bacteria on human skin could be harnessed to create clothing that reacts to the environment. More about (In)visible Membrane by Sonja Bäumel
In this the final interview in our series of Molteni&C Sofa Chats conducted at 100% Design in London last month, British architect and designer Nigel Coates talks with Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs about how design became an intrinsic part of Italian culture. More about Molteni&C Sofa Chats: Nigel Coates
Swedish designers TAF have designed a dining table for Scandinavian design brand Muuto. More about Adaptable by TAF for Muuto
Polish Design Season: Ryszard Rychlick, a student of the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan, has designed a felt bag. More about Unisex bag by Ryszard Rychlicki
Dutch Design Week 09: Italian design graduates Andrea Trimarchi and Simone Farresin of Formafantasma present a series of baked objects at an exhibition in Eindhoven this week. Update: this project is included in Dezeen Book of Ideas, which is on sale now for £12. More about Baked by Formafantasma
In this next interview in our series of Molteni&C Sofa Chats conducted at 100% Design in London last month, London-based designer Ilse Crawford discusses the unique skills of Italian manufacturers with Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs. Update: this interview is featured in Dezeen Book of Interviews, which is on sale now for £12. More about Molteni&C Sofa Chats: Ilse Crawford
Dutch Design Week 09: Amsterdam designer Heleen Klopper has been awarded the €5,000 "incentive prize" at Doen Materiaalprijs 2009 for her system for mending holes in woolen fabric. More about Wolplamuur by Heleen Klopper
Dutch Design Week: Dutch designer Chris Kabel has won the €15,000 Doen Materiaalprijs 2009 for a chair and bench made entirely of polypropylene fabric. More about Seam Chair and Bench by Chris Kabel
Dutch Design Week: graduate designer Digna Kosse presents a series of dresses made of the smallest amount of fabric at the Design Academy Eindhoven Graduate Galleries exhibition this week. More about Minimal Dresses by Digna Kosse
Dutch Design Week 09: graduate designer Anna van der Lei presents a wooden closet containing a bath at the Design Academy Eindhoven this week. More about Badkast by Anna van der Lei
In this second in our series of Molteni&C Sofa Chats conducted at 100% Design in London last month, British designer Matthew Hilton talks to Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs about the re-emergence of national identity in design and the contrasting Italian and British design cultures. More about Molteni&C Sofa Chats: Matthew Hilton