Dezeenwire: U2's latest tour, 360°, kicked off at Camp Nou in Barcelona last night with singer Bono wearing a leather jacket containing 240 lasers and designed by Moritz Waldemeyer. More info and a video on Waldemeyer's blog.
See also our earlier stories on Waldemeyer's digital costume collaborations with OK Go and Hussein Chalayan.
More about Bono’s laser jacket by Moritz Waldemeyer
Cape Town designers Animal Farm have produced an "organic lounger" made from woven branches that hangs in a tree and is reached by a rope ladder. More about Weaver's Nest by Animal Farm
French designer Philippe Starck has designed a range of cashmere garments for Italian brand Ballantyne. More about S+tarck with Ballantyne by Philippe Starck
Royal College of Art graduate Min-Kyu Choi has designed a folding version of the standard UK electrical plug. Update 17/03/2010: Folding Plug has won the Brit Insurance Design of the Year award 2010. Update: this project is included in Dezeen Book of Ideas, which is on sale now for £12. More about Folding Plug by Min-Kyu Choi
The Drop Series by graduate designer Olivia Decaris is a range of tent-like structures that can be raised and lowered over tables, beds and desks. More about The Drop Series by Olivia Decaris
Mini Capsule Hotel, a six-bed dorm by Atelier Van Lieshout, featured in an outdoor installation called Never-EverLand at Design Miami/Basel earlier this month. More about Mini Capsule Hotel by Atelier Van Lieshout
Royal College of Art graduate Thomas Thwaites has built a working toaster from scratch, extracting raw materials and processing them himself in an attempt to replicate a mass-produced toaster he bought in a shop for less than £5.00. More about The Toaster Project by Thomas Thwaites
Design High, an exhibition of design art, opened at Louise Blouin Foundation in London on Thursday, featuring work by Atelier van Lieshout, Joris Laarman, Robert Stadler and others. More about Design High at Louise Blouin Foundation
Dutch architects UN Studio have created an installation in an abandoned fort as part of RETREAT, an art exhibition they have curated at Fort Asperen near Leerdam in the Netherlands. More about Reflections by UNStudio at RETREAT
Croatian design student Victor Matic has designed a chair held together with zip ties. More about Zipit by Victor Matic
More pavilions: British designer Tom Dixon has designed a gazebo for champagne brand Veuve Clicquot. More about Veuve Clicquot Comet by Tom Dixon
Graduating designer Charlotte Moneypenny has created a range of glassware with marble games built into them. More about Losing Your Marbles by Charlotte Moneypenny
French designer Benjamin Graindorge has designed a garden that floats on the surface of a fishtank and uses fish waste as fertiliser. More about Floating Garden by Benjamin Graindorge
More from British designer Karen Ryan: she's taken a penknife to an existing chair to create Whittle Chair. More about Whittle Chair by Karen Ryan
Design student Anna Schwamborn has created a range of jewellery made with the hair and cremated ashes of a dead loved one. More about Mourning Objects by Anna Schwamborn
British designer Karen Ryan has created a series of plates called Trilogy by removing the surface decoration of existing chinaware to form provocative messages. More about Trilogy by Karen Ryan
American designer Paul Loebach has created a series of three saggy-looking vases made of solid wood. More about Wood Vases by Paul Loebach
DMY Berlin 09: Berlin designer Daniel Lorch has created a collection of metal lamps with shades formed from cylinders pinched together at one end. More about X Y and Z by Daniel Lorch
Furniture brands Poltrona Frau and Cappellini are holding sales at their Clerkenwell and Chelsea Harbour showrooms in London starting this week (details below) and to mark the events they have teamed up with Dezeen to offer readers the chance to win a Cappellini S-Chair (above) designed by Tom Dixon. More about Competition: win a Cappellini S-Chair by Tom Dixon
Designer Chris Martin of Swedish company Massproductions has designed a stool made of laminated beech. More about Harry stool by Massproductions