In the second of our movies commissioned by Bombay Sapphire during London Design Festival, designer Jaime Hayón describes The Tournament, his giant chess set installation in Trafalgar Square. More about Bombay Sapphire at the London Design Festival: The Tournament by Jaime Hayón
London Design Festival 09: designer Benjamin Hubert is presenting a second collection of lamps for Danish brand Unique Copenhagen at 100% Design, which opens today. More about Spinning Light by Benjamin Hubert for Unique Copenhagen
In the first of four movies commissioned by Bombay Sapphire during the London Design Festival, designer Tom Dixon presents his Bombay Sapphire Dusk Bar at Somerset House. More about Bombay Sapphire at the London Design Festival: Dusk Bar by Tom Dixon
London Design Festival 09: London designer Benjamin Hubert will present a range of cork lamps for Danish design brand Unique Copenhagen at 100% Design, which opens tomorrow. More about Float by Benjamin Hubert for Unique Copenhagen
London Design Festival 09: designer Tom Dixon has launched his first retail showroom, Shop, in west London this week. More about Tom Dixon Shop by Studio Toogood
London architect Julian Hakes has designed a pair of shoes with no foot plate. Update 17/09/2010: see the updated shoe design here. More about Mojito shoe by Julian Hakes
London Design Festival 09: products from New York shop Kiosk are on show this week in a pop-up space designed by British designer Michael Marriott for London design brand SCP. More about Kiosk at SCP by Michael Marriott
London Design Festival 09: London designer Bodo Sperlein is showing a new collection of furniture and lighting at Tent London and SuperSquat, Brunswick House this week. More about Cascade and Contour by Bodo Sperlein
Here are the seven winning entries from the Dezeen x Design Association container design competition to win a free exhibition space in Tokyo during Tokyo Designers Week 2009. More about Dezeen x Design Association container competition winners 2009
Watch designer and Dezeen regular Denis Guidone has put his range of watches into production with Italian product brand NAVA Design. More about Watches by Denis Guidone for NAVA Design
Dutch designer Maarten Baas has been named Design Miami/ Designer of the Year, and will present a new body of commissioned work at the fair in Miami this December. More about Maarten Baas named Design Miami/ Designer of the Year
Dutch designer Jurjen van Hulzen has designed a collection of office furniture for people to hide inside when they want to avoid working. More about It Hûske by Jurjen van Hulzen
London Design Festival 09: London designer Benjamin Hubert will launch a concrete desk lamp for design brand Decode London at 100% Design in London this week. More about Heavy Desk Light by Benjamin Hubert for Decode
Slovenian architects Bevk Perovic have designed a range of skinny lamps for Slovenian brand Vertigo Bird. More about Slim by Bevk Perovic for Vertigo Bird
London Design Festival 09: artist Nik Ramage will present a mechanical copy of his own hand that continually drums its fingers at 100% Design in London next week. More about Fingers by Nik Ramage for Laikingland
London Design Festival 09: Berlin design studio Osko+Deichmann will present a range of seating inspired by a pebble at The Dock in London next week. More about Pebble by Osko+Deichmann
London Design Festival 09: London designer Benjamin Hubert has created a collection of clay pendant lamps for British design brand Viaduct. More about Chimney by Benjamin Hubert for Viaduct
London Design Festival 09: The Tournament, a giant chess set by Spanish designer Jaime Hayón, opened in Trafalgar Square in London today. More about The Tournament by Jaime Hayón
London Design Festival 09: an exhibition of six extruded aluminium furniture pieces by British designer Thomas Heatherwick has opened at Haunch of Venison in London. More about Extrusions by Thomas Heatherwick
London Design Festival 09: Ilse Crawford of London designers Studioilse will launch a collection of wooden seating inspired by vernacular English furniture next week. More about Seating for Eating by Studioilse