Design Indaba 09: the sixth in our series of videos from the Design Indaba conference and expo in Cape Town last month features South African designer Haldane Martin. More about Design Indaba videos: Haldane Martin
Lighting designer Ingo Maurer has opened a new showroom in Munich, Germany. More about New Ingo Maurer showroom
Mexican designer Christian Vivanco has developed a multi-functional work surface and storage unit inspired by the informal architecture of shanty towns. More about From a Lost City by Christian Vivanco
Design Indaba 09: architect Doung Anwar Jahangeer won the South award for his mobile, fold-away shop at the Design Indaba conference and expo in Cape Town last week. More about Spaza-De-Move-On by Doung Anwar Jahangeer
Dutch architects Studio Klink, production company Illuminate, artist Matthias Oostrik and design and construction firm Cube have collaborated under the name Urban Alliance to create Moodwall, a subway installation in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. More about Moodwall by Urban Alliance
Design Indaba 09: the fifth in this series of movies from the Design Indaba conference and expo, which took place in Cape Town last week, features Japanese artist Nobumichi Tosa of Maywa Denki. More about Design Indaba videos: Nobumichi Tosa
Design Indaba 09: the fourth movie in our series from the Design Indaba conference and expo in Cape Town last week is an interview with New York designer Stephen Burks of Readymade Projects. More about Design Indaba videos: Stephen Burks
David Boira and Zoë Coombes of New York architecture and design studio Commonwealth have designed a series of furniture inspired by cooking fat. More about Lard Series by Commonwealth
Milan 09: Designer Björn Franke will exhibit a kit for creating evidence of an imaginary affair during the furniture fair in Milan next month. More about Traces of an Imaginary Affair by Björn Franke
Milan 09: Twenty designers including Arik Levy (above) and Matali Crasset (below) will exhibit sex toys and other objects on the theme of love in Milan next month, during the furniture fair. More about Love Design by various designers
New York design brand Areaware have launched Moof, an aluminium bicycle by Dutch designer Sjoerd Smit that features built-in solar-powered lights. More about Moof by Sjoerd Smit for Areaware
Polish designer Katarzyna Okinczyc and photographer Remigiusz Truchanowicz have designed the 60Bag, a carrier-bag that degrades in 60 days. More about 60Bag by Katarzyna Okinczyc and Remigiusz Truchanowicz
Here are some photos of the new Droog design store in New York, designed by Makkink & Bey, the Dutch design studio headed by Jurgen Bey. More about Droog New York by Studio Makkink & Bey
Better late than never # 1: Coming Out is a collection of prototypes by Swiss designers Zmik, exhibited at V-Gallery in Basel, Switzerland, last year. More about Coming Out by ZMIK
Stockholm Design Week 09: Gothenburg designers Staffan Holm and Dan Sunaga have collaborated to produce Newton, a table made from pressure-moulded wood. More about Newton by Staffan Holm and Dan Sunaga
Design Indaba 09: the third in our series of videos from the Design Indaba conference and expo taking place in Cape Town this week features David Boira and Zoë Coombes of New York architecture and design outfit Commonwealth. More about Design Indaba videos: Commonwealth
Stockholm Design Week 09: Designer Mattias Ståhlbom of TAF Arkitektkontor has created a range of lighting called Bottle for Swedish producers Zero. More about Bottle by TAF
Designer Tomáš Gabzdil Libertiny of Studio Libertiny has created The Bic Blue Cabinet, which is coated with the ink used in disposable Bic Cristal ballpoint pens.
Design Indaba 09: Cape Town designers Animal Farm are launching a wooden light fitting at the Design Indaba Expo in Cape Town, South Africa this weekend. More about Lite by Animal Farm
Celebrating the Cross 1 is a lounger that incorporates a crucifix, created by Swedish design studio Humans since 1982. More about Celebrating the Cross 1 by Humans Since 1982