The winners of the Index Awards 2007 - the self-styled "world's biggest design award" with prizes of €100,000 for each winner - have been announced at a ceremony in Copenhagen, Denmark. More about Index Awards 2007 winners announced
Designer Ed Swan has sent in images of some pendant lights that work on a similar principle to camera obscuras. More about 1:8 and 1:10 lights by Ed Swan
Philippe Starck has updated his website with images of Privé - a range of retro-looking, leather-upholstered sofas and chairs for Italian brand Cassina. More about Privé by Philippe Starck for Cassina
Patricia Urquiola has designed a new shelving system called Shift for B&B Italia. More about Shift shelving system by Patricia Urquiola
Designer Ryan Frank has designed a range of furniture made from wood salvaged from old office furniture. More about Strata by Ryan Frank
Designer Assaf Israel has sent us images and text about his D&A modular seating system. More about D&A modular seating system by Assaf Israel
It's not strictly new - Vitra showed the prototype in Milan two years ago and went on sale earlier this year - but here's Philippe Starck's BaObab desk anyway. More about BaObab by Philippe Starck for Vitra
Trash Luxe at Liberty is an exhibition celebrating designers use take cheap or worthless materials to make exquisite furniture, lighting and jewellery. More about Trash Luxe at Liberty
Thomas Heatherwick has updated his website with photos and info about many of his projects, including Sitooterie II (above), his 2006 interior design for restaurant Konstam at the Prince Albert (below) and his famous 1997 window display for Harvey Nichols. More about Thomas Heatherwick new website
Slovenian design brand Asobi has put a smaller version of its giant Isle Lounge sofa into production. More about Isle Lounge (small) by Asobi
Thomas Heatherwick has completed Boiler Suit, an undulating facade of woven steel panels encasing the boiler house at Guy's Hospital in London. More about Boiler Suit by Thomas Heatherwick
New Designers 07: Golden Time Cupboard is designed for primary schools and contains nine storage boxes for toys and games that can be removed for the "golden time" play hour at the end of the day. More about Golden Time Cupboard by Lola Lely
Burn Burn Burn is not a product but a material, according to designer Sarah van Gameren. And also a performance: the flammable paint is applied decoratively to interiors and then ignited to leave a scorched testimony at "funerals, dinners, weddings" etc. More about Burn Burn Burn by Sarah van Gameren
Here is a new rendering of architect Amanda Levete of Future Systems' installation for the London Design Festival this September (see our earlier story for more details and images). The piece, made of Corian, is part of the Size + Matter project that also includes Zaha Hadid's Urban Nebula (see previous story).
More about Amanda Levete for Corian at LDF 2
Architect Zaha Hadid has created a sculptural piece that will be installed at the South Bank Centre in London during the London Design Festival this September. More about Urban Nebula by Zaha Hadid
An exhibition of new work by designer Ettore Sottsass will inaugurate the new Friedman Benda Gallery in New York next month. More about Ettore Sottsass at Friedman Benda Gallery
Influential design retailer Murray Moss has opened his first store outside New York, with the launch of Moss: Los Angeles (or "Moss Angeles") on Melrose Avenue. (via David Report via Dezain). More about Moss: Los Angeles
New Designers 07: The Ethical Kitchen is a project by Alexandra Sten Jørgensen, a recent graduate of the contemporary design course at Buckinghamshire Chilterns University in England. More about Ethical Kitchen by Alexandra Sten Jørgensen
Fish Bowls is a new project by designer Roger Arquer that presents 15 variations on the standard fish bowl including Do Not Piss Me Off (above), which "tells us about the power to decide between the life and death of the fish". More about Fish Bowls by Roger Arquer
Another of Tom Dixon's new products: Beat vessels are a series of vases made of solid, hand-beaten brass. More about Beat vessels by Tom Dixon