A five-day festival of craft kicks off in London on Wednesday, with events across the capital dedicated to makers and artisans. Design editor Augusta Pownall picks out six of the best to take in. More about Six things to see and do at London Craft Week 2019
New York designer Anna Karlin has blended organic shapes with machine-cut forms to create a collection of furniture and objects. More about Anna Karlin combines natural and manmade forms in furniture collection
Italian fashion brand Miu Miu has collaborated with creative agency M/M Paris to design a stool punched with holes that users can endlessly customise with a series of coloured pegs. More about Miu Miu's M/Matching Colorstool is a "board game without rules"
Facebook cofounder Mark Zuckerberg has built a wooden "sleep box" that emits a faint light in the early morning, to alert his wife when it's time to wake up without looking at her phone. More about Mark Zuckerberg builds "sleep box" to help his wife rest
Swedish fintech company Doconomy has launched a credit card that tracks the carbon dioxide emissions of purchases, and caps the climate impact of users' spending. More about Doconomy launches credit card with a carbon-emission spending limit
German designer Basse Stittgen aims to address the issue of global food waste and overconsumption with a series of tableware objects made solely from out-of-date eggs. More about Basse Stittgen gives discarded eggs new life as bioplastic tableware
Swedish company TRIWA is selling a limited-edition watch that features the hair of US president Donald Trump as hands, after the success of an April Fools-day prank. More about Trump Comb-over watch goes into production following April Fools prank
Dutch designer Marcel Wanders has exhibited a plastic water bottle he used for three months at an exhibition promoting recycled plastic objects in Milan. More about "Recycling ultimately legitimates consumption" says Marcel Wanders as he exhibits his used plastic bottle
Dezeen promotion: Delta Light has released The Lighting Bible Anniversary Edition, showcasing its latest designs in celebration of its 30th anniversary.
More about Delta Light celebrates its 30th anniversary with new lighting bible
A rotating 10-metre sphere is the centrepiece of the set for British pop group Take That's current world tour, which was designed by Stufish. More about Take That's Greatest Hits tour features a 40-tonne digital sphere
Facebook has traded in the blue background of its site for a more "modern", all-white design that aims to put privacy at the forefront of users' social interactions. More about Facebook claims to "put privacy first" with updated site design
The two London stores of design retailer Skandium have closed and its e-commerce site has been disabled as the company prepares to go into administration. More about Design retailer Skandium closes ahead of administration
Dutch artist Aldo Bakker used a 12,000-year-old Japanese technique to create a series of lacquered objects currently on show at Carpenters Workshop Gallery in New York City. More about Aldo Bakker exhibits sculptural urushi lacquer pieces in New York
In our latest competition, we've teamed up with Clerkenwell Design Week for its 10th anniversary to give away a floor lamp by London design studio Haberdashery. More about Competition: win a Dawn to Dusk lamp by Haberdashery
Creating the sets for the final season of fantasy epic Game of Thrones was a "logistical nightmare", says production designer Deborah Riley. More about Game of Thrones season eight "was as intense as you can imagine" says production designer
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has released a new custom typeface that its partners, sellers and consumers can use free of charge to establish their own brand identities. More about Alibaba offers bespoke typeface to businesses looking to rebrand
In this week's comments update, readers are angered by designs proposed to replace Notre-Dame Cathedral's destroyed spire. More about "Quasimodo will be very disappointed"
Bags made of supposedly biodegradable plastics remain intact and useable three years after being dropped in the sea or buried underground, researchers have found. More about Biodegradable plastics offer "no advantage" over conventional plastics in reducing ocean pollution
Dezeen promotion: windows by manufacturer Fakro dot the roof of this bright white office building in southern Poland, filling its interiors with natural light. More about Fakro windows bring light into revamped 1920s office building in Poland
Automobile maker Ford has borrowed anti-collision technology from its cars to build a supermarket trolley that children can't crash. More about Ford makes Self-Braking Trolley that can't be crashed