Dezeen promotion: British designers Tom Dixon, Thomas Heatherwick and Es Devlin are among 30 high-profile speakers who will present at this year's Design Indaba conference in Cape Town. More about Tom Dixon, Thomas Heatherwick and Es Devlin to present at Design Indaba 2018
Students from Beckmans College of Design in Stockholm have created six furniture prototypes in response to briefs by Swedish brands Blå Station, Gärsnäs, Johanson Design, Källemo, Massproductions and Materia. More about Students team up with six Swedish brands to create furniture prototypes
Stockholm studio Front has created a series of lights for design brand Zero, which feature brightly coloured metal strands that support a rounded diffuser. More about Front's Hoop lamp features glass pendant trapped inside wire cage
Rich colours, curved shapes and heavy fabrics all feature in the latest collection from Swedish furniture brand Fogia, which is launching at Stockholm Design Week. More about Fogia launches furniture collection that pays homage to the 1970s
Italian designer Luca Nichetto told the story behind his Canal Chair for Moooi in our latest Design Dreams talk, which we streamed live from Stockholm Design Week. More about Watch our talk with Luca Nichetto at Moooi's Stockholm showroom
Dezeen promotion: the Piet Zwart Institute in Rotterdam has created a digital archive of student projects, in order to share its research with a wider audience. More about Piet Zwart Institute launches online archive of student design research
The Japanese government is protesting the "unacceptable" inclusion of a group of disputed islands on the Korean unification flag that South Korea and North Korea are set to compete together under at the Winter Olympics. More about Japan protests inclusion of disputed islands on Korea's unified Olympic flag
Online retailer Amazon has patented a wristband that can monitor the hand movements of its warehouse employees and direct them to items using small vibrations. More about Amazon patents wristband to track productivity and direct warehouse staff using vibrations
The escalators of Parisian department store Le Bon Marché appear to have been tied in a knot in this installation by Argentian artist Leandro Erlich. More about Leandro Erlich uses visual trickery for Parisian store installation
Snøhetta has created a collection of hinged wooden lamps, which were originally designed for a treetop cabin at the Treehotel in Sweden. More about Snøhetta's first lighting collection features black-dyed birch
Dezeen is looking a little different today. We have temporarily updated our masthead with a hand-drawn version of the Dezeen logo by Jean Jullien to celebrate the launch of our new film about Emeco, which features illustrations by the French graphic designer. More about Dezeen adopts hand-drawn logo to celebrate Jullien Brothers collaboration
German airline Lufthansa has overhauled its livery, changing the background of its iconic 100-year-old logo from yellow to blue. More about Lufthansa attacked for "bland and pointless" redesign of its classic logo
Electronics companies like Apple need to make their hardware easy for anyone to open up and take apart, according to design duo Formafantasma, who are pushing designers to prioritise recyclability following a two-year research project into e-waste. More about The iPhone is "not very innovative" because it's hard to recycle, says Formafantasma
South Korean startup Mobileisland has created a modular wireless charger that comes with a range of building block-like electronic accessories. More about Wireless charging island combines wooden elements with power pads
Design duo Iskos-Berlin has designed a chair for Danish furniture brand Handvark that is intended to be passed down through generations. More about Handvark promotes "aesthetic sustainability" with chair designed to last a lifetime
With the news that designers are pioneering ways of using recycled plastic, here's a look at some of the best examples, from an IKEA kitchen built from plastic bottles to Nike shoeboxes made from recycled cartons. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›
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Parisian studio Haos worked alongside French craftspeople to create this collection of circular lamps, which feature wooden and ceramic and brass discs stacked on top of each other. More about Haos combines layers of wood, ceramic and brass to create cylindrical lamps
Armchairs, mirrors and lighting designed by Space Copenhagen for the recently renovated Radisson Blu Royal Hotel in Copenhagen feature in Danish brand &tradition's latest collection. More about Space Copenhagen debuts furniture designed for Radisson Blu Royal Hotel
IKEA's unstoppable success is testament to the attitude of founder Ingvar Kamprad, a man who never spent money on things his customers couldn't afford, says Kieran Long. More about "Kamprad is dead, but IKEA has a long way to run"
British designer Jasper Morrison has lent his famed minimal style to a no-frills translucent bar of body soap. More about Jasper Morrison's Soap allows for washing "without anything unnecessary"