Fashion designer Sruli Recht used translucent cow skin leather to create the Apparition collection for Dutch company ECCO. More about Sruli Recht uses "world's first transparent leather" for latest fashion collection
Architect David Adjaye used a concrete composite material to create the sculptural form of this wireless speaker, which he designed for New York brand Master & Dynamic. More about David Adjaye creates concrete speaker with "directional form" for Master & Dynamic
Vases with legs and containers moulded around tree trunks featured in OFF Portugal's Glass Cares exhibition of blown glassware at Milan design week. More about Portuguese designers rethink traditional glass blowing for OFF Portugal exhibition
Dezeen promotion: BD Barcelona Design has teamed up with designers Fredrik Färg and Emma Marga Blanche to release a cabinet that is put together using the pair's wood-tailoring technique. More about BD Barcelona showcases Färg & Blanche's wood-stitching skills with Couture cabinet range
Molteni&C has won the first round of a legal battle against Cassina, after both Italian brands showed the same 1950s Gio Ponti chair at Milan design week. More about Molteni&C granted injunction to stop Cassina producing identical Gio Ponti lounge chair
IKEA is to employ refugees at production centres in Jordan this summer as part of a long-term plan to create employment for 200,000 disadvantaged people around the world through social entrepreneurship programmes. More about IKEA aims to take 200,000 people out of poverty in massive social sustainability drive
A vanity table optimised for selfies and a tactile rug that helps you avoid walking into walls while virtual-reality gaming were among the objects presented at this year's Milan design week by Singaporean designer Olivia Lee. More about Olivia Lee designs furniture to help solve technology-related daily dilemmas
Tech giant Apple has joined the list of companies approved to test driverless vehicles on California's roads. More about Apple secures license to test self-driving cars in California
Over 1,500 terracotta blocks were intricately carved and stacked to create this installation in Milan, which SHoP architects hoped would provide visitors with a moment of solace. More about SHoP creates immersive terracotta enclosure as a space to pause and reflect
London studio Raw Edges has partnered with Persian rug company Golran to update its Lake carpet collection with a floral design that appears different depending on the viewing angle. More about Raw Edges's floral Lake rugs use lenticular patterns to change colour
Swedish studio Front has put a new spin on the classic No. 14 bentwood chair by Gebrüder Thonet Vienna with its one-armed N.0 design. More about Front designs asymmetric version of Thonet's classic bistro chair
Burnt-orange walls, velvet upholstery and handmade rugs feature inside the pseudo apartment that London design brand Sé created for this year's Milan design week. More about Sé pairs rich tones with golden details for apartment at Rossana Orlandi's Milan showroom
Swedish furniture company Blå Station has launched an armchair by Stone Designs that has an extra compartment to keep restaurants, bars and hotel lobbies free of clutter. More about Blå Station's Pocket armchair has extra built-in storage for bags and laptops
The latest addition to Kartell's children's range is a set of candy-coloured plastic doll's houses created by Italian designer Fabio Novembre. More about Kartell adds to children's line with ultra-minimal Villa doll's houses
Tables branch out of this eight-person sofa, designed by Swedish studio Front to offer a relaxed breakout space in bustling offices. More about Front's Dune furniture for Offecct is both sofa and temporary workstation for busy environments
Brooklyn artist and designer Fernando Mastrangelo has cast his latest collection of furniture, currently on show in New York, to look like "three-dimensional landscape paintings". More about Fernando Mastrangelo's Escape furniture evokes landscapes through coloured gradients
This bank card by Blond forgoes embellishment in favour of a minimal look to provide a "premium experience" for Revolut users. More about Blond creates stripped-back bank card for financial services startup Revolut
Chinese studio Neri&Hu has designed a lighting collection for Artemide that recalls the shapes of birds poised on wires and branches. More about Neri&Hu's Yanzi lights resemble birds perched on wires
These pendant lights unveiled by New Zealand brand Resident at Milan design week are made of separate LED-rimmed rings that link together like a chain. More about Resident's Circus pendants connect together to form a "never-ending chain of light"
Argentinian artist Adrián Villar Rojas has created a plaster-cast dinner party on the roof of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, featuring characters and objects brought together from across the museum's vast collection. More about Adrián Villar Rojas installs banquet of hybrid sculptures on roof of New York’s Met