Lighting brand Plumen has designed a set of LED Edison light bulbs that it claims have a lifespan of a quarter of a century. More about Plumen's WattNott LED lightbulb has a lifespan of 25 years
Dutch footwear brand United Nude has teamed up with Japanese fashion label Issey Miyake to create two new designs – a fragmented platform sandal with a wooden sole and a wrapped leather shoe. More about United Nude and Issey Miyake experiment with wood and leather for Rock and Wrap shoes
Designers raided the SCP warehouse for discarded furniture to make the pieces in the The Thing With MaltaSingh exhibition, set to be auctioned next week. More about Design brand SCP auctions off furniture made from its scraps
Dezeen has teamed up with publisher Owl & Dog Playbooks to give away five copies of a children's book filled with pre-scored sheets for making folded paper models of fish. More about Competition: five copies of a children's origami book to be won
London design studio JamesPlumb has revisited an antique textile that is created using medieval techniques, and has this time used it to create a limited-edition bench. More about JamesPlumb reworks antique indigo-dyed fabric for limited-edition bench
International font company Monotype has worked with Google to create one typeface that can be used by everyone in the world, writing in any language. More about Google and Monotype collaborate on font that spans all written language
EU students are deferring or cancelling their offers from UK design schools over Brexit with major implications for the future of the sector, according to London Design Festival co-founder and UAL governor Ben Evans. More about Brexit's impact on education is a disaster for design says Ben Evans
Dezeen promotion: this year's Global Futures Forum will feature workshops, debates and presentations lead by creative industry professionals, including London Design Festival director Ben Evans and Wired UK editor David Rowan. More about LDF director and Wired UK editor to speak at Global Futures Forum 2016
Designer Richard Clarkson has created a small, remote-controlled cloud for the home that plays music and flashes while hovering a few centimetres from the ground. More about Richard Clarkson disguises Bluetooth speaker as levitating indoor cloud
British designer Tom Dixon has launched his first collection of office furniture, which includes a minimalist lamp and a workstation based on archetypical Victorian school desks. More about Tom Dixon launches first range of office furniture
Google has upgraded its thrifty cardboard VR headset with a fabric version named Daydream View, which is designed to work with the company's first own-brand smartphone. More about Google's fabric VR headset is based on the "clothes we love to wear"
It may look like a minimal speaker, but this new product from Google promises to harness the search giant's data troves to provide all-knowing assistance in the home. More about Google launches omniscient voice-controlled Home device
The contrasting halves of these perfume bottles can be repurposed separately, or in combinations as vases and incense holders. More about Esrawe Studio and Cadena stack two hemispheres to form reusable perfume bottle for Xinú
A "data centre" provided the backdrop for Chanel's spring summer 2017 show, which included models dressed as robots and bags with flashing LED displays. More about Robots walk the runway at Chanel's Spring Summer 2017 show
Google has made a push for Apple's significant share of the smartphone market with the launch of its self-branded Pixel and Pixel XL. More about Google launches own-brand smartphone to rival Apple's iPhone
French designer Philippe Starck has belatedly joined Facebook and Instagram, despite previously describing digital media as "sick".
More about Social media sceptic Philippe Starck joins Facebook and Instagram
Dutch fashion designer Pauline van Dongen has created a smart top that vibrates in response to bad posture. More about Pauline van Dongen designs clothes that correct your posture
Sports brand Nike is raffling limited editions of the self-lacing shoes that feature in sci-fi film Back to the Future II. More about Nike raffles Mag self-lacing shoes from Back to the Future II
London design studio Fredrikson Stallard has brought its glimmering Prologue installation to Vienna's baroque Belvedere Palace. More about Sun-like disc of 8,000 Swarovski crystals installed at baroque Viennese palace
The UK's housing crisis became the hot topic this week, as readers reacted to Phineas Harper's first Opinion column for Dezeen. More about "Architects still don't understand how people live"