London Design Festival 2016: the best works of minimalist furniture have to make an impression with nothing more than a few lines. James Mair, founder and director of designer showroom Viaduct, shares five of his favourite examples with Dezeen (+ slideshow). More about Viaduct's James Mair picks his five favourite minimalist furniture pieces
Ilse Crawford's Studioilse has collaborated with Bosnian craftspeople to create furniture using a UNESCO-nominated traditional carving technique (+ slideshow). More about Studioilse uses UNESCO-nominated craft technique for furniture collection
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Lithuanian design studio Rimartus looked to the shapes of flying birds to design its minimal Wing kitchen for manufacturer Imprimere (+ slideshow). More about Rimartus designs kitchen based on the silhouette of a flying bird
Gustaf Holtenäs based his animated video for Russian musician Mitya's track Fabula Spatium on surreal sci-fi art from the 1970s (+ movie). More about Gustaf Holtenäs animates a space cartoon for Fabula Spatium music video
London Design Festival 2016: Taking inspiration from the passage of time, London design studio Glithero has created a kinetic installation that extends across six floors at the V&A museum. More about Glithero suspends neon "abstract clock" above V&A stairwell
Paul Cocksedge has unveiled the latest design in his mission to save vintage speakers from obsolescence, with a small Bluetooth device that can now provide stereo sound (+ movie). More about Paul Cocksedge's Vamp Stereo plays music wirelessly on any two old speakers
London Design Festival 2016: 50,000 metal triangles make up British designer Benjamin Hubert's undulating Foil installation, which casts light onto the V&A's medieval tapestries (+ movie). More about Benjamin Hubert lights V&A's medieval tapestry room with rippling steel installation
Brexit: the EU Referendum should never have happened according to German designer Konstantin Grcic, who said the decision by Britain's former prime minister David Cameron to host the vote was criminal. More about Brexit decision is "criminal" says Konstantin Grcic
London Design Festival 2016: French designer Mathieu Lehanneur has convincingly sculpted blocks of black marble to look like the sea for an installation at the V&A museum. More about Mathieu Lehanneur sculpts a seascape from blocks of black marble
Nendo has taken its collection of chairs based on Japanese manga comics to New York, where they are on show as part of a light installation at Friedman Benda gallery (+ movie). More about Nendo shows 50 Manga Chairs within light installation at New York's Friedman Benda
London Design Festival 2016: Bocci's creative director Omer Arbel has created a site-specific lighting installation for London's Barbican Centre (+ movie). More about Omer Arbel suspends aluminium lighting sculpture above Barbican foyer
Oslo Architecture Triennale 2016: OMA has teamed up with creative studio Bengler to propose Panda, a app that allows workers being exploited digital sharing platforms like Uber and Airbnb to fight back against their employers. More about OMA and Bengler propose digital platform to disrupt the sharing economy
These models of New York's Twin Towers by Rolf Bruggink can be stacked to create a pair of columnar lanterns or collapsed to form stools (+ slideshow). More about World Trade Center lamps by Rolf Bruggink are designed to be dismantled
Brexit Design Manifesto: designer Marc Newson and architect Patrik Schumacher are among the leading industry figures to have added their names to the Brexit Design Manifesto since its launch yesterday. More about Marc Newson joins rapidly growing number of supporters for Dezeen's Brexit Design Manifesto
London Design Festival 2016: architect Asif Khan has created three temporary pavilions thick with plants to give the harried London public space to relax, work and socialise (+ slideshow). More about Asif Khan and MINI create "forests" in see-through boxes across east London
Kengo Kuma is the latest high-profile name to create a tea service for Georg Jensen, basing his design on traditional Japanese sets (+ slideshow). More about Kengo Kuma designs £60,500 silver tea set for Georg Jensen
Business news: Italian furniture brand B&B Italia has bought high-end kitchen maker Arclinea, marking "the first major milestone" in its growth since being acquired by investment firm Investindustrial. More about B&B Italia expands into luxury kitchens with purchase of Arclinea
These tents worn as giant dresses were created and photographed by artists Robin Lasser and Adrienne Pao as "wearable architecture" (+ slideshow). More about Dress Tents by Robin Lasser and Adrienne Pao are part shelter, part attire
Dezeen promotion: architects and designers are invited to submit entries to this year's A' Design Awards (+ slideshow). More about Call for entries to A' Design Awards and Competition 2017