Dezeen promotion: a rug patterned like mould and calligraphy created from heartbeats were among projects by Dutch designers showcased for the launch of Ventura Projects at New York's design week (+ slideshow). More about Inaugural Ventura New York launches with 14 projects from Dutch designers
Milan 2016: in our final movie from Nike's The Nature of Motion show, designer Bertjan Pot explains how he created a series of "resting pods" by weaving basket-like structures around inner tubes from different vehicles. More about Bertjan Pot weaves shoelaces around inner tubes to create inflatable seats for Nike
Business news: designer Janne Kyttanen has left the "overrated" 3D-printing industry to launch a venture capital fund that will design and launch new companies. More about Janne Kyttanen to launch companies "at the same speed as designing products"
New York 2016: Moscow architecture firm Crosby Studios' debut furniture collection includes sculptural chairs with bent metal supports designed to recall city buildings (+ slideshow). More about Crosby Studios designs furniture collection with architectural arches
Stockholm-based Studio EO has designed a collection of sculptural vases that contrast hand-blown glass containers with wedges of granite, marble and onyx (+ slideshow). More about Studio EO's Indefinite Vases pair melting glass with cut stone bases
Clerkenwell Design Week 2016: London designer Kia Utzon-Frank has created a set of sculptural cakes that look like blocks of solid polished stone. More about Kia Utzon-Frank disguises cakes as geometric marble sculptures
Korean firm BUS Architecture's Undefined Playground unfolds to transform crowded city space into a public sports facility for football, tennis, basketball or Frisbee (+ slideshow). More about BUS Architecture designs modular play facility for cities with limited space
French architect Jean Nouvel's Summer Hours in Kensington wallpaper aims to recreate the feeling of a sunny afternoon spent in London's Hyde Park. More about Jean Nouvel designs wallpaper to capture the feeling of a London summer
Milan 2016: Dutch designer Frans Willigers has created a hybrid chair and writing desk that he sees as a replacement for traditional office furniture. More about Frans Willigers addresses "useless" work furniture with the Last Writing Desk
Prehistoric tools, sci-fi memorabilia and a chandelier designed to look like the International Space Station feature in a New York exhibition that explores man's progress through designed objects (+ slideshow). More about Progressland exhibition presents objects of exploration at New York's Chamber gallery
Chinese studio Neri&Hu has designed a minimal coat rack for Offecct that combines metal, leather and concrete. More about Neri&Hu designs rounded rectangle Hanger coat stand for Offecct
French designer Mathieu Lehanneur has sculpted marble into a convincingly rippling pool for his Petite Loire installation, created for this year's International Garden Festival (+ slideshow). More about Mathieu Lehanneur creates pool of marble for French chateau
Clerkenwell Design Week 2016: London-based YenChen YaWen Studio has combined Jesmonite with metal powders to create a series of candle holders, pots and vases that oxidise and change colour as they age (+ slideshow). More about YenChen YaWen Studio's Jesmonite vessels change colour over time
British graphic design legend Peter Saville is behind the Tate Modern art gallery's updated graphic identity, a colourful model of the complex that includes the new Herzog & de Meuron extension. More about Peter Saville colour-codes London's Tate Modern ahead of extension opening
Movie: designers Daniel Rybakken and Francisco Gomez Paz discussed their latest chandeliers as well as the challenges and opportunities of LED lighting in this talk Dezeen hosted for Luceplan in New York. More about The advancement of LED technology is like "discovering America" for lighting designers
Clerkenwell Design Week 2016: British designer Tom Dixon has installed furniture and lighting inside a church in London's Clerkenwell, transforming it into a co-working space and restaurant (+ slideshow). More about Tom Dixon converts Clerkenwell church into co-working space
Google has used its Jacquard technology to weave conductive threads into a Levi's jacket, turning its sleeves into touch-sensitive panels that can be used to control electronic devices (+ movie). More about Google teams up with Levi's to create interactive denim jacket
Opinion: New York's design scene would benefit from looking outward and engaging with America's manufacturing centres further west, says Alan G Brake, who found a lack of originality at the city's design week this year. More about "When will a more ambitious and influential spirit return to the New York design scene?"
US technology giant Google has demonstrated a current prototype of its modular smartphone Project Ara and announced it will begin shipping developer editions later this year (+ slideshow). More about Google to start shipping modular smartphone Project Ara
London design studio Osborne Ross has created a set of six animal-shaped Royal Mail stamps designed to appeal to children (+ slideshow). More about Royal Mail's Animail stamp collection clings to the sides of envelopes