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
Trend forecaster Li Edelkoort has announced plans for a month-long celebration of textiles in New York, saying that "not enough attention" is being paid to fabric innovation. More about New York Textile Month will highlight the revival of cloth, says Li Edelkoort
Clerkenwell Design Week 2016: US company Loll Designs has created a range of bright-coloured garden furniture from discarded milk and detergent packaging. More about Loll creates Lollygagger outdoor furniture from recycled milk bottles
Competition: Dezeen has teamed up with graduate show New Designers to offer readers the chance to win one of five pairs of tickets to the event, taking place in London from 29 June to 9 July 2016 (+ slideshow). More about Competition: win tickets to New Designers showcase of UK graduate projects
Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: Dutch office MVRDV has designed a completely see-through glass kitchen that aims to inspire a "more healthy, if not sexy" approach to food (+ slideshow). More about MVRDV designs transparent Infinity Kitchen to make food healthier and sexier
Clerkenwell Design Week 2016: London studio Flea Folly Architects has partnered with Hakwood to create an installation of stacked wood that references the monastic past of London's St John's Gate (+ slideshow). More about Flea Folly Architects designs high temple of timber in a monastic archway
Clerkenwell Design Week 2016: Giles Miller Studio has created a series of four glass-tile sculptures to help visitors navigate this year's Clerkenwell Design Week, which kicks off today in London (+ slideshow). More about Giles Miller covers Clerkenwell billboards with glass scales
Most Loved: London designer Sebastian Wrong reflects on living with the distinctive sound made by his 2007 Font Clock for Established & Sons in the latest movie in our exclusive video series. More about Sebastian Wrong's Font Clock "wakes people up with a real crack" at midnight
Dezeen promotion: Patrick Norguet and Odo Fioravanti are among the designers who have contributed pieces to Italian brand Pedrali's latest furniture collection, which was unveiled during this year's Milan design week (+ slideshow). More about Pedrali's 2016 collection features three seating designs and a range of tables
Clerkenwell Design Week 2016: London company Forpeople has designed a range of office chairs for Herman Miller to accommodate workers who shuffle around in their seats. More about Forpeople's Keyn office chairs for Herman Miller are made for fidgeters
London designer Keiichi Matsuda has released a short movie depicting a futuristic scenario where digital media and the physical world have merged to create a kaleidoscopic "hyper reality"(+ movie). More about Keiichi Matsuda's Hyper-Reality film blurs real and virtual worlds
Icelandic designer Katrin Olina has crafted a range of jewellery that looks like gothic talismans but is designed and produced using both old and new techniques (+ slideshow). More about Katrin Olina combines digital and bronze-age techniques to create Primitiva jewellery
New York 2016: San Francisco studio Galanter & Jones has claimed to be the first to create cast-stone heated outdoor furniture, which makes a sitter feel "like being in a hot tub without getting wet" (+ slideshow). More about Galanter & Jones creates heated outdoor chairs to replace patio heaters
Hungarian furniture brand Hannabi has designed a modular sofa aimed at consumers who move frequently or live in small flats (+ slideshow). More about Hannabi designs modular Urban Nomad sofa for generation rent
New York 2016: the shape of this hand-blown lemonade glass by British designer Max Lamb mimics the silhouette of two lemons stacked on top of each other (+ slideshow). More about Max Lamb's curvaceous glass is designed specifically for lemonade
New York 2016: new Australian brand VUUE has produced a collection of furniture designed to be used flexibly for both indoor and outdoor spaces (+ slideshow). More about VUUE launches Mornington furniture collection for both in and outdoors
Music: Brooklyn director Ken Edge's video for American musician K Flay's FML track follows the journey of a young girl fighting an internal battle between good and evil. More about Girl attempts to "tame the evil that lurks inside herself" in K Flay music video
Danish architect Bjarke Ingels has designed a chair for furniture brand Fritz Hansen based on the shape of his firm's Via 57 West "courtscraper" in New York. More about Bjarke Ingels designs VIA57 lounge chair based on his New York "courtscraper"
British architecture firm Foster + Partners has opened the first retrospective exhibition dedicated to its industrial design work at London's Aram Gallery (+ slideshow). More about Foster + Partners opens exhibition of industrial design at Aram Gallery