We've collected together five unusual Christmas designs, from a rock-shaped mince pie to a collection of bouncing baubles and downloadable wrapping paper. More about Sebastian Bergne's bouncy baubles and four other unusual designs for Christmas
British product designer Lindsey Lang has borrowed motifs from the history of London's transport network to create a collection of wall and floor tiles with embossed patterns (+ slideshow). More about Lindsey Lang designs 3D tiles based on 1930s London Underground patterns
Competition: Dezeen is giving readers the chance to win a Hive Active Heating kit, including a thermostat designed by Yves Béhar and a customisable coloured frame (+ slideshow). More about Competition: win a Hive Active Heating kit and thermostat frame
Dezeen design editor Dan Howarth's 10 favourite installations from the past 12 months include a Brutalist playground recreated in foam, a giant steel maze and a brightly coloured basketball court (+ slideshow). More about Dezeen's top 10 design installations of 2015
London designer Marcin Rusak has created a collection of furniture and lighting by encasing flowers in resin, then cutting the blocks to reveal the petals inside. More about Marcin Rusak's Flora products preserve decorative patterns of flowers in resin
Music: German designer Michael Fragstein used digital 3D modelling to create forests and landscapes populated by miniature figures for Berlin group Dan Freeman and the Serious' Dagner music video. More about Red threads control 3D models in Michael Fragstein's Dagner video
Japanese studio Nendo presents its Colourful Shadows collection of cooking and eating utensils on a winding table display at Tokyo's Eye of Gyre gallery. More about Nendo designs snaking display for Tokyo tableware exhibition
Korean design studios Cloudandco and 11+ have teamed up to release a minimal house-shaped scent diffuser (+ slideshow). More about House aroma diffuser resembles a snow-covered cabin
Glasgow designer Fraser Ross has created a collection of seven conceptual human organs that would perform extra functions like squirting ink and spinning silk (+ movie). More about Fraser Ross' synthetic organs combine human and animal attributes
A team of Canadian designers and artists has created an installation in Montreal consisting of 30 illuminated seesaws. More about Designers create winter installation for Montreal featuring 30 glowing seesaws
Stockholm studio Form Us With Love has added a collection of colourful square sound-absorbing tiles to its Baux range of architectural products (+ slideshow). More about Form Us With Love's acoustic tiles for Baux can be arranged into pixellated patterns
Beirut product designer Richard Yasmine has created a marble and brass side table with removable phallic legs for "kinky-minded people". More about Richard Yasmine's Glory Holes table has brass dildos for legs
Stockholm-based Note Design Studio has created minimal furniture for live cooking demonstrations at the newly opened Mall of Scandinavia. More about Note Design Studio creates Dining Theatre for Europe's largest mall
Art director Scott Kelly has designed a collection of 103 flags to represent the planets featured in sci-fi film series Star Wars. More about Star Wars planets receive fictional flag designs by Scott Kelly
Business news: Italian design studio Pininfarina, which specialises in creating sports cars for brands like Ferrari, has been acquired by Indian conglomerate Mahindra. More about Design firm Pininfarina bought by India's Mahindra Group
Danish toy brand Lego has released a set of kits that allows architecture lovers to build skylines of cities around the world. More about Lego introduces Skyline building kits for recreating cityscapes
New Zealand has selected a winner in a contest to find a new national flag, which will go up against its existing design in a public vote. More about New Zealand selects Silver Fern as design for national flag vote
Design education in England should learn from the American model and seek greater private funding, according to graphic designer and Royal College of Art professor Neville Brody. More about Design industry should step in to plug education funding gap says Neville Brody
Aerospace engineering company Windspeed Technologies has designed a bubble-shaped viewing platform for the top of commercial aircraft as an alternative to current in-flight entertainment (+ movie). More about Transparent SkyDeck offers aeroplane passengers panoramic views from the sky
Design Miami 2015: San Francisco designer Yves Béhar created a temporary beach hut installation to showcase his collection of surfboards in Miami Design District. More about Yves Béhar designs slanted Surf Shack for Design Miami