Students at the Bartlett School of Architecture have developed a composite material using felt and resin that can be stitched together to create tubular furniture. More about Bartlett students create felt material that can be moulded into self-supporting chairs
Copenhagen architect Kevin Hviid has launched a collection of chairs, including one with a seat back that looks like an oversized bow tie. More about Kevin Hviid's chair collection includes one resembling a giant bow tie
Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka has developed a transparent modular kitchen system with smoked glass surfaces that display the tools inside (+ slideshow). More about Tokujin Yoshioka designs glass kitchen "to show the beauty of kitchen tools"
An image created by French designer Jean Jullien in response to the terrorist attacks in Paris yesterday has gone viral, becoming the most-shared symbol of unity with the French city. More about Jean Jullien's Peace for Paris illustration becomes symbol of unity in wake of terror attacks
Music: Japanese animator Hideki Inaba has designed an imaginary ocean world of plants and squid-like creatures for the video of Beatsofreen track Slowly Rising. More about Fantastical plants bloom and dance in Hideki Inaba's video for Beatsofreen
German designer Carolin Pertsch has used bundles of seagrass to create an eco-material that forms the seats for a collection of stools. More about Carolin Pertsch's stools feature seats made from washed-up seagrass
Students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have designed and built a 2,000-pound sculpture that can be rocked, rotated, lifted, and hauled upright with minimal effort (+ movie). More about MIT students create 2,000-pound "megalith" that can be moved with a fingertip
US rapper Snoop Dogg has launched a line of edible cannabis products with packaging designed by Pentagram to skirt around US laws on controlled substances (+ slideshow). More about Snoop Dogg launches edible marijuana range with branding by Pentagram
Dubai, home to the world's tallest skyscraper, will use jetpack-equipped firefighters in high-rise emergencies as early as next year. More about Dubai to fight fires in world's tallest skyscrapers using jetpacks
Jonathan Ive says Apple's design team is moving away from pen and paper in favour of the company's recently released Pencil stylus and iPad. More about Apple design team abandoning sketchbooks for the Apple Pencil, says Jonathan Ive
Sportswear brand Vollebak has launched a pink hoodie that relaxes the wearer before sport and a jacket with ceramic panels that helps prevent injuries from steep falls (+ slideshow). More about Vollebak sportswear collection includes a ceramic-skinned jacket that protects wearers from falls
Water and light-filled condoms that resemble oversized droplets hung over the heads of visitors to this London installation by Spanish studio Luz Interruptus. More about Luz Interruptus fills 3,000 condoms with water to create giant raindrops
Italian design group Nucleo has cast an antique wooden ladder in clear resin as part of a collection that will be shown at The Salon Art + Design show in New York this week. More about Nucleo shows antique furniture cast in resin at New York art and design show
Japanese studio Nendo has designed a minimal emergency kit for those affected by earthquakes, containing a whistle, radio, raincoat, lantern, water container and multipurpose case in a slender tube (+ slideshow). More about Nendo's MINIM+AID kit contains emergency supplies for earthquake victims
A biometric bike lock that opens using the owner's thumbprint has been launched on Kickstarter by a pair of Canadian engineers. More about Keyless Grasp bicycle lock uses fingerprint data to unlock
Italian design studio Pininfarina has launched a tractor that takes its cues from sport cars to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Czech agricultural machinery manufacturer Zetor. More about Pininfarina unveils Ferrari-like tractor design for Zetor
A proposal by architects SelgasCano to turn a south London car park into 800 creative workspaces has been rejected by the local council. More about Plans for 800 new London art and design studios rejected
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has partnered with a London jewellery gallery to create "wearable sculptures" designed to look like reinforcing bars used in construction (+ slideshow). More about Ai Weiwei's first jewellery collection is cut from a rod of gold rebar
London-based designer Peter Marigold is launching a remouldable bioplastic card that can be used to make new tools and modify or repair broken objects (+ movie). More about Peter Marigold's pocket-sized FORMcard melts into mouldable plastic glue
Today is Diwali, the festival of lights celebrated by Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists. Marked by displays of brightly-coloured lights and fireworks, the festival celebrates the triumph of light over darkness, knowledge over ignorance, and good over evil.
To mark the occasion, we're revisiting some of the best lighting design from our archives, including an immersive installation that mimics the movements of fireflies and a spinning disk that created glowing light inside a dark gallery (pictured). See all our lighting design stories »
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