German sports brand Adidas has unveiled a 3D-printed shoe sole that can be tailored to the exact contours of the wearer's feet. More about Adidas creates 3D-printed Futurecraft soles to mimic runners' footprints
Japanese car brand Lexus used 1,700 individually shaped cardboard sheets to create a fully functional replica of its IS saloon model (+ slideshow). More about Lexus unveils fully drivable car made from cardboard
This 18-metre-high light installation was created by Dutch designer Dennis Parren for the Lowlands music festival in The Netherlands (+ movie). More about Dennis Parren installs illuminated tower at Lowlands music festival
For its first music project, Studio Job designed a stage set featuring oversized illustrations and a giant disco ball for British musician Mika's No Place In Heaven tour (+ slideshow). More about Studio Job creates "travelling circus" stage set for Mika tour using giant illustrations
Amsterdam studio Formafantasma used lengths of translucent plastic to create "infinite loops" around the catwalk for fashion label Sportmax during Milan Fashion Week. More about Formafantasma uses terracotta and PVC to create "deconstructed architecture" for Sportmax catwalk
Swiss watch brand Movado has collaborated with industrial designer and Fuseproject founder Yves Béhar to reinterpret its iconic Museum Dial timepiece. More about Yves Béhar's Edge is an update on a classic Movado watch
French design duo Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have created a range of porcelain tiles for ceramics brand Mutina that can be combined to create various pattern and shape configurations (+ slideshow). More about Bouroullec brothers design textured Rombini tile collection for Mutina
Design duo Lanzavecchia + Wai's latest collection of furniture includes a ping-pong dining table and stackable designs based on hamburgers (+ slideshow). More about Lanzavecchia + Wai's PLAYPlay collection includes tables that stack like hamburgers
Vienna Design Week 2015: Vienna design studio Breaded Escalope has constructed a wooden enclosure that creates an intimate drinking space for two, modelled on Modernist architect Adolf Loos' American Bar. More about Breaded Escalope models two-person bar on iconic Adolf Loos speakeasy
Clients are increasingly attracted to designers who "think differently", while architects are restricted by knowledge says Dror Benshetrit – whose New York studio is developing a giant urban island off the coast of Istanbul (+ slideshow + interview). More about You don't need to be an architect to design buildings, says Dror Benshetrit
A dining table by Denmark's late Peder Moos has broken the world auction record for a piece of Nordic design, selling for over £600,000. More about Peder Moos table breaks auction record for most expensive piece of Nordic design
Tech giant Apple has filed a patent for a "wearable ring device" with touchscreen and voice-control capabilities, paving the way for a potential launch of the Apple Ring. More about Apple is working on a touchscreen smart ring device
London Design Festival 2015: Royal College of Art graduate Yi-Wen Tseng has imagined a car powered by bio-printed organs, using synthetic biology to turn a cow's digestive process into a fuel system. More about Yi-Wen Tseng's methane-powered concept car is modelled on a cow's digestive system
Vienna Design Week 2015: Austrian studio Chmara.Rosinke explored alternatives for dining and food preparation in its Cucina Futurista 2.0 exhibition of furniture and tableware design at Vienna Design Week (+ slideshow). More about Chmara.Rosinke designs Futurist kitchen installation
London Design Festival 2015: to celebrate British design brand Another Country's five-year anniversary, Studio Dessuant Bone has designed a lamp to reflect the company's origins in the seaside county of Dorset (+ slideshow). More about Studio Dessuant Bone's Jurassic Light 117 is influenced by the Dorset coastline
Japanese studio Nendo has created a perfume bottle for Paris fashion house Kenzo in the shape of a tiny totem pole. More about Nendo creates bottle and logo for Kenzo's unisex Totem fragrance
Music: Amsterdam material designer Shai Langen made sculptural headpieces and covered models in hand-painted patterns for Jo Goes Hunting's Run Away music video. More about Shai Langen daubs bodies with paint for Jo Goes Hunting's Run Away
Israel-based Studio Itai Bar-On has created a set of concrete pendant lamps that are patterned with a grid of lines designed to look like a digital wireframe model (+ slideshow). More about Studio Itai Bar-On's concrete Grid lamps are patterned with wireframe lines
Mid-century furniture pieces by designers including Warren Platner, Harry Bertoia and Arne Jacobsen are being reproduced as gold versions thanks to improvements in metal-coating technology (+ slideshow). More about Furniture by Bertoia, Jacobsen and Platner introduced with gold-plated finishes
Security company Yale has partnered with Google-owned domestic technology firm Nest to release a door lock that can be remotely controlled via a smartphone. More about Yale partners with Nest to launch keyless Linus smartlock