French designer Inga Sempé has created a cutlery range for Italian design brand Alessi, with utensils that feature slender bases and gently tapered stems (+ slideshow). More about Inga Sempé designs Collo-alto cutlery set for Alessi
Chinese furniture designer Mario Tsai has created a pair of tables with frames that allow them to be easily picked up and moved with one hand (+ slideshow). More about Mario Tsai's Basket Tables can be easily moved into new locations
London Design Festival 2015: Plumen, the lighting brand behind the energy-efficient 001 light bulb, has introduced a hat brim-shaped shade to its range of bulbs and pendants. More about Plumen adds Drop Hat lamp shade to its growing lighting collection
Music: animator Adam Fuchs takes viewers on a looping illustrated journey through New York's Sara D Roosevelt Park for Prefuse 73's Still Pretending music video. More about Adam Fuchs illustrates a never-ending walk in the park for Prefuse 73's Still Pretending
Emerging French designer Rémi Bouhaniche has unveiled a chair that he created by folding "a trapezoidal shape of foam and fabric like origami" (+ slideshow). More about Rémi Bouhaniche creates origami-inspired armchair for Ligne Roset
California-based designer Jim Lenahan – best known for his concert sets for musicians like Tom Petty and Korn – has designed a chair for Pope Francis' visit to New York today. More about Plywood throne designed for Pope's New York mass to reflect "simplicity and humility"
London Design Festival 2015: minimal stationery, rippled-glass lamps and traditional steamers by Taiwanese studios are among the pieces on display at Tent London's Eataipei exhibition (+ slideshow). More about Eataipei exhibition showcases homeware and lighting by independent Taiwanese designers
Apple hopes to launch an electric car to the public by 2019, according to reports that emerged this week. More about Apple could launch its first electric car in next four years
London Design Festival 2015: designers including Neville Brody, Morag Myerscough and Malcolm Garrett have reinterpreted the Calvert and Kinneir-designed British road sign for an exhibition at London's Design Museum (+ slideshow). More about Design Museum exhibition celebrates 50 years of British road signage
London Design Festival 2015: London-based Studio Toogood has created an autobiographical "drawing room" filled with furniture, clothing and personal objects at Somerset House (+ slideshow). More about Charcoal sketches cover the walls of The Drawing Room by Faye and Erica Toogood
Business news: Joe Gebbia, who co-founded home rental website Airbnb, has become a part-time design partner at American tech startup incubator Y Combinator. More about Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia appointed design partner at Y Combinator
London Design Festival 2015: designer Joel Hoff has partnered with design brand Wrong for Hay to launch a light that can be adjusted by rotating the base (+ movie). More about Joel Hoff designs rotating table lamp for Wrong for Hay
London Design Festival 2015: artist Camilla Barnard has created a wooden and hand-painted replica of a London Underground station inside the former campus of art school Central St Martins (+ slideshow). More about Camilla Barnard creates life-sized and hand-painted Wooden Tube Station
London Design Festival 2015: design duo Isabel + Helen is exhibiting a swing made from large geometric shapes as part of Chelsea 10, an alumni exhibition celebrating 10 years of Chelsea College of Arts (+ slideshow). More about Isabel + Helen uses brightly coloured shapes to create Constructivism-inspired swing
Benjamin Hubert's design agency Layer has created a new ergonomically-shaped change box with a tilted head for UK cancer charity Maggie's. More about Layer redesigns the charity collection box for Maggie's
London Design Festival 2015: design studio Raw Edges has updated its Stack drawers for this year's London Design Festival, using leftover materials to create multicoloured side panels (+ slideshow). More about Raw Edges designs bespoke edition of Stack drawers for Established & Sons
London Design Festival 2015: London design studio Pinch has unveiled a coffee table made from plaster and resin composite material Jesmonite (+ slideshow). More about Pinch's Nim coffee table is made from textured hand-painted Jesmonite
Dezeen promotion: Vienna Design Week takes place from 25 September to 4 October 2015, and will feature works commissioned especially for the show. More about Vienna Design Week to showcase specially commissioned projects
London Design Festival 2015: London designer Lee Broom is presenting his latest collections of furniture and vases against a backdrop of flowers at his Shoreditch showroom (+ slideshow). More about Lee Broom creates floral setting for products at The Flower Shop
Future Makers: in this movie filmed by Dezeen in Munich, Clemens Weisshaar of Kram/Weisshaar explains how the design studio's Robochop project allows online users around the world to harness the power of a robotic arm. More about Robochop by Kram/Weisshaar gives "anyone with a smartphone" access to an industrial robot