Electric car brand Tesla has unveiled what it describes as the safest sports utility vehicle (SUV) ever made, which includes a "bio-weapon defence mode". More about Tesla's electric Model X is the "safest SUV ever" says Elon Musk
Vienna Design Week 2015: a hammer that persistently strikes a stone and a "breathing" vacuum-packed sponge are among the moving sculptures that Norwegian studio Kneip has installed at a Viennese workshop (+ movie). More about Kneip creates miniature motorised sculptures from found objects
London Design Festival 2015: design duo Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby worked with age-old methods of production in Japan to create a range of paper lanterns. More about Barber and Osgerby turns to traditional Japanese craft for Hotaru lighting collection
London Design Festival 2015: UK design studio Fredrikson Stallard has produced a collection of sculptural furniture – including a sofa that looks like a chunk of rock – to mark its 10th anniversary (+ slideshow). More about Fredrikson Stallard creates crumpled metal and rock-like furniture for Momentum collection
London Design Festival 2015: Amsterdam tech company Fairphone has launched a new version of its ethically produced smartphone. More about Fairphone launches second edition of its ethical smartphone
Design and engineering sibling duo Gaspard and Lucas Tiné-Berès have created a prototype for a tricycle that allows riders to change direction by leaning to either side (+ movie). More about Cricket tricycle by Gaspard and Lucas Tiné-Berès is steered by leaning
Interaction designer Daniel Bjorkman has created a conceptual adaptive logo and visual identity for Swedish art school Akademin Valand (+ slideshow). More about Daniel Bjorkman creates logo generator for Akademin Valand art school
British artist Lucy Sparrow is filling an adults-only shop in London's Soho district with sex toys, porn magazines and bondage gear all made of felt. More about Lucy Sparrow tackles "prudery" with stitched sex shop in London's Soho
Karl Lenton of UK company Safe Innovations has designed these mobile therapy spaces to give prisoners better and more comfortable access to healthcare. More about Karl Lenton designs egg-shaped movable therapy pods for prisons
London Design Festival 2015: the Design & Crafts Council of Ireland invited more than 20 designers and craftspeople to contribute to its Ó exhibition at Tent London (+ slideshow). More about Hand-crafted design from across Ireland shown in Ó Exhibition at Tent London
The Royal College of Art has suspended its world-famous Design Interactions course after failing to find replacements for staff who resigned earlier this year. More about RCA in "state of jeopardy" after Design Interactions staff departures
Small Discoveries: Viennese design duo Mischer'Traxler explain why they filled a room at London's V&A Museum with hundreds of fluttering insects in our latest movie for Champagne brand Perrier-Jouët. More about Mischer'Traxler's interactive Curiosity Cloud installation is "like being in a dream"
London Design Festival 2015: London designer Oscar Diaz's Volume table mirror has a multi-angled base that allows it to be placed horizontally and vertically (+ slideshow). More about Oscar Diaz designs mirror that can be positioned at four different angles
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