Business news: London designer Benjamin Hubert has relaunched his studio under a new name as part of a shift towards more "human-focused" projects, and is using "crowdspeaking" to drum up interest (+ interview). More about Benjamin Hubert rebrands studio as Layer and launches "crowdspeaking" campaign
Architecture firm NBBJ has unveiled a conceptual plan to turn London Underground's Circle Line tunnel into a 17-mile-long moving walkway. More about NBBJ proposal replaces London Underground's Circle Line with giant travelator
Work from more than 30 Danish furniture designers is on display at the Øregaard Museum in Copenhagen, as part of the 2015 Cabinetmakers' Autumn Exhibition. More about Cabinetmakers' Autumn Exhibition 2015 showcases "petite" Danish furniture design
Opinion: Vienna-based designer Talia Radford was among the volunteers who helped thousands of refugees passing through Austria over the weekend. In this piece for Dezeen, she calls on designers across Europe to find solutions for some of the practical problems caused by the crisis. More about Design is about people – including refugees
New York designer Francis Bitonti has created a range of shoes for Dutch footwear brand United Nude, with different 3D-printed heels shaped using algorithms (+ slideshow). More about Francis Bitonti 3D-prints gold-plated Mutatio shoes for United Nude
London Design Festival 2015: London artist Barnaby Barford has stacked 3,000 tiny shops made from bone china into a version of the biblical Tower of Babel at the V&A museum (+ slideshow). More about Barnaby Barford's Tower of Babel comprises 3,000 tiny ceramic shops
Future Makers: digital manufacturing could "reshape the jewellery industry," says designer Lionel T Dean, who has created a collection that is 3D printed in 18 carat gold (+ movie). More about 3D-printed gold collection aims to transform the jewellery industry
London Design Festival 2015: Italian designer Luca Nichetto has created a lamp for Scandinavian design brand Hem, which comprises colourful shades that stack in customisable combinations (+ movie). More about Luca Nichetto designs modular Alphabeta pendant lamp for Hem
Designer Daan Roosegaarde has installed the "largest smog vacuum cleaner in the world" in Rotterdam to help improve the city's air quality (+ movie). More about Daan Roosegaarde's Smog Free Tower opens in Rotterdam
Maison&Objet 2015: this cast-iron candle holder by Norwegian designer Lars Beller Fjetland automatically puts out the flame just before the wick burns out (+ movie). More about Lars Beller Fjetland designs self-extinguishing Moment candlestick for Wrong for Hay
Norwegian designer Andreas Engesvik has created a range of textiles for Danish brand Georg Jensen Damask, with subtle patterns based on hand-drawn lines. More about Andreas Engesvik's hand-drawn grids inform textile patterns for Georg Jensen Damask
London Design Festival 2015: Turkish designer Bilge Nur Saltik has created a line of hand-cut patterned glass vessels that create a kaleidoscope effect when filled with flowers (+ movie). More about Bilge Nur Saltik's glass OP-vases create kaleidoscopic floral effects
Music: patterns of light spring up around a Martian-like world in this music video that directors Pablo Barquin and Junior Martínez created for Floating Points (+ movie). More about Light painting illuminates an arid landscape in Floating Points' Silhouettes music video
Pomo summer: textile designer Camille Walala's collection of home accessories patterned with bold graphics influenced by the Memphis Group will launch at this month's London Design Festival. More about Memphis patterns influence homeware by Camille Walala
Movie: Dutch designer Richard Hutten explains why he designed a chair with a distinctive X-shape on the back in the next movie in our exclusive video series for Italian furniture brand Moroso. More about Richard Hutten's X-Chair for Moroso is "actually quite complex"
Maison&Objet 2015: designers at Italian research studio Fabrica have created a set of glass sculptures for presenting fruit. More about Fabrica designers display fruit in unusual ways with Tutti Frutti glass sculptures
Maison&Objet 2015: French designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have created a range of outdoor furniture with curving slatted surfaces for Danish brand Hay (+ slideshow). More about Bouroullec brothers design slatted Palissade outdoor furniture for Hay
Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson's solar energy company Little Sun has launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund the production of a mobile phone charger with a built-in lamp. More about Olafur Eliasson launches crowdfunding campaign for solar-powered mobile phone chargers
Dutch designer Nikki Gonnissen and artist Pieke Bergmans have created a series of flags for the 2015 Brazilian Design Biennial that reference the colours and shapes of buildings around the host city of Florianopolis. More about Thonik and Pieke Bergmans create flags based on Brazilian architecture for design biennial
London Design Festival 2015: Norwegian design studio Kneip has created a set of four functional sculptures that measure and report on weather conditions (+ movie). More about Kneip designs Weathered series of sculptural atmospheric sensors