New York 2015: design student Maxime Loiseau has created a set of prototype headphones that transmit sound through printed electronics. More about Maxime Loiseau's streamlined headphones feature printed electronics
An exhibition at New York's Museum of Arts and Design celebrates the work of Ralph Pucci, whose mannequin designs chronicle changes in visual culture over more than 30 years (+ slideshow). More about Ralph Pucci's fashion mannequins "mirror how we want to see ourselves"
Israeli artist Daniel Rozin has designed an interactive "mirror" from faux-fur bunches that change colour to create moving silhouettes (+ movie). More about PomPom Mirror creates "reflections" with tufts of fur
London Festival of Architecture 2015: visitors to this London "sleeperie" can take a 10-minute nap in a colourful sling within a dimly-lit room, where soothing music is played and all technology is banned (+ slideshow). More about Hassell and Draisci Studio create "London's first sleeperie" to encourage daytime naps
Geneva-based architect Aurélie Monet Kasisi has designed a mobile stand based on street-food carts to travel around Switzerland as a promotional vehicle for a suicide prevention organisation. More about Mobile suicide prevention station is based on street-food stands
Belgian artists Studio Job have created a room "filled with frivolous expression" for the newly expanded Swarovski Kristallwelten attraction in Austria (+ movie). More about Studio Job installs giant crystal-encrusted model at Swarovski theme park
Dezeen promotion: proposals are now being accepted for PeruDesignNet's Ideas Competition, with a chance to win a place at the international creative event in Lima commencing in September. More about Call for entries to PeruDesignNet's Ideas Competition
New York 2015: Brooklyn-based design studio Egg Collective has created three new pieces of furniture, including a wooden armchair upholstered with furry cowhide (+ slideshow). More about Brooklyn's Egg Collective unveils handmade wooden furniture
London Design Festival 2015: Mexican architect Frida Escobedo has added a series of adaptable mirrored platforms to the V&A museum's central courtyard, referencing an ancient Aztec city built over a lake (+ slideshow). More about Frida Escobedo creates an Aztec-inspired installation in the V&A courtyard
Dutch fashion studio ByBrown has created a windproof and waterproof dress for staying dry while cycling in the city. More about ByBrown designs Raindress for style-conscious female cyclists
Milan-based designer Daniele Ragazzo has created a table with a circular glass tabletop supported by thin stainless-steel legs that resemble upturned ball-headed sewing pins. More about Daniele Ragazzo's Liaison Table is supported by giant pin-shaped legs
Japanese designer Kazuya Koike has used a fragrant Japanese wood to carve a set of sake cups that fit onto carafes as caps. More about Kazuya Koike crafts simple sake cups from Japanese cedar
Stripy reflections are created by indentations in the metal strap of Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka's watch for Issey Miyake. More about Tokujin Yoshioka's V watch for Issey Miyake is a rippled metal bracelet
Spanish designer Jaime Hayón has created a set of sports-themed furniture for an exhibition at Paris' Galerie Kreo (+ slideshow). More about Jaime Hayón's collection for Galerie Kreo includes a mirror shaped like a table-tennis bat
New York 2015: in the latest in our series of interviews with leading New York designers, Bec Brittain explains why she studied philosophy and architecture before turning to lighting (+ slideshow + transcript). More about "I don't think I was a particularly good architect," says NY lighting designer Bec Brittain
New York-based designer Constantin Boym has been selected to lead the industrial design department at one of America's prominent design schools. More about Constantin Boym named head of industrial design at Pratt School of Design
The sounds of 150 mechanical seesaws striking the floor of a former church in Austria reverberate around its nave in this installation by Swiss artist Zimoun (+ movie). More about Zimoun installs motorised wooden seesaws inside Austrian church
Architectural historians Beatriz Colomina and Mark Wigley have been appointed to curate the third Istanbul Design Biennial, which will be held from 22 October to 4 December 2016. More about Beatriz Colomina and Mark Wigley to curate Istanbul Design Biennial 2016
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: a team of students have created a concept kitchen table for IKEA, which acts as an integrated cooking hob and dining table and can suggest recipes based on ingredients you put on it (+ movie). More about All-in-one digital table for IKEA suggests recipes based on leftover ingredients
A pair of Spanish designers have developed a method to turn almost any flat surface into a piece of furniture using a removable leg module (+ slideshow). More about Snap clip-on supports create furniture from found objects