Japanese studio Nendo has designed a cabin-size suitcase with a fabric lid that unzips from the top and rolls back to the side for easier access. More about Nendo's cabin baggage has a hard shell and a soft front like a tortoise
Milan 2015: This simple armchair with a wooden base and upholstered body by Italian designer Emilio Nanni will debut in Milan next month. More about Emilio Nanni's Spy chair features a thin seat to expose its frame
Milan 2015: Fashion brand G-Star RAW has collaborated with furniture company Vitra to update a range of original designs by Jean Prouvé for use in modern offices (+ slideshow). More about G-Star RAW and Vitra join forces to relaunch Jean Prouvé's 1940s office furniture
These three-sided metal shelves by Stockholm designer Kyuhyung Cho stack together in various combinations to separate small objects (+ slideshow). More about Kyuhyung Cho creates colourful three-sided shelves for Menu
DesignMarch 2015: this textile range by Reykjavik designer Hanna Whitehead is covered with bright flecks and dots based on the coloured glazes from her ceramics collections. More about Colourful speckles and polka dots pattern fabrics by Studio Hanna Whitehead
London department store Selfridges has opened concept retail spaces free from gender directives, created by designer Faye Toogood (+ slideshow). More about Faye Toogood designs gender-neutral retail spaces for London's Selfridges
Los Angeles artists the Haas Brothers have worked with South African artisans to make a family of sheep-sized fantasy creatures covered with patterned beadwork. More about Haas Brothers and Monkeybiz dress Afreaks monsters in colourful beads
Dutch fashion designer Iris van Herpen has formed garments from a fine steel mesh burnished in swirls for her Autumn Winter 2015 ready-to-wear collection. More about Iris van Herpen creates dresses from circles of lustrous metal gauze
Alberto Alessi has paid tribute to Postmodernist architect and designer Michael Graves, who died yesterday, and revealed plans for a special edition of his best-selling 9093 kettle (pictured). More about Alessi to launch special edition of kettle by "design hero" Michael Graves
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: digital technology is infiltrating all aspects of design and making, according to Dries Verbruggen of Belgian design studio Unfold, who has transformed a set of wood and brass tools into digital measuring instruments (+ movie). More about Boundaries between analogue and digital tools "are becoming irrelevant"
Photo essay: French photographer Ann Ray provides a personal insight into the life and career of British fashion designer Alexander McQueen, in this essay written exclusively for Dezeen to accompany a selection of photographs acquired by the V&A. More about Ann Ray shares intimate behind-the-scenes photographs of Alexander McQueen
Stockholm designer Monica Förster has created wooden furniture and accessories for Bosnian company Zanat, using a hand-carving technique that could soon become protected by UNESCO (+ slideshow). More about "Bosnian handicraft meets Scandinavian design" in Monica Förster's range for Zanat
British sculptor Antony Gormley has filled a Parisian gallery with an impenetrable structure made from grids of steel, and an army of figures made from stacked metal cubes (+ slideshow). More about Antony Gormley occupies French gallery with monumental metal sculptures
The exhibition of work by fashion's late enfant-terrible Alexander McQueen first shown in New York has been expanded for London's V&A museum (+ slideshow). More about Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty opens at London's V&A
Prolific Japanese design studio Nendo has produced a line of T-shirts aimed at making the Hello Kitty cartoon character palatable for a male audience. More about Nendo rethinks Hello Kitty for men's T-shirt range
Milan 2015: Paris-based designer Arik Levy will present a seating range supported by split wooden legs in Milan next month (+ slideshow). More about Arik Levy's colourful chairs for TON have legs that split in two
China's days as a major producer of fake designer goods are numbered, according to Design Shanghai's creative director Ross Urwin. More about "China's copying days are coming to an end" says Design Shanghai creative director
Swathes of lace and satin textiles were tied into stuffed bundles and bows to create Japanese fashion house Comme des Garçons' Autumn Winter 2015 collection shown at Paris Fashion Week. More about Comme des Garçons swaddles models in fabric cocoons for Autumn Winter 2015
Design Indaba 2015: jewellery items in this collection by South African designer Ashley Heather are made from silver salvaged from discarded electronic products. More about Ashley Heather reclaims precious metal from circuit boards to create jewellery
Opinion: it's time for designers to start thinking more like businesspeople, says Bradford Shellhammer, creator of new design e-commerce site Bezar and co-founder of Fab. More about "You're a design entrepreneur, not a designer"