News: car brands BMW and MINI have enlisted Alfredo Häberli and Jaime Hayón to create mobility-themed installations for Milan's annual design week in April. More about BMW and MINI announce installations by Alfredo Häberli and Jaime Hayón for Milan
News: Japanese industrial designer Kenji Ekuan, whose work ranged from the Komachi bullet train to the Kikkoman soy sauce dispenser, has died aged 85. More about Soy sauce bottle designer Kenji Ekuan dies aged 85
Maison&Objet 2015: light from this table lamp by Cuban designer René Barba is diffused by a lollipop-shaped envelope made from a non-woven fabric. More about René Barba creates lollipop-shaped lamp from paper-like fabric for Ligne Roset
Interview: IKEA's design manager Marcus Engman explains how a team of just 20 designers oversees the creation of 2,000 affordable products each year at the world's largest furniture company, in the second part of this exclusive interview. More about "IKEA works in a very different way to everyone else" says head of design
Stockholm 2015: Norwegian designer Silje Nesdal presented a sofa bed, a shelving system and a set of bookends – all for small spaces – in the Greenhouse area of Stockholm Furniture Fair (+ slideshow). More about Silje Nesdal launches furniture collection for compact living
News: German sports brand Adidas aims to use design to increase its market share in America, according to executive board member for global brands Eric Liedtke (+ interview). More about Adidas plans to use design to conquer America
Stockholm 2015: a trio of designers shaped this upholstered chair for Swedish furniture brand Blå Station to be as narrow as possible without losing its functionality. More about Blå Station's Poppe chair is just 33 centimetres wide
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Stockholm 2015: Sweden's Note Design Studio and Denmark's Norm Architects have collaborated to design a collection of tables with mixed-and-matched marble tops for furniture brand Menu. More about Note Design Studio and Norm Architects design patchwork marble tables for Menu
Music: director Jonathan Irwin created a carefully lit model cityscape made of paper that he then set on fire for the finale of Aqualung's Eggshells music video (+ movie). More about Director Jonathan Irwin burns 250 hand-made model buildings in Aqualung music video
Stockholm 2015: this chair by Swedish-French design duo Fredick Färg and Emma Marga Blanche features a metal frame that mimics the shape of trouser braces. More about Swing-era trouser braces inform Färg & Blanche's Frankie chair
Stockholm 2015: Beckman's College of Design student Matilda Beckman has used dust from the floors of vintage clothes shops to form a collection of furniture. More about Matilda Beckman makes furniture out of "really gross" dust
Interview: in this exclusive interview, IKEA's design manager Marcus Engman reveals how the Swedish furniture giant is using design to overhaul its reputation for "doing cheap stuff". More about "I want to bring the surprise back to IKEA" says head of design
Designers Max Frommeld and Arno Mathies have introduced modern plastic hinging to a traditional sled construction, forming a snow-skimming vehicle that can be folded flat (+ slideshow). More about Max Frommeld and Arno Mathies create a folding sled
Small Discoveries: in our second movie for Perrier-Jouët, Viennese design duo Mischer'Traxler discuss the champagne flute they designed for the brand, which causes bubbles to stream from a small engraved moth. More about Mischer'Traxler's flute for Perrier-Jouët "makes champagne bubble at a certain spot"
Stockholm 2015: furniture giant IKEA has collaborated with London designer Ilse Crawford to launch a range of cork and natural-fibre homeware products. More about IKEA launches "deliberately low key" collection by Ilse Crawford
This labyrinthian theatre set of slatted and solid timber is designed to create an environment for two strangers to act out an improvised performance (+ slideshow). More about TAAT's interactive theatre set is designed to "tickle a higher sense of spatial awareness"
Stockholm 2015: Oslo designer Andreas Engesvik has expanded his seating collection and added a new table to the range offered by Swedish design brand Fogia (+ slideshow). More about Andreas Engesvik applies simple geometries to Fogia furniture
French design student Charline Ronzon-Jaricot has created a "scent vase" that enables users to detect the different notes of a perfume usually only identifiable to experts. More about Ascentium apparatus splits perfume into different notes
News: London studio Raw Edges will install a new floor and seating using a grid of dyed timber inside the sculpture gallery at Chatsworth House in England's Peak District. More about Raw Edges to fill stately home gallery with colourful wood patterns