Design Miami 2014: cakes by designers including Viktor & Rolf, Studio Job and Alessandro Mendini were displayed and then eaten during an event hosted in Miami this week by New York gallery Chamber. More about Designer cakes by Viktor & Rolf, Studio Job and more served up during Design Miami
Design Miami 2014: Viennese design duo Mischer'Traxler has unveiled a kinetic installation for Champagne brand Perrier-Jouët featuring a table covered in plants that disappear as visitors approach (+ movie). More about Plants bloom on Mischer'Traxler's table for Perrier-Jouët when you move away from it
Design Miami 2014: Audi's new head of design has created his first concept car for the brand, which is on display at this year's Design Miami event (+ movie). More about Audi showcases Prologue concept car in Miami
This simple rack made from just six components, by Swedish designer Karl Mikael Ling, is designed to simultaneously store and show off a bicycle in a small apartment. More about Karl Mikael Ling's Pincher rack offers "a simple way to showcase your bike"
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: in this movie filmed at Dutch Design Week, Essi Johanna Glomb and Rasa Weber of Berlin studio Blond and Bieber explain how algae can be used to create completely non-toxic textile dyes. More about Blond and Bieber's dyes made from algae "don't harm nature at all"
Eindhoven designer Rene Siebum has added textures to a set of commercial door handles to investigate ways of making them more interesting to touch (+ slideshow). More about Rene Siebum manipulates door handles to explore the sense of touch
Design Miami 2014: Italian artist Massimo Uberti has bent neon tubes into the shape of a room for an installation commissioned by British motor company Bentley (+ slideshow). More about Massimo Uberti sculpts neon tubes into a room for Bentley
News: one of London's leading universities, already home to the Bartlett School of Architecture, is set to open a school of design at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. More about University College London to open dedicated design school at the Olympic Park
Designers at Italian research studio Fabrica have collaborated with artisans to create a collection of nine one-off objects for online design platform L'ArcoBaleno. More about Fabrica designers create nine unique objects for L'ArcoBaleno
To avoid spillages at the dinner table, San Francisco duo Superduperstudio has shaped these wine glasses so they rest at an angle when knocked over (+ movie). More about Superduperstudio designs "spillproof" wine glasses
Medical research suggests that too much sitting down can be bad for your health, so RAAAF and Barbara Visser have developed an experimental office that encourages workers to lean, perch or even lie down (+ slideshow). More about Conceptual office swaps chairs and desks for "experimental work landscape"
News: Dundee, Bilbao, Curitiba, Helsinki and Turin have been awarded UNESCO City of Design status for their input to the international design industry. More about Five cities awarded UNESCO City of Design status
News: designs have been revealed for one of Zaha Hadid's smallest new structures – an advertising billboard for a stretch of road in west London that the architect says will "create a new genre in the roadside advertising canon". More about Zaha Hadid attempts to rethink roadside advertising with billboard design
Royal College of Art graduate Marina Stanimirovic has paired gold with Corian to create this collection of geometric wearable objects. More about Marina Stanimirovic launches jewellery made from Corian and gold
Swedish designer Fredrik Wallner has designed a flexible bathroom system for Stockholm brand Swoon that takes references from furniture in other parts of the home (+ slideshow). More about Fredrik Wallner's bathroom furniture for Swoon can be customised online
Lithuanian designer Marija Puipaitė used the curves of her legs in different resting positions to generate the forms of these seats created for her Design Academy Eindhoven graduate project. More about Marija Puipaitė shapes Embracing Touch seats with the outline of her legs
Berlin designer Yoske Nishiumi has created new canopy patterns for the asymmetric Senz umbrella, which keeps its shape in gale-force winds. More about Senz windproof umbrellas receive graphics by Yoske Nishiumi
Norwegian artist Per Kristian Nygård attempted to bring the outside inside with this installation that involved building grassy mounds inside an Oslo gallery (+ slideshow). More about Per Kristian Nygård crams a grassy valley into an Oslo gallery
The research wing of Chinese web services company Baidu is developing a smart bicycle called Dubike that can generate its own electricity, in collaboration with the Industrial Design department at Tsinghua University (+ slideshow). More about "Chinese Google" Baidu designs a smart bike fitted with data-generating sensors
John Pawson has applied his pared-back architectural style to a range of furniture with trestle-style supports. More about John Pawson's minimal oak furniture sits on chunky angled legs