Italian designer Martino Gamper has created a "homage to the humble corner" in the shop windows of fashion house Prada (+ slideshow). More about Martino Gamper plays with perspective for Prada window installations
News: Ole Bouman, former head of the Netherlands Architecture Institute, has been named as the director of a major new design museum developed in collaboration with the V&A in Shekou, Shenzhen. More about Ole Bouman named as director of V&A-backed design museum in China
Scandinavian designers Andreas Engesvik and Jens Fager have created a collection of lightweight pressed-felt room dividers from recycled bottles for office furniture brand Edsbyn (+ slideshow). More about Edsbyn's office partitions are made from recycled plastic bottles
Punk-influenced school uniforms and clothes made from brown paper were worn by models carrying giant teddies at London fashion studio Sibling's catwalk show on Saturday. More about Sibling turns pink fur and brown paper packaging into clothing
Designers Jonas Edvard and Nikolaj Steenfatt have used a new material made from seaweed and paper to create a chair and a collection of pendant lamps. More about Seaweed and paper combine to create furniture
These stackable containers by Taiwan designer Kenyon Yeh are all made in different materials and sizes, but combine to form a sculptural object. More about Kenyon Yeh's Flue vessels stack inside each other
Viennese design studio Labvert has produced a glass fragrance tester for fashion house Dior to replace the slips of card normally used when sampling perfumes. More about Labvert's glass fragrance tester for Dior prevents mixing of scents
Finnish studio Feathr has launched its first wallpaper collection with designs by artists that specialise in disciplines such as surfwear design and body art. More about Feathr launches wallpaper by tattooists, graffiti artists and surfwear designers
Danish designer Simon Legald intended these accessories for opening, pouring and storing bottles of wine to be as simple as possible. More about Simon Legald simplifies wine accessories for Normann Copenhagen
As interest in space travel grows, NASA has created posters advertising holidays on planets that could potentially support life. More about NASA's travel posters promote newly discovered planets
CES 2015: a bicycle pedal that can notify the owner if their vehicle has been moved was launched at the Consumer Electronics Show this week. More about Connected pedal protects bicycles from theft
Japanese artist Takaya has added stuffed dead birds to designs in his latest collection of raw vegetable and flower headpieces. More about Takaya incorporates taxidermy into botanical headdresses
These aluminium foam high heels by London-based Studio Swine are designed to look like chunks of extraterrestrial rock. More about Studio Swine's Meteorite Shoes simulate space debris
Opinion: the UK is one of only three European countries failing to protect designers from intellectual property theft – damaging both their income and the reputation of their products, says Tony Ash, managing director for design brand Vitra. More about "Copyists are eating away at the creativity of our industry"
News: Design Miami co-founder Ambra Medda has started a new role as global creative director for the 20/21 Design department at Christie's auction house. More about Ambra Medda joins Christie's design department
News: sportswear brand Nike is hoping to release real versions of the self-lacing shoes from sci-fi movie Back to the Future II by the end of this year. More about Nike plans to launch Back to the Future shoes in 2015
Exclusive: Fab.com co-founder Bradford Shellhammer is to return to online design retail with a new venture called Bezar (+ interview). More about Fab co-founder returns with Bezar, a new marketplace for emerging designers
Cartoonists and graphic designers from around the world have responded to yesterday's attack on French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. More about Illustrators respond to Charlie Hebdo magazine attack
ECAL graduate Renaud Defrancesco has designed a collection of LED bulbs that double as decorative pendant lights. More about Renaud Defrancesco's LED lightbulbs are shaped like lampshades
CES 2015: German car manufacturer Volkswagen has debuted a gesture-controlled concept model of its popular Golf car at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas (+ slideshow). More about Volkswagen's latest car has a sunroof that opens with a wave of the hand