Dezeen Book of Interviews: in the next extract from our latest book, British designer Thomas Heatherwick discusses some of his studio's most high-profile projects including the UK Pavilion for Shanghai Expo 2010 and updating London's iconic red buses. More about Thomas Heatherwick: "We don’t work in two dimensions"
Istanbul Design Biennial 2014: Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Rianne Koens stacked sets of different-sized wooden boxes on top of angled legs to form these furniture pieces. More about Rianne Koens’ stackable drawers function as cabinets, tables and stools
The first collection from British designer Lee West's new brand features cylindrical brass items for the home. More about Lee West launches collection of Modernist-inspired brass objects
Music: creative agencies Rabbit Hole and Blackbox mixed oily magnetic fluids with water to create an abstract representation of primordial life in this music video for UK producer Max Cooper. More about Max Cooper's Origins music video explores the emergence of life
A harlequin pattern of mirrors enveloped a patch of Hungarian woodland in this installation created by Budapest-based Studio Nomad for a summer music festival (+ slideshow). More about Studio Nomad's mirror installation reflects fragments of forest at a Hungarian music festival
News: the American design scene is enjoying a resurgence, according to Design Miami executive director Rodman Primack, who has used this year's fair to showcase talent from the USA. More about American design is "very strong" says Design Miami director
A factory hall is one of Frank Gehry's three contributions to the Vitra Campus at Weil am Rhein in Germany. Twenty-five years after its completion, Swiss architect Aurélie Blanchard has revamped the building's canteen (+ slideshow). More about Aurélie Blanchard makes over the canteen in Gehry's Vitra Factory Building
Design Miami 2014: Copenhagen studio KiBiSi claims to have designed the first lightweight cargo bicycle tailored to the needs of city commuters, for Danish manufacturer Biomega. More about KiBiSi launches cargo bike for urban commuters
Design Miami 2014: Studio Job has unveiled a series of monumental furniture pieces inspired by architectural landmarks for Carpenters Workshop Gallery (+ interview). More about Studio Job interprets famous buildings with "whacked and expressive" Landmark series
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"