These glowing circular swings have been installed by Höweler + Yoon Architecture to brighten up a patch of Boston parkland and to encourage children to play outside the confines of the playground (+ movie). More about Höweler + Yoon Architecture installs a glow-in-the-dark swing set in Boston
News: owners of Apple's newly released iPhone 6 handsets have taken to social media to complain about a possible design fault – using the hashtag #bendgate and posting images of devices that appear to have bent under pressure. More about Social media storm builds over possible fault in Apple's iPhone 6 design
London Design Festival 2014: UK designer Sebastian Cox collaborated with Lorna Singleton – one of only four remaining experts in the UK in a wood working technique known as swilling – to form a collection of products from strips of softened green timber. More about Sebastian Cox and Lorna Singleton use ancient crafting technique to weave wooden furniture
Fashion and technology: sports brands like Nike and Adidas have been leading "technological innovation" in shoe design but the fashion industry is finally beginning to wake up to the possibilities of digital technologies, says Rem D Koolhaas, co-founder of footwear brand United Nude (+ interview). More about "The fashion industry has finally woken up"
London Design Festival 2014: designer James Patmore presented his first homeware collection, showing handmade wooden pieces and a table lamp made from a circular screen as part of an installation in an east London cafe (+ slideshow). More about James Patmore Studio launches debut homeware collection
London Design Festival 2014: a series of glass objects by artist Jeremy Maxwell Wintrebert, including lights designed to look like clouds, are on display at Gallery Fumi in east London (+ slideshow). More about Jeremy Maxwell Wintrebert exhibits blown-glass "clouds" at Gallery Fumi
Swiss design studio Big-Game has launched a range of doorknobs and handles inspired by the multi-faceted grip of pencils and handheld tools. More about Big-Game launches range of multi-faceted door handles
A New York-based company has unveiled designs for a bicycle seat that also functions as a one-metre-long bike lock made of steel links that fold up under the seat for storage during travel (+ slideshow). More about Seatylock is a bicycle seat that is also a removable bike lock
As part of our series on new print magazines bucking the trend for online design journalism, Dezeen spoke to Laura Houseley, editor of Modern Design Review, about the advantages of a slower pace of publishing and focusing on a single aspect of the design industry (+ interview + slideshow). More about New magazines: "It's gloriously single-minded"
London Design Festival 2014: JamesPlumb has used textiles coloured with a Medieval dying technique to cover the duo's latest pieces of furniture and lighting (+ slideshow). More about JamesPlumb repurposes antique Burnished Indigo fabric for lampshades and sofa upholstery
Fashion and technology: in the first part of a series focusing on designers who are introducing the fashion world to new technologies, Dezeen speaks to architect Julia Koerner about how advances in 3D scanning, modelling and printing are creating a "revolution in customised fashion pieces within ready to wear" (+ interview + slideshow). More about "Technology adds an incredible advantage to fashion design"
The creators of a flying car called AeroMobil say that transport networks are "in crisis" and suggest that a potential solution could be shifting road traffic into the skies (+ movie). More about Creators of the AeroMobil flying car propose moving road traffic to the skies
London Design Festival 2014: Custhom has created a new upholstery textile based on the variety of forms found in the architecture of the Hayward Gallery on London's Southbank (+ movie). More about Custhom launches Hayward textile as tribute to Brutalist classic
Interview: last week Italian lighting brand Flos was sold to a private equity fund. Dezeen spoke to Flos CEO Piero Gandini about the future of his company, of Italian design and of lighting (+ slideshow). More about Lighting has "passed from electricity into electronics" says Piero Gandini of Flos
A responsive glass facade reacts to wind passing overs its surface, scattering triangular patterns of light and shadow in this installation at Now Gallery London by Dutch designer Simon Heijdens (+ movie). More about Simon Heijdens creates "moving kaleidoscope of light" at London gallery
London Design Festival 2014: design boutique Darkroom looked to grid patterns used in the 1960s and 70s by radical Italian architecture firm Superstudio to inform its latest collection of products and in-store installations (+ slideshow). More about Darkroom patterns furniture and accessories with Superstudio's "anti-design" grids
News: design brands including Vitra, Artek and Flos have joined forces to attack the UK government for delaying the implementation of a law that would outlaw the sale of copies of their furniture and lighting products. More about Design brands attack UK government over copyright law delay
London Design Festival 2014: designer Sebastian Cox has unveiled his latest collection of furniture made from hazel wood he collects in the British countryside (+ slideshow). More about Sebastian Cox uses coppiced wood to create Underwood furniture collection
London Design Festival 2014: design website Standseven has launched its first limited-edition product this week with a stool shaped like the number seven by London architect David Adjaye (+ interview). More about David Adjaye creates Stool 7 for new online design platform Standseven
London Design Festival 2014: as part of the Dezeen and MINI Frontiers exhibition, designer Pernilla Ohrstedt has partnered with 3D-scanning specialists ScanLAB to create Glitch Space, a physical representation of the environmental data that will one day be captured by driverless cars (+ movie). More about ScanLAB and Pernilla Ohrstedt create a physical "point cloud" at designjunction