Maison&Objet 2014: Japanese studio Nendo created 20 clear acrylic bottles to represent different Japanese words for rain in an exhibition at the Maison&Objet trade fair in Paris. More about Nendo bottles 20 "different kinds of rain" for Words installation
Couples staying at a temporary hotel suite in Helsinki partake in a ménage à trois with a historic statue that's positioned in the middle of the bed. More about Tatzu Nishi builds Hotel Manta around a nude sculpture
This chair by German designer Patrick Frey for seating brand Freifrau combines a traditional wooden frame and leather cladding with spring steel. More about Patrick Frey's Stella Chair backrest is upholstered like a saddle
The three pieces in the Samt Rau collection by Hamburg-based designer Natalie Weinmann are made from natural stone and solid oak with their potential uses left open to interpretation by the individual (+ slideshow). More about Natalie Weinmann's slate furniture "not designed to fit one purpose"
London Design Festival 2014: Norwegian design studio Noidoi has designed a multipurpose daybed for contemporary living spaces that are taking on the merged roles of what would once have been separate rooms. More about Noidoi's multifunctional Pulse daybed combines a resting space, magazine rack and serving tray
News: industrial designer Marc Newson is to join the Apple design team, where he will work alongside Apple's senior vice president of design, Jonathan Ive. More about Marc Newson joins Apple
Design Academy Eindhoven students Florence Louisy and Léo Schlumberger have developed a collection of glassware to coax users into drinking a glass of water for every alcoholic beverage they consume (+ slideshow). More about Alliance glass collection encourages drinkers to match wine with water
Stockholm designer David Taylor has combined brushed aluminium and polished brass with waste material found on the site of a former iron foundry to create a series of candle holders. More about David Taylor turns discarded slag into decorative candlesticks
While blogs and online magazines have come to dominate coverage of design news, the internet has also made it more feasible for anyone to launch a print magazine and created a demand for a more considered approach says Katie Tregidden, co-founder of Fiera magazine (+ slideshow + interview). More about New magazines: "A lasting record of the world of design at a point in time"
London Design Festival 2014: in this movie produced by Dezeen for Perrier-Jouët, glass artist Jeremy Maxwell Wintrebert shows us the factory where the glass is being made for his upcoming installation at the V&A. More about Jeremy Maxwell Wintrebert to create mouth-blown glass installation at the V&A
Maison&Objet 2014: British design brand Another Country has collaborated with Canadian designer Dana Cannam on a lighting range that will be unveiled today at Paris trade fair Maison & Objet. More about Another Country launches lighting collection with designs by Dana Cannam
London Design Festival 2014: Patrizia Moroso, the creative director of Italian design brand Moroso, spoke to Dezeen about her relationship with London and designers including Ron Arad, Ross Lovegrove and Tord Boontje, in this interview conducted to coincide with the Moroso loves London exhibition (+ slideshow). More about "It was Ron Arad's first experience of industrial design"
Japanese design collective Bril has filled a circular cedar frame with leaves that gradually fade from green to brown over the course of a year to create an annual clock without using hands or numbers (+ slideshow). More about Bril’s Coniferous Clock is filled with leaves that take a year to die
Israeli designer Lou Moria has used a vacuum-forming process to create pairs of plastic slippers that can be produced quickly and cheaply (+ slideshow). More about Lou Moria uses vacuum forming to create recyclable shoes in seconds
News: the catalogue for IKEA's 2015 collection is presented as if it were the latest tech offering from Apple in this short movie revealed on one of the Swedish homeware brand's YouTube channels. More about IKEA spoofs Apple with launch of "Bookbook" – its new print catalogue
London Design Festival 2014: Dezeen has collaborated with designjunction to create a free digital map of West End Design Quarter 2014 – one of the key areas during this year's London Design Festival – including the best fashion and design shops offering discounts to Visa card holders during the festival. More about Dezeen and designjunction launch map of West End Design Quarter 2014
News: British inventor James Dyson has revealed a design for an intelligent vacuuming robot that can be programmed remotely, which has been in development for the past 16 years. More about Dyson launches "most powerful" vacuum cleaning robot
Japanese design studio Nendo has created an ice cream cake, featuring a group of small chocolate houses intended to remind people of returning home for the holidays (+ slideshow). More about Nendo designs ice cream Village cake for Häagen-Dazs
The geometric patterns of bridge structures informed the shapes used to create this wooden furniture by Variant Studio (+ slideshow). More about Structural trusses influence Bridge furniture by Variant Studio
Visitors to Venice's Palazzo Grassi become immersed within a space that appears to have no boundaries in an installation created by American artist Doug Wheeler in the gallery's atrium (+ slideshow). More about Doug Wheeler creates illusion of infinite white space inside Venetian palazzo