London Design Festival 2014: this copper pendant light by London-based Paul Crofts Studio alludes to pastry-cutting utensils, a reference to the patisserie it was originally designed for. More about Paul Crofts launches Cu29 pendant light based on copper pastry-cutting tools
Opinion: Apple's latest launches show it has become reactive rather than innovative, but after leading the market for 30 years it could still have an important role to play, says Karim Rashid. More about "Apple has taken the minimal aesthetic too far"
Maison&Objet 2014: Roger Arquer has updated an object from his childhood to create Nut Hammer – a nutcracker with a soft silicone head that fits over the end of a hammer – for Danish design brand Menu (+ movie). More about Roger Arquer designs a nutcracker to "tickle the soul"
London Design Festival: French designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have been awarded this year's London Design Medal, with British architect Richard Rogers receiving the lifetime achievement prize. More about Bouroullec brothers and Richard Rogers honoured with London Design Medal awards
News: a company that claims to have developed the first electric car powered by salt water says the vehicle has now been approved for testing on public roads in Germany and the EU (+ slideshow). More about Salt water-powered electric car approved for roads in Europe
London Design Festival 2014: Italian design duo Formafantasma has installed a range of unusual timepieces in the showroom of British furniture brand Established & Sons. More about Formafantasma uses saxophones and a brass pendulum to track the passing of time
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: London designer Keiichi Matsuda shows us how he is making his new film about the future of augmented reality in the next preview of our Dezeen and MINI Frontiers exhibition. More about Keiichi Matsuda to "explore the future of the city" in new film
London designer and filmmaker Ilona Gaynor looks at how the setup of a courtroom can manipulate how a case is perceived for her Designers in Residence commission at London's Design Museum (+ slideshow). More about Ilona Gaynor designs staging for a hypothetical court case
News: architecture firm Foster + Partners has designed a 20-metre-long motor yacht with a white leather interior (+ slideshow). More about Foster + Partners combines the cruising yacht with the day boat to create Alen 68 vessel
Pieces by Tom Dixon, Wim Crouwel and Alessandro Mendini feature in the first collection at New York's latest design gallery and boutique Chamber, curated by Belgian artists Studio Job (+ movie). More about Chamber design gallery opens in New York's Chelsea
News: Flos, the Italian lighting brand that produces iconic products including the Castiglioni brothers' Arco light, is to be sold to a private equity fund for around €400 million. More about Piero Gandini to sell Italian lighting brand Flos to private equity fund
London Design Festival 2014: British designer Sebastian Wrong has added a number of fresh pieces to his collaboration with Danish design brand Hay, adding to the collection that debuted in London last year (+ slideshow). More about Sebastian Wrong debuts new Wrong for Hay designs at pop-up restaurant
London Design Festival 2014: paintings in the V&A museum's Raphael Gallery are reflected in two huge mirrored structures in this installation by London design duo Barber and Osgerby. More about Barber and Osgerby's giant rotating mirrors reflect Raphael paintings inside the V&A
Helsinki designer Joanna Laajisto has devised a modular collection of storage units for Finnish furniture company Lundia with compartments that come in three different sizes (+ slideshow). More about Joanna Laajisto bases storage boxes on paper-sizing system
Norwegian architect Tron Meyer has designed a spiral staircase made entirely from laminated wood carved into curving steps that optimise the space for walking on (+ slideshow). More about Risa spiral staircase by Tron Meyer features fanning timber steps
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: in the next preview of our Dezeen and MINI Frontiers exhibition, we visit Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg at the RCA workshop where she's been making 112 miniature cars to create a "model ecosystem" of vehicles. More about Car design and production could "start to show biological adaptation and mutation"
Maison&Objet 2014: Oslo designer Hallgeir Homstvedt has created an oversized candle holder, intended to be moved around the home, for Danish brand Menu. More about Chamberlight by Hallgeir Homstvedt diffuses candle light through a glass bubble
London Design Festival 2014: British furniture brand Heal's has launched a range of furniture aimed at young home-owners with little space – the same target market Ikea identified for its latest PS1 collection – including shelves by legendary designer Kenneth Grange (+ slideshow). More about Heal's launches Ambrose collection for space-starved city dwellers
British designer Patrick Stevenson-Keating has reimagined the financial system to create a banking process intended to encourage users to think more about their purchases for this year's Designers in Residence programme at London's Design Museum (+ slideshow). More about Patrick Stevenson-Keating reimagines the value of currency
Four-storey-tall holographs of models were projected onto a moving screen of water for American brand Polo Ralph Lauren's womenswear show during New York Fashion Week (+ movie). More about Polo Ralph Lauren debuts SS15 collection in holographic fashion show