Interview: with the Design Miami/Basel fair opening next week, new executive director Rodman Primack discusses the rise and fall of the collectible design market, from the "speculative craziness" of the noughties to the return to "traditionally luxurious" materials. More about The crash was "very healthy" for collectible design, says Design Miami's Rodman Primack
British designer Samuel Wilkinson has launched a LED light for Swedish brand Zero that can be rotated at an angle to the ceiling or wall (+ slideshow). More about Samuel Wilkinson's Thirty lamp rotates at a constant angle
Sportswear company Nike has designed a 3D-printed sports bag for players taking part in the FIFA World Cup 2014, kicking off next week in Brazil (+ slideshow). More about Nike launches 3D-printed sports bag for Brazil 2014 World Cup
Chefs can collaborate remotely on recipes then get them prepared and cooked by this food machine created by Stockholm studio PJADAD (+ movie). More about Food Machine by PJADAD encourages collaborative cooking
Spanish toy brand Mitoi has launched two collections of colourful building blocks that enable children to recreate iconic buildings from around the world (+ slideshow). More about Mitoi launches architectural building block toys
Dezeen Music Project: animator Daniela Sherer tells a Western-style tale through flowing graphics in this music video for British songwriter Tom Rosenthal. More about Daniela Sherer animates "twist on a Western" for Tom Rosenthal music video
Each of these porcelain teapots by Memphis group designer George Sowden has a steel basket filter with over 160,000 tiny holes to improve the taste of tea (+ slideshow). More about George Sowden designs Softbrew Teapots to alleviate "lousy" tea bags
Eindhoven designer and artist Izabela Bołoz has created a wooden bench with only two legs that is designed to rest against a wall. More about Izabela Bołoz designs two-legged bench to lean against walls
Red, white and blue translucent circles overlapped to form this screen created by London designer Paul Cocksedge at a festival in Istanbul (+ slideshow). More about Paul Cocksedge transforms Istanbul sea view with installation of colourful circles
First the connected home; now the connected garden: designer Yves Behar and entrepreneur Jason Aramburu have created products that monitor soil conditions and automatically water plants when they get thirsty (+ movie). More about Yves Behar moves towards the connected garden with Edyn
This ceramic vase by French designer Paul Menand can be stood upright or laid horizontally to adapt to the size of flowers it holds. More about Brick-shaped vase by Paul Menand holds flowers in two ways
Kingston University graduate Marie Cunliffe has used copper-foiled lace and satin woven with metal to imitate colours and patterns from aerial photography for this fashion collection. More about Marie Cunliffe sculpts metal fabrics for graduate fashion collection
To mark the 100-year anniversary of Danish designer Hans J Wegner's birth, furniture brand PP Møbler has relaunched a collection of his best-known designs and pieces that never made it into production. More about PP Møbler launches Hans J Wegner chairs to celebrate 100-year anniversary
These PVC shoes by Japanese designer Satsuki Ohata could mould to feet like a second skin, using a process similar to dipping food in melted cheese (+ slideshow). More about Fondue Slippers by Satsuki Ohata melt and mould to the shape of your foot
Giant panes of glass form the walls of this triangle-shaped maze at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City by artist Robert Morris. More about Glass panes form transparent labyrinth by Robert Morris
Compartments that form the top of this table by Mexican design studio Esrawe Studio allow belongings to be meticulously organised (+ slideshow). More about OCD Table by Esrawe Studio panders to compulsive organisation
New York designer Paul Loebach's flat-pack wooden chair slots together without glue, as demonstrated in a series of vaguely pornographic gifs (+ slideshow). More about Paul Loebach's PEG chair slots together (suggestively)
Footwear designer Silvia Fado has used hydraulic pistons and rubber balls in the heels of these shoes, aiming to improve the wearability of high heels (+ slideshow). More about Silvia Fado designs impact absorbers for more comfortable high-heeled shoes
Swedish studio Form Us With Love has moved into graphic design, creating a collection of prints depicting extreme objects from nature illustrated at 1:1 scale in ballpoint pen. More about Form Us With Love draws giant natural objects for first graphics collection
Icelandic graphic designer María Rut Dýrfjörð's Hidden World pattern collection references the work of the country's former state architect Guðjón Samúelsson. More about María Rut Dýrfjörð bases textile prints on Icelandic architecture