Royal College of Art graduate Yu-Chang Chou has developed a "return and reuse" packaging system to help online retailers reduce waste (+ movie). More about Yu-Chang Chou develops a reusable packaging service for sustainable online shopping
Lego Minifigures can be hacked to create holders for iPhone charging cables, Sugru users have discovered. More about Lego Minifigures hacked with Sugru to create iPhone cable holders
Azusa Murakami and Alexander Groves of Studio Swine have revisited the process they developed to make optical frames from human hair to create a new range of accessories (+ movie). More about Studio Swine extends collection of products made from hair
Japanese studio Nendo has worked with artisans in Kyoto to design lamp shades based on traditional wire netting cooking utensils. More about Nendo bases wire Basket Lamp on Japanese kitchenware
Italian designer Tommaso Caldera has reinterpreted the classic caged workshop lamp by combining it with a domestic shade. More about Tommaso Caldera encloses Tull Lamp in a wire cage
This wardrobe by Dutch designer Renate Nederpel is made from fabric panels that fold flat when its wooden poles are removed. More about Pop-up Linen wardrobe by Renate Nederpel folds flat for easy transportation
Dezeen Music Project: a father takes an epic train ride to reach his daughter in this stop-motion music video by animator Simon Roberts for emerging UK band Flight Brigade. More about Flight Brigade music video by Simon Roberts follows an animated train journey
A group of Nordic designers joined forces to create this simple wooden dining table for Swedish brand Fogia (+ slideshow). More about Nordic designers collaborate to create SAM table for Fogia
Kingston University graduate Wen Jing Lai has fused western and eastern cutlery to create a series of hybrid eating utensils. More about Wen Jing Lai mixes knives and forks with chopsticks to create Westiental cutlery
Claw marks slash these wine bottle labels designed by Spanish agency Franziska Studio to represent the degree to which the strong body of the contents "scratches" the throat. More about Scratches across Feroz wine label visually communicate the taste
This kettle by Kingston University graduate Anna Czaniecka is shaped like two mugs so the user can precisely measure how much water to boil for cups of tea. More about Anna Czaniecka shapes kettle like mugs to save water when making tea
With heavy rain forecast for this weekend's Glastonbury, festival-goers will be wishing they had a pair of these lightweight wellington boots that can be rolled up and stuffed in a bag (+ movie). More about Estel Alcaraz designs wellington boots you can squash into a bag
German studio Ding3000 has tweaked different types of drinking glasses to create a family of vessels that takes up less space in the cupboard. More about Different glasses stack together in Ding3000's La Famiglia set
American furniture brand Knoll has put a 1960s armchair by designer Charles Pollock back into production, following his death last year. More about Knoll reissues armchair by late Charles Pollock
Amsterdam designer Tuomas Markunpoika has glued together pencils and milled them into vessels streaked with the coloured leads (+ movie). More about Tuomas Markunpoika mills coloured pencils to create Amalgamated vases
News: London studio ScanLAB has worked with fashion brand Vivienne Westwood to produce the first fashion shoot created with 3D laser scanners instead of cameras (+ movie + interview). More about ScanLAB and Vivienne Westwood collaborate on first laser-scanned photoshoot
An apartment at Modernist architect Le Corbusier's Cité Radieuse housing block in Marseille has undergone a colourful refit by French designer Pierre Charpin (+ slideshow). More about Pierre Charpin refits Appartement N°50 in Le Corbusier's Cité Radieuse
Stockholm designers Erik Olovsson and Kyuhyung Cho added different shaped holes to the stackable wooden blocks that make up this flexible shelving unit, creating spaces suited to displaying various items. More about Room shelving system functions like a huge shape-sorter toy
This inflatable bag by Royal College of Art graduate Peng You is designed to keep electronic devices safe from knocks and bumps. More about Peng You's Fugu bag inflates to protect your gadgets
Royal College of Art graduate Ayca Dundar has redesigned the umbrella, paring it back to a pop-up canopy with six parts so it can recover from being blown inside out (+ movie). More about Drop umbrella by Ayca Dundar is made of just six parts