Steel triangles protruded from a waterfall in central France to intervene with the cascade of water in this installation by artist Laurent Gongora. More about Les Cascadeurs installation by Laurent Gongora interrupts the flow of a waterfall
Feature: the visual language of glossy glass, brushed metal and soft fabric that informed the first wave of interface design for smartphones and apps might be dead, but not all designers are convinced about its replacement, reports Alex Wiltshire. More about Google's design guidelines spell the end of days for skeumorphism
German designer Katharina Gross has dipped brass boxes into a molten wax mixture to create a series of tables with stalactite-like legs (+ slideshow). More about Katharina Gross adapts candle-making process to create wax tables
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: RCA graduate Julian Melchiorri says the synthetic biological leaf he developed, which absorbs water and carbon dioxide to produce oxygen just like a plant, could enable long-distance space travel. More about The "first man-made biological leaf" could enable humans to colonise space
News: the design firm that claimed Thomas Heatherwick's Olympic cauldron bore "a striking resemblance" to its own work and this week received a financial settlement may never have shown images of its concept to London's Olympic organisers, it has emerged. More about Atopia "not going to answer" questions over Olympic images
Japanese studio Nendo has designed a collection of white metal furniture with folded, bent and curved details for Italian brand Desalto (+ slideshow). More about Nendo manipulates metal to form Softer than Steel furniture collection
New York artist and designer Sebastian Errazuriz has created a sculptural wooden cabinet that slides apart to look like it has exploded (+ slideshow). More about Explosion Cabinet by Sebastian Errazuriz expands using sliding joints
News: Chinese brand management conglomerate BlueFocus Communication Group is to acquire a majority stake in Fuseproject, the San Francisco industrial design studio headed by Yves Béhar. More about BlueFocus Communication Group to acquire Yves Béhar's Fuseproject design studio
News: London 2012 Olympics organisers have agreed an out-of-court settlement with American firm Atopia following a legal dispute over the iconic 2012 cauldron design by Thomas Heatherwick. More about Dispute over 2012 Olympic cauldron design settled out of court
Pheromones and aftershave are impregnated into these leather seats by Gigi Barker to evoke the sense of sitting on human flesh (+ slideshow). More about Gigi Barker's skin-covered seats are infused with bodily scents
Young designers discussed the pros and cons of producing their own products and building their own brands at this year’s Blickfang designworkshop, led by Stefan Scholten of design duo Scholten & Baijings (+ movie). More about Blickfang designworkshop helps designers "think about themselves as a brand"
Quilted fabrics cover the seats and backs of chairs in this collection by German studio WertelOberfell for Polish brand Iker. More about WertelOberfell dresses Mannequin chairs in quilted upholstery
Swiss artist Felice Varini has painted curved strips onto buildings and streets in Hasselt that create a picture of overlapping rings when viewed from a single vantage point in the Belgian city. More about Felice Varini paints perspective-dependant artwork across Belgian city
Fashion designer Zita Merényi has replaced sewing with soldering to create a collection of garments with "scar lines" rather than seams. More about Zita Merényi sears fabric to create fashion collection with scarred seams
These clocks by London designer Lina Patsiou have spent time on the sun beds to tan patterns onto their leathery faces (+ slideshow). More about Lina Patsiou's leather Sunclocks get tanned in the solarium
Graduate designer Kine Solberg has created window panels from circular glass lenses that manipulate images of the landscape reflected across their surfaces (+ slideshow). More about Kine Solberg's window panels made with lenses create distorted views
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: artist Lucy McRae explains how she plans to vacuum-pack visitors at the Dezeen and MINI Frontiers exhibition in September to prepare their body for long-haul space travel. More about Lucy McRae to vacuum-pack exhibition visitors to "prep the body to go to space"
News: American furniture manufacturer Herman Miller has announced plans to buy contemporary furniture retailer Design Within Reach as part of its ongoing efforts to become "a premier lifestyle brand". More about Herman Miller to buy contemporary furniture retailer Design Within Reach
Canadian studio Knauf and Brown has designed a collection of items to override the subconscious way in which people interact with commonplace objects in their homes (+ movie). More about Knauf and Brown encourages mindful engagement with everyday objects
Central Saint Martins graduate Will Verity has designed a jacket with LEDs that flash faster as cars come closer to help women overcome fears of cycling. More about Deimatic Clothing mimics animal defence mechanisms to get women cycling