The London design brand founded by ex-Established & Sons design director Mark Holmes has released its first piece of furniture – a shelving unit made of 33 precision-milled metal bars (+ slideshow). More about Minimalux launches Hash grid shelving unit
New York product designer Hanna Yoon has created a notebook that encourages users to remember significant moments and locations through sketches and jottings rather than with digital devices. More about Hanna Yoon's Experience Journal helps you record your favourite places
Feature: the first branch of Habitat opened its doors 50 years ago today, changing the British public's relationship with furniture and homeware forever. But can the shop that brought flat-pack furniture, the duvet and the wok to the UK make a come back, asks Dezeen editor Anna Winston (+ slideshow).
More about Habitat's half century
Dezeen Music Project: English electronic group Metronomy's latest single Reservoir is accompanied by an animated music video created with felt-tip pens by director Daniel Brereton. More about Daniel Brereton animates Metronomy's Reservoir music video using coloured pens
A new invention by Danish studio Norm Architects for Menu claims to make your favourite beer taste even better by whisking up beery foam you can pour on top (+ slideshow). More about Beer Foamer by Norm Architects promises better pints
Milan 2014: Dutch designers Laura Lynn Jansen and Thomas Vailly have created a collection of tableware by "growing" stone over a structural skeleton using the same natural process that forms stalagmites and stalactites in caves (+ slideshow). More about Laura Lynn Jansen and Thomas Vailly "grow" stone tableware
Milan 2014: Swedish architecture and design studio Claesson Koivisto Rune has designed a wallpaper collection influenced by the shapes and patterns found in Modern architecture (+ slideshow). More about Claesson Koivisto Rune launches wallpaper collection influenced by Modernism
These rectangular shoes by student designer Maria Nina Vaclavek play on the contrast between geometric forms and the curving shape of the wearers feet (+ slideshow). More about Rectangle shoes by Maria Nina Vaclavek reveal outlines of the wearer's feet
News: the winners of the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum's 15th annual National Design Awards have been announced, with Brooks + Scarpa taking the prize for Architecture Design. More about Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt announces National Design Awards winners 2014
Designer Ivor Williams has created a clock that displays your heartbeat instead of the time (+ interview + movie). More about Uji wall clock moves its hands in time with your heartbeat
Red, blue and green lights moving across a faceted triangular structure created multicoloured shadows in this installation by Australian lighting specialist Flynn Talbot (+ movie). More about RGB lighting installation by Flynn Talbot casts multicoloured shadows
Milan 2014: collaborative exhibition Low Motion showcased products amongst ambient lighting and sounds to provide a "safe haven" amid the chaos of Milan design week (+ slideshow). More about Dutch designers collaborate for Low Motion exhibition
Milan 2014: Italian manufacturer Zanotta has launched two lightweight and versatile tables by Amsterdam designer Frank Rettenbacher (+ slideshow). More about Zanotta launches "shelves on legs" by Frank Rettenbacher
American design firm Sagmeister & Walsh has created a new brand identity for New York's Jewish Museum based on traditional shapes used in Judaic symbolism (+ movies). More about Sagmeister & Walsh uses "sacred geometry" to rebrand New York's Jewish Museum
Architect Zaha Hadid has designed a leather bag for fashion house Fendi, part of a collection of creations by famous UK-based women to be auctioned for charity. More about Zaha Hadid designs layered handbag for Fendi
Milan 2014: German designer Laura Jungmann has collaborated with glassmaker Cornelius Réer to reform mass-produced glass items into sculptural vessels. More about Laura Jungmann and Cornelius Réer "upcycle" glassware into new objects
Milan 2014: Brussels-based designer Alain Gilles' extendable table for Italian furniture brand Bonaldo turns its functional mechanism into an aesthetic feature (+ slideshow). More about Alain Gilles' extendable Tracks Table reveals its inner workings
Milan 2014: students from the Piet Zwart Institute created a series of interactive objects exploring sound in a domestic context for their Instruments Reimaging the Music Room exhibition in Milan last month (+ slideshow). More about Piet Zwart Institute students combine musical instruments with furniture and homeware
An instrument played by hitting a series of rocks has been created by designers at Italian research group Fabrica for a member of their music team's latest album (+ movie). More about Fabrica researchers create electronic musical instrument from stones and wood
French designer Mathieu Lehanneur has designed a 20-sided wireless speaker that can rest on any of its triangular faces. More about Boom Boom speaker by Mathieu Lehanneur has 20 faces